It was difficult to find this story very relatable. Ms. Doyle tries to hard to hit the viewer over the head with its metaphors and symbolism. So much so that I felt a headache from it. She should've trusted the audience a little more. The performances from the leads were decent but the pacing of the film will have viewers shifting in their seats and checking their social media feeds. This could've been edited down by about twenty minutes.
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Ride the Eagle
(2021)
Way too over the top.
3 August 2021
You would think a film with JK Simmons would be good, or at a very minimum, entertaining. Wrong. Mr. Simmons has gone from Oscar winner to playing baffoons. There are worst films out there, but this was a disappointment. Sorry.
Knives Out
(2019)
Rian Johnson is at the top of his game.
16 May 2020
Rian delivers another great cinematic experience. A taut script and stellar cast gave him the tools he needed to deftly direct one of the most entertaining films in the last few years. And it was fun to see Don Johnson and Jamie Lee Curtis rise to the occassion alongside such an esteemed group of actors. Bravo!
The Road Within
(2014)
Bland script and feeble storytelling has this going nowhere.
16 May 2020
The critics all panned this and now I can see why. Should've read the critic's reviews BEFOREHAND so I wouldn't have wasted my time watching this on prime.
What really irks me is that lots of people live with these diseases, and they tend to do it with a lot more grace than this movie possesses. This film trivializes and makes a mockery of these afflictions. It's simply lazy writing and lack of research. The characters in this are completely defined by their respective challenges. Not one of them seem to have a personality. They just have illness. And that completely rings false. And the person who directed this clearly didn't have the slightest notion of what they were doing. I wonder if Kyra Sedgewick realized what she was signing up for. A shame.
What really irks me is that lots of people live with these diseases, and they tend to do it with a lot more grace than this movie possesses. This film trivializes and makes a mockery of these afflictions. It's simply lazy writing and lack of research. The characters in this are completely defined by their respective challenges. Not one of them seem to have a personality. They just have illness. And that completely rings false. And the person who directed this clearly didn't have the slightest notion of what they were doing. I wonder if Kyra Sedgewick realized what she was signing up for. A shame.
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