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End of the Road 2022
This movie was so forgettable, I watched it almost an entire second time before realizing I had watched it before. Only reason I'm even reviewing it is so I don't do it again in two years.
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Tom Sawyer 1973
Taking Tom Sawyer and turning it into a light-hearted musical completely overshadows the darker themes underlying Mark Twain's novel. Would've had a charm to it in different circumstances, but this completely missed its mark.
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Mysterious Skin 2004
Neil: You're the only one I ever told.
Wendy: I know.
Neil: I never told Eric or my Mom. And I know some people might think it's fucked up, or whatever. But what happened that summer is a huge part of me. No one ever made me feel that way before or since. Like I was special.
Wendy: Neil, you were eight years old.
Neil: Yeah, but he really loved me. I mean, there were other kids sometimes, but... I…
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Perfect Blue 1997
Such a mind-bending movie about identity and the expectations placed on women, especially when it comes to female idols. You start with this expectation of being pure and sweet, but as people grow bored, their expectations become greater, driving you to feel you have to sacrifice personal boundaries and pieces of yourself to keep people happy until you cant remember who you are.
The introductory fight scene was a good example of this. While people were there to see her,…
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