This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Some films are born Star Trek, some achieve Star Trek, others have Star Trek thrust upon them.
It's not the worst film. It's not even the worst Star Trek film. It's a pretty okay action film - it plays its plot safe and mostly predictable, character growths are signposted and delivered on in an obligated manner - it executes this well so one can't complain too much. Any new or interesting concept was introduced but not played with. Like this…
This isn't how any of this works. Teaching, amdram, journalism, Hollywood, Health and Safety and Safeguarding legislation, hospitals, relationships, literally anything.
I have never been so angry at a film. I spent the entire time cringing in discomfort. The only rational, normal, believable aspect of this film is Martin Freeman's character - and even then the film wants us to believe he requires a character growth and he was wrong the entire time when - apart from one private boastful…
Pixar are always masterful storytellers who weave strong emotional and provoking subtext in their films, but Soul probably goes deeper than any other Pixar film ever has. I went into this film with little expectations (thanks to Pixar's minimalistic marketing which gives nothing away), and found myself entertained but also drawn into the questions throughout. It's not surprise this is a Peter Doctor film and in a lot of ways is a spiritual successor to Inside Out, dealing with similar…
An entirely fun and heartfelt film. Nothing will capture the magic of the Gene Wilder movie but this comes close and I’d happily consider it a worthy prequel to it. I don’t even hate the Depp version but this is far superior, Timothée Chalemet captures a more youthful Wilder believably, with a more energetic but purposeful whimsy. Going the route of wanting to fulfil a dream he expressed to his mother rather than a challenge he made to a father…
