Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
The movie starts strong and maintains it for quite some time, but then loses direction. The poignant social commentary built in the first two acts feels lost once characters ignore common sense and act contrary to their motives, and then the plot jumps the proverbial shark and the meaning becomes lost in the spectacle.
The 140min runtime might be part to blame; it felt like the idea overstayed its welcome, the only unexpected directions left to take the plot being…