Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Pulls off a delicate balancing act between gritty realism and the magic of Christmas, tender character development and fast-paced action, thoughtful exploration of important social issues and flippant jokes that dare you to laugh in the face of them.
An effective exercise in cultivating and calling on nostalgia through visuals, atmosphere and a mixture of real and fictional artifacts. It got off to a bit of a slow start and almost lost me in the middle. But I’m glad I stuck around for Jack Haven’s monologue and the final ten minutes, even if it’s an unsatisfying end.