hayleysuss

hayleysuss

Favorite films

  • Her
  • Groundhog Day
  • About Time
  • Les Misérables

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • We Live in Time

    ★★

  • This Is 40

    ★★½

  • Flow

    ★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★½

    Solidly enjoyable, but there’s a better movie hiding in Mickey17. There were many competing genres — alien war sci-fi, political commentary, romance, philosophical “Who Am I?”. But the movie’s action wasn’t that exciting, the aliens weren’t unique or interesting, the romance was unconvincing, and the political commentary felt like an SNL Trump sketch.

    I wanted so much more from the exploration of what constitutes a “person.” More Nasha interacting with both the Mickeys to understand how she sees his soul…

  • We Live in Time

    We Live in Time

    ★★

    Eh… non-linearity is the only thing keeping this from being a pretty flat, cliche romance, but at least linearly I would’ve felt the build up of the story. There are so many little nuggets of info never explored like Almut’s feelings on heteronormativity, only mentioned in a throwaway line during the proposal scene, and Tobias’s divorce, never referred to again. Would’ve wanted to see Almut growing into motherhood, and more reflections on her father through her sickness. And would like to…

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  • Dìdi (弟弟)

    Dìdi (弟弟)

    ★★★★★

    Favorite movie of the year BY FAR!!! this + Eighth Grade = proof that we need so many more movies about awkward 13 year olds. The soundtrack, the instant messaging, the video cam clips, the ACTING by these kids, the acting by the mom <3 This was perfect

  • RRR

    RRR

    ★★★★★

    THIS IS THE BEST ACTION MOVIE EVER MADE