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  The Rule of Jenny Pen 2024

  ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  I feel like even one security camera would have solved this.

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  American Movie 1999

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  "Do you think this is a little bit cathartic for you?"
  "Uh, very cathartic, Mark."
  "Do you know what cathartic means?"
  "No."

  American Movie tries to thread a very narrow needle of both poking fun at and creating empathy for its subjects. I think it largely succeeds. I can absolutely understand why Mark feels so beaten down by his repeated setbacks and failures. He has an idea, a vision, but lacks the resources to bring that vision to life. From…

Popular reviews

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  Tuesday 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Aug 2024

  I'm glad we live in a world where a debut feature this WEIRD can still get distributed.

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  Thelma 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 14 Apr 2024

  Milwaukee Film Festival 2024 #2

  Utterly charming. Hilarious. Heartwarming. This played like absolute gangbusters in front of an almost-sold-out film festival crowd. I hope it's a hit when it's released later this summer; Thelma deserves it.