When you first clicked on this IMDb page, you may have been asking yourself, "What is so great about a movie about a card game? Seriously, not even The Shawshank Redemption has a perfect 10/10 rating on IMDb." Well, my friend, I can honestly say, when I first heard about the Uno Movie, I was thinking the same thing. We all were, and I think that is part of the movie's charm- it is a great epic stemming from very ordinary circumstances. The entire movie takes place in a card game played in real time, with minimal camera angles. In fact, we never see the actor's faces at all- all of the drama and emotion is conveyed simply through some exceptional voice acting by the small, six-person cast.
And yet, despite its mundane settings, this movie is nothing short of an epic. Besides the length- seriously, how many filmmakers dare to make a three hour movie anymore?- this movie is an epic of human nature. It explores a full breadth of emotions in the ever-shifting alliances between the five members of the main cast, and through our full immersion in the game, we feel it as well, the joy, pain, despair, elation, humor, dread, rage, small victories, big losses and jazz of everyday life. The relationships between the cast members crackle with an authenticity rarely seen in modern Hollywood cinema, drawing us further into the game. The entire movie felt so personal and so real that I forgot I was an audience member watching a movie; I felt like I was there, living the hell of an endless game of Uno after a long day of work. The heavy tension is beautifully brought to a climax by a surprise ending and the fantastic credits song, which will surely be at the top of the charts by the end of the year.
Overall, I would highly recommend it. It's a sleeper hit- the first time you watch, you may not get it, but I promise, over the next 24 hours, you'll begin to realize the full depth of the movie, and you'll find yourself watching it again, and again, and again. Reportedly, the experience of filming the movie was too intense for the cast and crew to ever want to make another, which, on the one hand, is a shame, but on the other hand, makes me appreciate this artistic masterpiece all the more. 10/10
And yet, despite its mundane settings, this movie is nothing short of an epic. Besides the length- seriously, how many filmmakers dare to make a three hour movie anymore?- this movie is an epic of human nature. It explores a full breadth of emotions in the ever-shifting alliances between the five members of the main cast, and through our full immersion in the game, we feel it as well, the joy, pain, despair, elation, humor, dread, rage, small victories, big losses and jazz of everyday life. The relationships between the cast members crackle with an authenticity rarely seen in modern Hollywood cinema, drawing us further into the game. The entire movie felt so personal and so real that I forgot I was an audience member watching a movie; I felt like I was there, living the hell of an endless game of Uno after a long day of work. The heavy tension is beautifully brought to a climax by a surprise ending and the fantastic credits song, which will surely be at the top of the charts by the end of the year.
Overall, I would highly recommend it. It's a sleeper hit- the first time you watch, you may not get it, but I promise, over the next 24 hours, you'll begin to realize the full depth of the movie, and you'll find yourself watching it again, and again, and again. Reportedly, the experience of filming the movie was too intense for the cast and crew to ever want to make another, which, on the one hand, is a shame, but on the other hand, makes me appreciate this artistic masterpiece all the more. 10/10