I hate making two extratextual notes in a row (see below) but the fact that this came out the same year as FLOW hurts it, since FLOW covers not dissimilar territory so much more effectively (the second the animals started talking here, I was deflated, and that's like ten minutes into the movie).
That said, there's plenty of textual stuff that hurts it too, right from the opening DreamWorks logo that involves the studio's other, crappier IP's (**cough**SHREK**cough**) waving at…
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I am an absolute sucker for this kind of thing, high-tension single-room narratives about journalists making moral decisions in real time (see also: GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, SHATTERED GLASS, SPOTLIGHT, et al), and will almost by default add a star to the rating of any film with that setup.
I love Peter Sarsgaard and could watch him read the phone book and probably still be entertained.
I don't put much stock in the…
I cannot believe this is actually listed and loggable on here. I love it. Good on you, Letterboxd. These are absolutely amazing, scripts written entirely by either AI or a Martian who learned about screenwriting and romance and basic human behavior secondhand from someone who once watched a Hallmark movie, starring actors whose qualifications seem to be "has a face" and "can read". It is the worst, laziest student in undergrad intro creative writing class's aspiration toward feature film manifested…
