LizzieTheBold

LizzieTheBold

Favorite films

  • To All the Boys I've Loved Before
  • Aliens
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Pride and Prejudice

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  • Adolescence

    ★★★★★

  • The Tunnel

    ★★½

  • The Cleansing Hour

    ★★★

  • The Blue Drum

    ★★

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  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★★

    Honestly a fantastic achievement, both as a piece of film and as a story. An absolutely heartbreaking, nuanced, caring but honest portrayal of a tragedy and very relevant problem. There are no easy answers, there is no one singular bad guy to point to or horrific family to place the blame on, no tidy conclusion. The best thing Netflix has put on air in a long time.

  • The Tunnel

    The Tunnel

    ★★½

    It's ok I guess! I liked the creepy monster design and the way they make the most out of limited resources really helps. A few more answers might have been nice. Good acting though, and I for one didn't mind the pace or the "spoilers" presented by the documentary style.

    Mostly though I just found myself annoyed about the misogyny. It was just so weird and pervasive not only within the characters but in the script, and there was nothing…

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  • Great Photo, Lovely Life

    Great Photo, Lovely Life

    ★★★★★

    This was a hard watch. If you come from a family where the cycle of trauma still has a tight grip on you all, you will see yourself somewhere in this documentary. Maybe the story isn't exactly the same, but there was just so much hard and painful truth in this for me and I'm sure many others.

    The doc bills itself as a story about exposing the crimes of Amanda's grandfather, but it's really about the impact of abuse…

  • Unknown Visitor

    Unknown Visitor

    ★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.