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There were too many cooks in the kitchen for this screenplay and seeing the writing credits at the end only confirmed that. I’ve also heard that there were lots of reshoots and a general executive-level uncertainty with choosing what to accomplish with this movie, which was easily felt from scene to scene. The end result was this movie falling flat on all the things it tried to do. You can’t build excitement for the future and shake off the rust…
An absolutely misguided heap of burning trash that fails on all genre fronts while proudly disrespecting the culture and people of Mexico. Audiard didn’t want to shoot in Mexico and claimed to have done no research on the country because he “knows enough.” His fucking ignorance shows. All this movie does is use bad acting, awful music, laughable accents, and what felt like Google-translated dialogue to appropriate the damage of a real humanitarian crisis (without seriously addressing the socio-political nuances…
Ayo what the FUCK
Edit (09/20/24): Had to bump this up to 5 stars because it was uncompromising in its vision and I can’t stop thinking about it. Exceeded all my expectations. The journey from where it starts to how it ends is absolutely wild and unpredictable even though you know things aren’t going to go well. Demi Moore truly has a career-defining turn here and I have nothing but the highest praise for her. And huge shoutout to the…