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All of Us Strangers (2023)
Gut punch- SPOILER
I adore both of these soulful actors and Iwould have given this a 9...but for the unnecessary knife in the gut for the viewer.
Harry's (surprise!) ethereal self doesn't add to the story at all and would have been much more effective with the assumed story line where Adam can finally face his trauma and heal from it after and alongside him opening up emotionally.
When I saw what was coming I was honestly stunned. I'm an accommodating movie lover and can handle slow pace and ambiguous endings IF they serve the story.
Perhaps if Harry had been real but had died and was part of the grief/trauma Adam is working through, it might have made more sense. This just felt intentionally cruel after we've invested so much in Adam's journey. Makes no sense after a one minute encounter.
Vesper (2022)
Science + Fiction
Sure there are a few unresolved plot points but this film is gorgeous, original and well-acted. If you love great cinematography, watch for that reason alone. Set design, costuming, all great.
I loved it because, as a hardcore sci-fi fan, it's rare to find something you've genuinely never seen before (hello Arrival and Annihilation).
Biology, botany, dystopia with lush landscapes, organic and mechanical science fiction.
It could have been a bit shorter but I was never bored and though it is grim it's also fantastical without being remotely sappy.
It's worth your time. There is so little quality sci-fi out there and then they kill half of it, i.e. Raised By Wolves.
Greyhound (2020)
Nothing new here
Tom being Tom in another WWll film. Bad CGI. Due to nature of movie, hard to see thus fully follow. Meh.
Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
Reese...?
Reese Witherspoon has backed herself into a corner with this role. Kerry Washington is somewhat nuanced but Reese is practically a bot now. The Election character is tired. So this show is ruined by one of the two main characters.
Compare it to Better Things on Hulu (though apples/oranges)...and thete is none.
This could be network tv and that's bad.
Sweetbitter (2018)
When the lead ruins a show
Potentially the worst actress in a lead role. Writing direction and rest of cast enjoyable but oh my God. Dreadful. I slog through it because of them.
The Passage (2019)
What a waste...
If they had taken their time and stuck with the book this could have been great. There was no reason to skip the build up and character development. Read the book instead.
Hostile (2017)
Oy. The acting.
Not Jack but Juliette. She's a bit Kristen Stewart but don't you wish? She's fine during the apocalypse scenes but in the love story? Lordy. Writing fine if thin. Casting of main character? Baaaaaad.
Paddleton (2019)
Rang true the entire movie
No gags. No cheap shots. Not a false note. Humor is there but subtle. Performances are subdued (thank God- not a Duplass fan).
It's lovely and heartbreaking and real.
Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Enjoyed so much more than CRA
In fact, I hate most comedies. I hate to lump these 2 Asian films together but I just didn't get the hoopla about Crazy Rich Asians. I thought chemistry in this was real, just enough Ali Wong wo being irritating, Keanu bit was amusing.
Solid surprising rom com. I didn't chortle (The Heat did that for me) but I smiled and giggled. Everyone was solid.