Letterboxd 5019o Alexander Billy https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/ Letterboxd - Alexander Billy She's Gotta Have It 4142d 1986 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/shes-gotta-have-it/ letterboxd-watch-896239607 Sat, 24 May 2025 13:15:18 +1200 2025-05-24 No She's Gotta Have It 1986 3.5 27995 <![CDATA[

4v291o

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

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Amadeus 3n2261 1984 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/amadeus/ letterboxd-watch-867027296 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 15:56:37 +1200 2025-04-19 No Amadeus 1984 4.0 279 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

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Shockproof 15mn 1949 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/shockproof/ letterboxd-watch-842309741 Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:37:34 +1300 2025-03-21 No Shockproof 1949 2.5 25915 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday March 21, 2025.

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Alexander Billy
The Insider 6w1072 1999 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/the-insider/ letterboxd-watch-838403468 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:42:02 +1300 2025-03-16 No The Insider 1999 4.0 9008 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday March 16, 2025.

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Alexander Billy
Heat 2l5d2z 1995 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/heat-1995/ letterboxd-watch-831149582 Sun, 9 Mar 2025 20:31:36 +1300 2025-03-09 No Heat 1995 4.5 949 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday March 9, 2025.

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Alexander Billy
Ed Wood 5f2a2m 1994 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/ed-wood/ letterboxd-review-824374136 Sun, 2 Mar 2025 19:38:28 +1300 2025-03-02 No Ed Wood 1994 4.0 522 <![CDATA[

Maybe the best Burton flick I’ve seen.

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Alexander Billy
A Real Pain 5y656i 2024 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/a-real-pain/ letterboxd-watch-817787812 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:57:12 +1300 2025-02-22 No A Real Pain 2024 3.5 1013850 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.

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Alexander Billy
The Substance 2155j 2024 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/the-substance/ letterboxd-review-816692595 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:50:01 +1300 2025-02-21 No The Substance 2024 2.0 933260 <![CDATA[

I’m sorry — too referential, too gratuitous in the gore. Is this really where elite Western cinema is at in 2024? If so, we’re very much in a nadir.

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Alexander Billy
The Bitter Stems 1f702z 1956 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/the-bitter-stems/ letterboxd-watch-813211134 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:12:58 +1300 2025-02-17 No The Bitter Stems 1956 4.0 185250 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday February 17, 2025.

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Alexander Billy
Crossing Delancey 3z1315 1988 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/crossing-delancey/ letterboxd-watch-797327619 Sun, 2 Feb 2025 16:27:17 +1300 2025-02-01 No Crossing Delancey 1988 2.0 27397 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday February 1, 2025.

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Alexander Billy
Twin Peaks h3956 The Missing Pieces, 2014 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/twin-peaks-the-missing-pieces/ letterboxd-watch-789662808 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:42:08 +1300 2025-01-25 No Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces 2014 4.0 284457 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday January 25, 2025.

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Alexander Billy
Nightmare 4v3s63 1956 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/nightmare/ letterboxd-watch-762853178 Sun, 5 Jan 2025 19:56:06 +1300 2025-01-05 No Nightmare 1956 3.0 35418 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday January 5, 2025.

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Alexander Billy
Conclave 1l6f3b 2024 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/conclave/ letterboxd-review-761130165 Sat, 4 Jan 2025 18:36:08 +1300 2025-01-04 No Conclave 2024 3.5 974576 <![CDATA[

I have this new theory about films. I’ll tell you in person.

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Alexander Billy
Anora 2j2b4m 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/anora/ letterboxd-review-753875863 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:49:20 +1300 2024-12-29 No Anora 2024 4.0 1064213 <![CDATA[

Watched this with my future in-laws, who are Russian. understanding a modicum of Russian / Russian culture makes this movie funnier / more tragic than meets the eye, I believe.

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Alexander Billy
Mermaids 2g63q 1990 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/mermaids/ letterboxd-watch-739028084 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:54:24 +1300 2024-12-15 No Mermaids 1990 4.0 4587 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday December 15, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Twelve Monkeys 3m1a1e 1995 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/twelve-monkeys/ letterboxd-review-737256651 Sat, 14 Dec 2024 18:02:55 +1300 2024-12-13 No Twelve Monkeys 1995 3.5 63 <![CDATA[

Pretty decent, def have a crush on Madeleine Stowe.

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Alexander Billy
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 1f4f5c 2007 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/before-the-devil-knows-youre-dead/ letterboxd-watch-733736363 Mon, 9 Dec 2024 16:37:22 +1300 2024-12-08 No Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007 3.5 7972 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday December 8, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Cry 3q5r3b Baby, 1990 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/cry-baby/ letterboxd-review-732875468 Sun, 8 Dec 2024 17:29:20 +1300 2024-12-07 No Cry-Baby 1990 3.5 9768 <![CDATA[

Much better than Emilia Perez. Must be on a musical kick. But, you know, very campy.

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Alexander Billy
Emilia Pérez 25bi 2024 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/emilia-perez/ letterboxd-review-726271388 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 19:20:21 +1300 2024-11-28 No Emilia Pérez 2024 2.0 974950 <![CDATA[

I’m not sure where to begin. 

The plot - if there is one - is terrible. I don’t want to give any spoilers away, but clearly the protagonist would have been doxxed pretty easily IRL. There is no continuous thread. It’s a mismatch of ideas grasping for clarity. I’m OK with films not having a plot (I enjoy Last Year at Marienbad). But this film was clearly structured to have a plot and it just utterly falls flat. 

There is, or rather, was a good plot lying somewhere under the surface. Maybe two. It’s just so disted. Where is the affection for the children pre-transition that is so central to the film in the back half? 

Then the singing? It’s atrocious. The tracks are so corny, especially early on in the film. They get better. But the song about the scents? Character smells like everything. 

Selena Gomez puts in a pitiful performance. It’s actual comical at times. The phone call to Gustavo literally made me laugh out loud. 

How the fuck was this film so highly rated at Cannes?

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Alexander Billy
Memories of Murder 492u3x 2003 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/memories-of-murder/ letterboxd-review-724865181 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:24:37 +1300 2024-11-26 No Memories of Murder 2003 4.5 11423 <![CDATA[

Very good.

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Alexander Billy
Gilda 6b431g 1946 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/gilda/ letterboxd-watch-711339930 Sat, 9 Nov 2024 20:40:52 +1300 2024-11-09 No Gilda 1946 4.0 3767 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday November 9, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
The King of Comedy 4b5272 1982 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/the-king-of-comedy/ letterboxd-watch-707990116 Mon, 4 Nov 2024 16:39:28 +1300 2024-11-03 No The King of Comedy 1982 3.5 262 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday November 3, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Kinds of Kindness t606w 2024 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/kinds-of-kindness/ letterboxd-watch-696584479 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:13:53 +1300 2024-10-20 No Kinds of Kindness 2024 3.0 1029955 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday October 20, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Cruel Gun Story 6o5d1 1964 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/cruel-gun-story/ letterboxd-review-689915183 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 16:39:37 +1300 2024-10-11 No Cruel Gun Story 1964 3.5 71722 <![CDATA[

P decent Japanese noir. The allegory is a little obvious, but whatevs. Decent flick

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Alexander Billy
Certain Women 176rd 2016 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/certain-women/ letterboxd-review-689818249 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:13:13 +1300 2024-10-11 No Certain Women 2016 2.5 340487 <![CDATA[

Maybe I’m just a heteronormative white guy, but I just don’t get the appeal of this film.

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Alexander Billy
Christine 6y3a4b 1983 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/christine-1983/ letterboxd-review-687983542 Wed, 9 Oct 2024 15:56:52 +1300 2024-10-08 No Christine 1983 3.0 8769 <![CDATA[

Pretty decent 80s horror.

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Alexander Billy
The Hudsucker Proxy 3m2bf 1994 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/the-hudsucker-proxy/ letterboxd-watch-682254733 Tue, 1 Oct 2024 14:43:26 +1300 2024-09-30 No The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 3.0 11934 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday September 30, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Any Number Can Win 3b4747 1963 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/any-number-can-win/ letterboxd-watch-667362483 Sun, 8 Sep 2024 18:40:45 +1200 2024-09-08 No Any Number Can Win 1963 4.0 22650 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday September 8, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Dream Scenario 4k2ld 2023 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/dream-scenario/ letterboxd-watch-657765497 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:40:08 +1200 2024-08-25 No Dream Scenario 2023 3.5 823482 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday August 25, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Love Lies Bleeding 4n3s4j 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/love-lies-bleeding-2024/ letterboxd-review-635200054 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:31:19 +1200 2024-07-21 No Love Lies Bleeding 2024 4.0 948549 <![CDATA[

Quite good for what it is.

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Alexander Billy
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 6v25i 1977 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind/ letterboxd-watch-625894126 Mon, 8 Jul 2024 16:44:06 +1200 2024-07-08 No Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 4.0 840 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday July 8, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
American Fiction 515o27 2023 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/american-fiction/ letterboxd-watch-625097042 Sun, 7 Jul 2024 16:14:39 +1200 2024-07-07 No American Fiction 2023 4.5 1056360 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday July 7, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Sideways 55452z 2004 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/sideways/ letterboxd-watch-624639419 Sun, 7 Jul 2024 02:55:47 +1200 2024-07-06 No Sideways 2004 4.0 9675 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday July 6, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Hit Man 1c6r6u 2023 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/hit-man-2023/ letterboxd-watch-614861243 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:27:57 +1200 2024-06-19 No Hit Man 2023 2.0 974635 <![CDATA[

Watched on Wednesday June 19, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Auto Focus 4x5v6m 2002 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/auto-focus/ letterboxd-watch-612585117 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 16:49:10 +1200 2024-06-16 No Auto Focus 2002 3.5 14112 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday June 16, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
The Straight Story 1c155x 1999 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/the-straight-story/ letterboxd-watch-600011929 Sun, 26 May 2024 17:44:06 +1200 2024-05-26 No The Straight Story 1999 4.0 404 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday May 26, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Bringing Out the Dead t5p39 1999 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/bringing-out-the-dead/ letterboxd-review-591724613 Sun, 12 May 2024 16:47:26 +1200 2024-05-12 No Bringing Out the Dead 1999 3.0 8649 <![CDATA[

Could be a grower

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Alexander Billy
Collateral 6t6840 2004 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/collateral/ letterboxd-watch-583775167 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:16:14 +1200 2024-04-29 No Collateral 2004 3.0 1538 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday April 29, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
La Haine 1j2b2 1995 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/la-haine/ letterboxd-watch-578858322 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 17:56:45 +1200 2024-04-21 No La Haine 1995 4.0 406 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday April 21, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
The Damned Don't Cry 5d123 1950 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/the-damned-dont-cry/ letterboxd-review-577098838 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:44:51 +1200 2024-04-17 No The Damned Don't Cry 1950 3.5 36656 <![CDATA[

Love the musical transition at the final gunshot. Someone should bring that back. 

Pretty good noir with slightly more dynamic characters than one would expect.

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Alexander Billy
Born to Be Bad 2734y 1950 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/born-to-be-bad/ letterboxd-review-574482463 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 06:42:30 +1200 2024-04-13 No Born to Be Bad 1950 3.0 43385 <![CDATA[

Good, not great

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Alexander Billy
Napoleon 326u5i 2023 - ★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/napoleon-2023/ letterboxd-review-569938076 Sat, 6 Apr 2024 17:57:57 +1300 2024-04-06 No Napoleon 2023 1.5 753342 <![CDATA[

Bloated, superficial, and just like not fucking good.

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Alexander Billy
Inside Man 445c2q 2006 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/inside-man/ letterboxd-review-569937615 Sat, 6 Apr 2024 17:56:57 +1300 2024-04-06 No Inside Man 2006 4.0 388 <![CDATA[

Spike Lee gives and he keeps giving.

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Alexander Billy
Birth 2k2w3d 2004 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/birth-2004/ letterboxd-watch-565854672 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 17:06:14 +1300 2024-03-31 No Birth 2004 4.0 10740 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday March 31, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Oppenheimer 6z4m3m 2023 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/oppenheimer-2023/ letterboxd-review-551312735 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:43:29 +1300 2024-03-09 No Oppenheimer 2023 2.0 872585 <![CDATA[

It tries so hard, but the film never permeates the superficial and is essentially composed of glorified cameos.

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Alexander Billy
Little Odessa 682a5t 1994 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/little-odessa/ letterboxd-watch-522634752 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 18:52:52 +1300 2024-01-28 No Little Odessa 1994 3.5 47504 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday January 28, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
We Own the Night 1d591w 2007 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/we-own-the-night/ letterboxd-watch-522366827 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:55:59 +1300 2024-01-27 No We Own the Night 2007 3.0 2001 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday January 27, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
House of Games 3o3q6g 1987 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/house-of-games/ letterboxd-watch-521746174 Sat, 27 Jan 2024 18:40:04 +1300 2024-01-27 No House of Games 1987 4.0 26719 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday January 27, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
The Holdovers 102p1w 2023 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/the-holdovers/ letterboxd-watch-511084179 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 17:22:05 +1300 2024-01-12 No The Holdovers 2023 4.0 840430 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday January 12, 2024.

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Alexander Billy
Anatomy of a Fall 215z2g 2023 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/alexanderrbilly/film/anatomy-of-a-fall/ letterboxd-review-498682524 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 05:33:31 +1300 2023-12-30 No Anatomy of a Fall 2023 3.5 915935 <![CDATA[

It’s good. Is it Palme D’Or good? No. I had much higher expectations for the film.

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