Review of Mank

Mank (2020)
4/10
Style over substance
25 December 2020
Baby FIncher found an old dead script wirtten by his Dad. One has to wonder how much dust lay on it before it was dusted off, or why Baby Fincher did not properly read it before setting it to film. One does not have to wonder why the script was never used when it was written. It feels like an outline - a collection of lttle vinnettes, that when given the full noir look very good, but many of the scenes are meaningless, and most disjointed. One of the early scenes - lets call it "the pitch" where a collection of studio guys pitch a version of Frankenstein to a boss - why? It felt stagey and stilted. SOme of the word smithing is good. Maybe it would have made a book- but this is just self indulgent, and vague. A miss
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