Excellent portrayal by Regina King as the titular Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman in congress, who ran for the presidency in 1972 and sued the television networks for not giving equal coverage.
The film is reasonably entertaining, important and says a whole lot. Strangely, it feels poorly plotted. The peaks don't hit hard and the troughs aren't particularly low. It needs a major rewrite focusing on the structure. Maybe focus on her running for congress, which she won, then…
Lovely film about living each moment, nostalgia and family.
The perfect ending was right after Her Old Ass left crying and she rode off with Chad in the boat into the sunset. Then they added that scene for stupid audience members who still didn't know the moral of the film and needed it spelt out. That didn't ruin the film because there was too much good built up, but it certainly worsened it.
Elliot (Maisy Stella) and Chad (Percy Hynes…
The line which summed this film up for me was about halfway in:
"Because you're on the inside. You believe in it. You want to preserve it at all costs."
When society is squeezed, art pops out. This is very true of Iran currently. There are some excellent, dark films being produced by film-makers who must flee Iran for fear of flogging, jail and even death.
This is a strong suspense/family thriller which mixes a fictional story with real life…
It's like a John Grisham novel vomited all over the screen.
There's a type of courtroom drama where the camera uses a palette and angles which are flat and matter-of-fact; the script is clunky with too much exposition; the acting is stilted, I mean, it's not like a Lynchian nightmare, but it's just off; also it's like the editing of every piece of dialogue is 2-3 frames late on the cut.
Fantastic cast. Excellent premise. But it's trying to be…
A strong central performance of a pill-popping waif diva by Angelina Jolie who stole the show.
The camerawork reminded me of Spencer, also about a tragic lead, with shots lacking walking/speaking room and interesting power dynamics within the frame.
Even with the excellent main performance and solid technical aspects (especially the camera and sound), the film still came through a touch lacklustre and didn't grip me enough to truly care about such a fierce, individualistic character.
Unfortunately, a tale about a tragic singer whose life was cut short by their own misguided distrust of modern medicine isn't particularly original.
For some reason I thought this was a camp musical about prisoners singing their way through prison sentences.
I wish I hadn't put off watching it for so long. This is a real contender.
Strong performances (by the cast of mainly amateurs) about violent men struggling to process their feelings. Excellent writing helped express the difficult themes of redemption, justice, expectations of masculinity and loss.
Voyeuristic cinematography: from backstage, through a mirror... the players were always watched. Excellent and meaningful camerawork.
Animals breaking the fourth wall with terrible jokes was a step too far.
The non-animation series has been so shit so far that it might be best to just stop.
Bad, forgettable songs; poor jokes; poor action; no drama; bad monkey sayings; bad dialogue ... good technical skills.
When the girl looks more CGI than the apes ...
Then Frank Gallagher turns up.
This film brings up difficult ideas hidden behind a standard romance drama frame.
Which is more important, personal achievement or family?
The makers create the argument by implying that Florence Pugh's character has just two choices: compete in the stressful "cooking Olympics" or focus on her cancer treatment and survive. While this choice is unrealistic, it works in the world of the film to portay the thematic choice.
What would have surprised some people is that a woman would choose…
This was hilarious.
There are so many great animations for this year's Oscars to choose from.
Drop the songs, cut 40 minutes of the 3rd act and have more Goldblum and this would be significantly better.
The story was very good, although obvious (being aimed at young people means it has to be simplified and spelled out to an extent). The acting and singing was fine.
The technical aspects, especially the effects, were excellent and deserve Oscar recognition but Best Picture this is not.