I'd probably smoke crack too if I were a high school history teacher.
The lead performances here are outstanding, with Anthony Mackie flashing the charisma that he seems to have so effortlessly in everything except Marvel movies. Shareeka Epps holds the movie together with her performance at just 15 years old, and it's crazy that she didn't get more high profile roles after this. And this is possibly my favorite of Ryan Gosling's purely dramatic performances, as I've always preferred…
I don't know man, the cailles en sarcophage might have been delicious but they looked super macabre. And I just felt really sad for that poor dying sea turtle. But the blinis looked dope.
Anyway, the story here is a bit thin, but it's all very delightful.
I struggle with a rating here, because although it seems quite thoughtfully made, I found it immensely boring. In this true story of Madame Clicquot's struggle to gain success in the champagne business during the Napoleonic Wars in the wake of her husband's death, I learned from the title card at the end of the film that her innovative techniques changed the way champagne was made forever. I really wish that would have been a bigger part of this film,…
