Laila Mtwangi

Laila Mtwangi

Favorite films

  • Waves
  • City of God
  • The Handmaiden
  • Titane

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  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

    ★★½

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    ★★★

  • Life of Crime

    ★★½

  • Tyler Perry's Duplicity

    ½

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  • Pineapple Express

    Pineapple Express

    ★★★

    It’s about friends we make along the way.

  • Uglies

    Uglies

    ½

    This should’ve aired on TikTok

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  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    ★★★★½

    This film has so much going on though.

    Spoilers

    I want to take a moment to point out that this film does a really good and subtle job of showcasing the difference between perception and reality. When Joel initially wants the procedure done, he still remembers all those fights he had with Clementine. As the procedure is being done though, he changes his mind.... because he has forgotten all the horrible things he hated about her! It's so easy to…

  • Before Sunrise

    Before Sunrise

    ★★★★★

    The dialogue is, honestly, just incredible, and the cinematography is beautiful. It’s quite funny because I found some of the dialogue, though realistic, quite cheesy and then suddenly realized that half of it is how I sound like when i’m in love or anyone to be honest. The pseudo intellectual conversation. Laying down on the grass at night and feeling that rich emotional connection with someone. The awkwardness when they were around each other for the whole film because that’s how romance feels a lot of the time.

    It's just a film about two incredibly interesting characters who have a lot of chemistry.

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