Mediocre
What a boring movie. I watched it last week and already forgot about it.
It added nothing new to anything in my mind or in my life or to cinema.
Happily, I watched it on the plane, so I could jump forward. For example the endless sequence of them searching for her "husband".
The editing is so bad. A director editing his own movie. The scenes drag on and on and on. How many times did the main actress repeat "What the f* is going on?" and "get outt here motherf*"? At least a hundred times.
Also the acting is at best middle class. No memorable performances. How this girl did end up with an Oscar will forever remain a mystery to me. I guarantee you that she will have a short careeer and soon be forgotten.
The only good scene was the last scene in the car. This scene probably saved the movie. I finally got to feel something for the characters.
Before, I couldn't care less. This stupid rich kid just annoyed me. What a hollow idiot. The stripper herself also left me untouched. Her acting is so fake: she is trying desperately to be Julia Roberts likeable, but it doesn't work, because it's just too intrusive and obvious, this whole: hey I'm a stripper but I'm still an innocent good girl. I sell my body for money, but I have fun doing it and it's not so bad. And hey, we prostitutes even have fun when we have sex with our costumers. Yeah sure.
A Cinderella Disney story in a Grunge outfit, so pathetic.
The russians are so goofy and laughable, you feel pity for them. I was actually on their side and hoping that they will shut up that annoying girl finally !
The priest was the best actor and I was totally on his side.
I would give some credit for the scene in the russians-only discotheque on the beach. It was obviously shot with real-life people in a real-life setting, that was a refreshing 3 minutes in an otherwise dull movie.
You know, I would be more tolerant if this was just a film school graduation movie. For that, it would be acceptable and I would say, yes this director is promising.
But coming with the hype that it is riding on, I have to say: dull and boring movie, absolutely nothing new.
That this mediocre movie even won the Golden Palm in Cannes says everything about the depressing state of Arthouse Cinema.
They really couldn't find anything better in 2024?
It added nothing new to anything in my mind or in my life or to cinema.
Happily, I watched it on the plane, so I could jump forward. For example the endless sequence of them searching for her "husband".
The editing is so bad. A director editing his own movie. The scenes drag on and on and on. How many times did the main actress repeat "What the f* is going on?" and "get outt here motherf*"? At least a hundred times.
Also the acting is at best middle class. No memorable performances. How this girl did end up with an Oscar will forever remain a mystery to me. I guarantee you that she will have a short careeer and soon be forgotten.
The only good scene was the last scene in the car. This scene probably saved the movie. I finally got to feel something for the characters.
Before, I couldn't care less. This stupid rich kid just annoyed me. What a hollow idiot. The stripper herself also left me untouched. Her acting is so fake: she is trying desperately to be Julia Roberts likeable, but it doesn't work, because it's just too intrusive and obvious, this whole: hey I'm a stripper but I'm still an innocent good girl. I sell my body for money, but I have fun doing it and it's not so bad. And hey, we prostitutes even have fun when we have sex with our costumers. Yeah sure.
A Cinderella Disney story in a Grunge outfit, so pathetic.
The russians are so goofy and laughable, you feel pity for them. I was actually on their side and hoping that they will shut up that annoying girl finally !
The priest was the best actor and I was totally on his side.
I would give some credit for the scene in the russians-only discotheque on the beach. It was obviously shot with real-life people in a real-life setting, that was a refreshing 3 minutes in an otherwise dull movie.
You know, I would be more tolerant if this was just a film school graduation movie. For that, it would be acceptable and I would say, yes this director is promising.
But coming with the hype that it is riding on, I have to say: dull and boring movie, absolutely nothing new.
That this mediocre movie even won the Golden Palm in Cannes says everything about the depressing state of Arthouse Cinema.
They really couldn't find anything better in 2024?
- openyourmind-28366kfiejwkln
- 31 mar 2025