Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Terrific, amazing, wonderfully singular and unique. Honestly, i think its aafe to say there wont ever be another film quite like this one. It's so odd that it probably won't hit for most people but damn did I enjoy the hell out of it. If you can make it through the first bit of insanity it really opens up into a beautiful exploration of life, friendship, love and the people that don't really fit into the box that society calls normal. The end, and to some extent throughout, note of acceptance is also really beautiful, perfectly undercut by the ridiculousness that is this movie.
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I want to give this a lower score, and maybe I should, the subject matter just isn't for me, but i can understand the appeal. The story development and acting are superb, it pulls you in and can sway even the least-interested-in-tennis people. The score was also a huge heavyweight to the film, no surprise from Reznor and Ross.
The character of Tashi is a brutal, cruel look at an athlete who never had a chance to truly shine but…
Such an interesting film and exploration of two diametrically opposed people connected through a shared experience and history of family. Culkin plays such a fractured person while being outwardly so self assure, completely unaware of how selfish and siphoning he is, though wholly unable to be any other way.
Eisenberg, almost his complete opposite, is so tightly wound I kept expecting some self implosion or outward explosion toward his cousin. There's a clear sense of loathing, swirling around envy and…