Everyone involved with this is owed an apology! Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo pour so much heart into their performances and both kill it.
I wish they were given a prettier film, because this is really quite ugly. The Emerald City especially is treated with a sort of CGI high-gloss that I can only liken to straight Midjourney slop. Brights are either totally blown out or diffused to the point that even the well-designed sets feel totally flat. Hideous backlighting.…
Quietly one of the best films about grief I have ever seen. The brief narrations of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya provide all of its complexity; existential dissatisfaction, and the desperate desire to communicate it. Mundane and devastating.
Watched this out of sheer curiosity about how bad a Candace Owens directed “documentary” could possibly be, and it’s about as evil and dishonest as I expected. It presents itself as an investigation into the BLM organization — but like every conservative narrative these days, its real intention is denouncing the supposed evil-elitist-leftist cabal which rules over our media with an iron fist to push its agenda of violence and criminality. “You have been tricked into believing George Floyd is…
Pastel polymers. Saccharine self-awareness. Your mom’s feminism. Sexualized capitalism bad. Burger King meal and Chevrolet automobiles good. Nail polish emoji.
I don’t know, I had a lot of fun. Robbie and Gosling do well. Though too commercial to be any level of profound or authentic, this is probably the best case scenario for an official Mattel™ product film.
