How was this nominated for anything? In a year that offered "Dune", "Power of the Dog", "Belfast" and "CODA", this film must have snuck in sideways when no one was looking. It might have resonated with this viewer if the age difference between the principals wasn't an entire decade; because it was, that made it somewhat creepy. Alana Haim as one of the two principals could actually have been cast as a teenager since she looked it, and her family must have come along as a package deal because there are Haim's all over the place. A movie marquee for "Live and Let Die" places the time frame firmly in 1973, thereby offering younger viewers a look at the fashion and hair styles of the Seventies, which when you think about it, come off as kind of creepy as well. I can personally attest to that since I survived the era. Sean Penn and Bradley Cooper offer a semblance of star power to the film, but that didn't really feel necessary. Portraying hair stylist turned producer Jon Peters, Cooper looked like George Hamilton with a beard. I don't recall any stories of Peters being the kind of lunatic he was shown to be in this picture, but a quick review of his career pretty much confirms it. The story leaves the character's smashed car and sabotaged waterbed as an unresolved plot line, along with the fate of the shady number twelve guy. When it comes to quirky you can generally find me on board but this one just didn't do it for me. I'm not big on pineapple pizza either.
Review of Licorice Pizza
