Mimi2290 Reviews

A Gentleman in Moscow (2024)

Loved the book, wanted to love the show

[6/10 · 13 April 2024]

I loved the book A Gentleman in Moscow so much that I read it as slowly as possible so I could savor every beautifully written page. I was was looking forward to the show and liking it well enough until the second episode when diverse Bolshevik and Russian characters started appearing which is completely historically inaccurate. It's frankly ludicrous and does such a disservice to the book I love so much, because otherwise the set, costumes, hair, etc are appropriate. The casting is distracting and makes it hard to enjoy the show. Why not cast ethnic Russians and stay true to the book?

This show also isn't going to age well given the historical inaccuracies. Disappointed.

Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

Badass tale of revenge

[9/10 · 23 October 2022]

I thought this was a good movie, extremely watchable and moving at times. Mila Kunis is perfect. It's the story of a tormented girl who has risen above the horrible things people have done to her to become a witty, gorgeous, and driven success. I saw some articles about the "lack" of trigger warnings but it says "violent content and rape" right under the R rating, so not sure why people are up in arms. Further, no one gets a trigger warning when they're actually about to get raped and I'm actually offended that people are so up in arms about how there aren't enough warnings for them to feel safe watching a movie. The powerful last scene depicts women all over the city narrating their experiences of rape and I don't think these very real experiences should be overly censored with trigger warnings. Ani rose above it, moved on, and was ultimately empowered by being able to tell her side of the story.