Him - Der Größte aller Zeiten

People aren't giving it a fair shake I don't think. It does have its problems, for one "tense" dramatic scenes feel goofy, whether it be bad directing or writing or acting I can't really tell but that does hurt the movie. However; there also is a lot of good to say, The message is on the nose but its also very worth telling, not many movies will have the guts to do it so I will applaud it for that. The cinematography is amazing, the scenes in the desert look amazing. The plot is a little confusing and I can see how people would think that it's "Fake Deep" or whatever but I can't wait to actually dive into all the symbolism when I can watch it again. On the negative side It's also hard to judge what the characters are about or what they want.

4.5/10 Man, I was so hyped for this movie, and it sucks to say it just didn't deliver.

The acting was great-Marlon Wayans especially killed it-but the script and pacing really dragged it down. The movie honestly needed to be longer in order to have more time to explain things, because so much felt half-baked. From the injections to everything Cam goes through, it all just came off kind of hollow. Even the way the story kicked off didn't feel right. The movie isn't clear on itself, and makes the whole thing feel disjointed.

Also thought to mention, not sure if it was just my theater or the movie itself, but the sound mixing was rough. Everything was super loud and clear except the dialogue.

By the end, it felt like Tipping had a bunch of cool ideas but was unsure of what direction to go. Which in turn caused execution to suffer.

The actors were great, no complaints there. But this should've been a guaranteed success about a movie with a horror/occult twist of telling the dark side of fame, sports, parental expectations, and how many suffer and those above them profit; but instead just really fell short from its potential.

Start from the positive - this movie is visually beautiful (although quite a few scenes are extremely dark - will be an annoying watch at home), the score is fantastic and the acting is really, really good, especially Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers (and Jim Jeffries, an odd but satisfying choice for his role).

However: nothing really happens. The movie I feel tries to be a lot of things but ends up being a beautifully packaged nothingness- kind of devoid of content in my opinion. It is also NOT horror. There are some horror elements to it, but it is by no means scary. And again, nothing really happens until the last 15 minutes of the movie. I expected a lot more after watching the trailer.

For people who have a hard time with flashes and strobes - there's a strobing scene that I'm not sure there's a warning for!

I will say something positive. There is some really nice cinematography in the film to enjoy as well as some good acting out of Wayans. That's about it. The movie was horrendously disjointed. I think the movie wanted to be a lot of things, but I couldn't tell you exactly what any of those are as they failed miserably to get there. I was bored the vast majority of the movie, almost napped multiple times, and was shocked to hear it's only an hour and a half movie. I was convinced by the end that it was pushing 2-1/2 hours. Don't waste your time. It's so bad it doesn't deserve your time.

I am a football fiend. I am a movie fiend. I don't normally go for sports movies since they all seem to use the same underdog template. But a football horror movie? Sign me up day one.

Unfortunately I had a pretty bad time with this movie. I could tell something was off early on. It has inconsistent tones and weird editing. Some of the music is beastly but some feels out of place. And it gets loud seemingly at random, even over dialogue, making it hard to hear it.

There are so many ideas and themes crammed into this movie. Most of them are barely touched upon. Crazy fans, annoying news media and concussions are all included but as unnecessary afterthoughts. It's all over the place.

I found a bunch of parts weird and dumb. And while I like Marlon, I think he was completely miscast in this role. All I kept imagining is how much more intimidating and creepy the character would be if he was played by Mahershala Ali.

(1 viewing, opening Thursday UltraScreen 9/18/2025)