An emotional earthquake.
I spent the whole time locked in. Every single minute.
This film breaks you and then puts you back together. A rock chasing another rock in a lifeless universe doesn't sound like an obvious emotional trigger point, but it was.
Multiverses are hot at the moment, but this film not only gives the standard good versus evil and 'look at the alternate lives we could have lived' themes, but also sprinkles finding meaning, freedom from roles, ADHD…
It's generally regarded as a masterpeice of cinema, but I can't say it clicked for me.
Beutiful snowy wasteland, yes, but after a while bleak endless white landcapes felt punishing. The slow deliberate pacing certainly does a good job of connecting us with the characters' pain, but it tested my patience too.
I'm also not sure what I'm suposed to take from the religeous allegory? The roles of Christ, Judas and the Romans were all there, but any greater depth…
A really cleverly made movie; half documentary and half comedy about Factory Records, the Hacienda nightclub, and the birth of rave culture in Manchester at the end of the 80s.
Steve Coogan is disarmingly good as Tony Wilson, a frustrated intellectual TV presenter and music promoter who famously never made any money himself.
The film does a good job of capturing the scene, the vibe, and of course the music.
Warm, funny and nostalgic for those of us who grew up listening to the music.
I liked this a lot.
Two very flawed middle age men on a road trip through California's wine country, working through depression and mid-life crises. Both performances are amazing, especially Paul Giamatti's.
Frustrated ambition, fear of taking risks, difficulty of letting go of failed relationships - there's plenty of psychological depth amid the film's funny moments.
Is your life an unresolved novel in which a lot of things 'just happen'? Does it lack central compelling narrative or direction? Perhaps we just need to stop waiting for the perfect moment and enjoy the good wine we've been saving today.
