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Surprisingly gay. Funny, great fights!

Love you Ayo but this didn’t work

Yes but WHY was this happening.

He was really doin whatever he wanted, which is irable but not always interesting. A biting political satire of our current age this is not.m, but it is funny to think about why it was delayed 🤭

Wow I still didn’t rate this because I never really came down on a judgment. Similar to Corbet himself. I was way less interested in it after knowing he partitions his movies into chapters every time. Pretty lazy if you ask me.

I will say it really made me so mad at the very end. That epilogue is one of the most vile, frustrating things I’ve ever seen. I’d like to imagine that Toth doesn’t believe the things his niece is saying, but you never know.

God bless Guy Pearce 🍉

All men are brothers!!

Frenetic and unrelenting. Super funny. Very cool to hear and see Romani culture even if it’s most of it is a caricature. The geese were a highlight and that fat kid with powdered sugar all over his face was a lowlight. Real gem of a movie!!

A lot of Kiarostami, some Napoleon Dynamite, and even a dash of Stroszek. Unique, kind, and genuinely laugh-out-loud funny. I’d be pissed if I had to sit next to a turkey on a bus too… would totally live in this world. What a humane and generous world you’ve built, Matthew joon. Great work.

So heartfelt and filled with flawed characters. It was not sweet though. Very interesting note.

Truly innovative, so full of love and kindheartedness. Remarkable and powerful. Took a half a star off because I think it took a while to find its rhythm, but otherwise flawless.

My coworker who should not in any way be a Bob Dylan fan got into him because of this movie, so that says something. Timothee is incredible in this, he does such a good job. There were jolts of “holy shit”—channeled Bob completely. But frankly it’s just a biopic. It’s not interesting and it won’t be ed. Plus they didn’t even do post-crash big pink which is the best Bob. PLEASE GO WATCH IM NOT THERE FOR THE BEST BOB DYLAN MOVIE AND ONE OF THE BEST BIOPICS BECAUSE IT IS CONCEPTUALLY INTERESTING UNLIKE THIS MOVIE

I mean, it was good. Technically. I was interested in the characters. But multiple things about it made me feel icky, and Baker is known for being oh-so authentic when I feel he’s anything but. It was good. The Cannes jury was apparently dogshit this year lol

List of one liners for this review I thought of while watching this movie:
- Australia do be like that tho
- This is what it was like hanging out with my ex’s group of friends
- bet it smell crazy in there
- Anton Chigurh would LOVE The Yabba

Does a disservice to the actual story, and a dishonor to the victims, of Ivan Milat!

Good concept. Love a lean film. Her acting was not good.

I really liked it because it felt like a play. Like The Children’s Hour but for grief, not lesbians. Jessica Chastain was noticeably worse as an actor than Anne Hathaway. There were moments where she should have moved me where I just cringed. But on the whole, the movie held a very good balance on the suspense and mystery. Was not expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. Sorry for yet another 3.5 star rating but I think it is deserving.

I can’t wait to read everyone’s reviews, good and bad. This was WILD. From how it just jumped in from the get-go, to Hartnett’s performance, to the pacing, to the structure. On the Shyamalan Scale (different from normal scale), he was clearly rocking it.

I love New Jersey. I love Bruce Springsteen. I love a teen romance.

The science was accurate which you know I appreciate. Cannot believe they didn’t include a kiss scene. Extra half star bc Katy O’Brian and Sasha Lane are in it. Also when Paul Scheer showed up randomly the whole audience laughed lol

Bill Skaarsgard has Buscemi eyes. Really good beginning but it falls off

It’s good clean fun. And it is STACKED.

Come on man. The most dilettante shit imaginable. A rip-off of much greater movies that he ingested and puked out on pseudo-film digital, which is truly style reflecting content. I hate this director so much. Just go watch Singin in the Rain instead.

SOLID scary movie. A little too much gore for my taste, I don’t think it adds much. But solid suspense and impeccable lore and storybuilding

Not scary, not really interesting. Im bummed about it

Sorry! The awe-inspiring on-location shots and costume design weren’t enough for me.

I had an organizing campaign about 45 minutes from this town. This is accurate and full of comion.

I think the Ross Brothers may be geniuses…. They are able to get to the heart of the matter more than any of their contemporaries. There is so much comion, so much honesty. This is actually what my childhood was like. Nichole and Micah really rang true to me and my childhood.

It was fascinating to see this movie after only having seen Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets. Their landscape shots and what they were able to capture are so moving. There was one specific shot, of a train ing in the desert, with a ringing guitar, that felt like a direct reference to Paris, Texas. The shot changes and the song goes off Ry Cooder’s key and the memory flies away.

I love what they do with audio as well. Oftentimes it doesn’t line up with the shots you see. It doesn’t matter. It’s about the emotion, the vibe, the memory. It’s reminiscent of Linklater, and maybe a touch of Altman. It’s modern Americana.

I’ve since watched their first movie, 45365, and I think that they just may be the best at The Ode. The Ode to the Hometown, The Ode to the Dive Bar, The Ode to Youth.

Gonna watch another one of theirs this weekend, I’m obsessed!!!

Dense, complex, politically on-point. I haven’t seen too many reviews comment on the old footage from a socialist Romania. The parallels (and divergences) between that woman and our main character are maybe the most interesting facet of this movie. Radu Jude is saying a lot very deftly. But it was too long, and this is coming from someone who loves La Meglio Gioventù. It could have been edited down 15 minutes easily and would have been better for it.

On a scale from zero to one, it’s a one. There is a lot that is good and interesting and scary about it, but it is too long and the denouement is silly. There also isn’t much that connects you to any of the characters, or any humor. Is this her first movie? If so it’s a pretty strong start tbh. Horror movies are hard to pull off!

Richard Hell hottest man of all time?? So hot it was distracting

Impeccable, truly. Sucks that Zendaya is a bad actor though lol. Josh O’Connor’s charisma is the star. The music goes so fuckin hard!!

It ends on such an odd note, like when you expect another stair and it’s not there. The little blips of conflict over the movie didn’t really constitute anything either. It’s so fuckin British. Technicolor is gorgeous but we were kept in a dingy house most of the time… fantastic script great acting. And impressive that this is only Lean’s second direction. (I know that he edited prior please don’t come at me)

Uneven, unrealistic, some good scares, overall forgettable

The only highlights were the music and establishing shots. Everything else was pretty awful, low-rate, and sorry but that’s not how serial killers think or act. Silly.

ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS

At #18 of my top 20. The very first shot of Marx (yep, his name) and his shoe shining colleague implies so much about colonialism, diaspora, and human migration. Le Vietnam et La .

The film grain, the colors, the high lighting with deep shadows—utterly gorgeous. It is also timeless, it could have been made in 1975 and we would have had no idea.

Politically, obviously, I love it. Borders and colonialism are violent. Even if we never see the violence with our own eyes, we understand through the lengths that these characters go to travel across the world to find a better life, because these western European countries extracted the wealth from their homes. They have to go in search of it. It does an incredible job highlighting the various cultures that colonized. North Africa, West Africa, Vietnam… 

What makes this movie so important to me is how full of love for humanity it is. We are all yearning for love, comfort, acceptance, family. Life is so hard, we are all constantly scraping by, but it can be a little easier together. Even if the horrors of the past ripple into our lives, we can change the future, no matter how small, through our actions and comion for our neighbors and for those who are struggling.

It gives me hope. A much-needed antidote for when the world feels ready to come to global war. God bless Kaurismaki, long live and thrive solidarity.

Whitney Houston is so enchanting but cannot act. It could have been 20 minutes shorter. It had that feel of late 80s/early 90s thrillers but didn’t execute as well as, say, the fugitive.

BUT I am deeply sad that the sequel (which was written!!) STARRING PRINCESS DIANA was not made, because she had agreed to do it but then was murdered by the British crown. She really could have used Kevin Costner about six months early…

You’ve seen it before, for the most part

Good acting but I watched it a few days ago and it already feels hazy

I think I could look like that pretty easily…

It’s a four star movie what can I say. Some of the shots were absolutely inspired. The tunnel scene. The 360 shot at the cafe my eyes were darting around everywhere to find Him. But I thought the acting was only good. That guy didn’t freak me out as much as I would have liked. Great concept, good execution.

Most of the way you are so engrossed in revenge that the end gut punches you. The lesson: all men are brothers; beware if you go against this.

No Jean!! Don’t talk to Ugolin!! He is evil and conniving!! Don’t do it listen to your daughter!!!

Absolutely rocked my socks off and the workers win and the british lose. Perfect movie

It’s the pacing for me. The first twenty minutes and last twenty minutes were both so unexpected and so gorgeous. I really expected to like this movie, not love it. It has stuck to me. I am jealous of these gourmands, and I know I aspire to live my life like them now. It’s about weird friends, it’s about love, dedication, and beauty in the highest sense. I’m so glad they reprised the lines about the seasons, I cried both times when they were spoken. Also! The lighting in that kitchen was to die for. So unexpected.

Deeply glad this won best sound. Genuinely terrifying, moving. The piano/poem scene —wow

THEY DONT FUCKIN MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE!!! The practical effects, makeup, animatronics… just such a huge breath of fresh air.

It is more thematically interesting but less emotionally resonant than avatar 2, and thus receives one half star less than avatar 2

Really did feel incomplete, like everyone said. It’s so gorgeous and sumptuous and scary and a whirlwind. Loved the perspective. Great acting. Just didn’t manage to push any emotions to any sort of climax or resolution. Give Sofia Coppola more money next time…

It holds up. Karl Malden is insane in this.

Recent rewatch with a guy who was so into it he was strutting around the place at the end like a weirdo. This movie does crazy things to men

Movies that use economy of story

• Presence
• Where Is the Friend's House?
• Wendy and Lucy
• Good Morning

• Full Moon in Paris

• Singin' in the Rain

  Cyd Charisse

• Secretary

  Watched this when I was 12 oopsie daisie 

• Grease

  They were both just mega hot .. and there was just a lot of hormones and singing

• Y Tu Mamá También

  I starting the movie on a couch and when the credits rolled I was on the floor and I don’t how I ended up there

• Amadeus

  The female lead’s boobs!!!

• To Sir, with Love

  Yeah there was an era where I would have laid my life on the line for Sidney Poitier

• Summer with Monika
• sex, lies, and videotape

  I only saw this for the first time when I was 33 but it sent me into a manic episode for a week where I thought I could create an award-winning screenplay

• Oliver!

  Oliver Reed

• Pretty in Pink

  More James spader lol

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