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alainavalentine's rating
Ultimate snoozefest. Nap city.
It could have been so much more wildly interestimg. Slow, slow, slow start to finish and the ending makes literally zero sense.
Colorless.
Interesting climate change information and the one thing this film did well was emphasize the gravity of the situation.
Why did the environmental message have to be utterly drowned in Christianity as a setting-not even as a key factor in the plot-just a really irritating, boring setting.
What was the point??
I was so excited because of the rating and critical acclaim. Just goes to show how much critics know about what makes a movie good.
Often they are just plain wrong. I fast forwarded through some of it and it was still on the same scene.
I'm going to bed now.
I'll never get those two hours back.
Not cool, man. Hard pass.
It could have been so much more wildly interestimg. Slow, slow, slow start to finish and the ending makes literally zero sense.
Colorless.
Interesting climate change information and the one thing this film did well was emphasize the gravity of the situation.
Why did the environmental message have to be utterly drowned in Christianity as a setting-not even as a key factor in the plot-just a really irritating, boring setting.
What was the point??
I was so excited because of the rating and critical acclaim. Just goes to show how much critics know about what makes a movie good.
Often they are just plain wrong. I fast forwarded through some of it and it was still on the same scene.
I'm going to bed now.
I'll never get those two hours back.
Not cool, man. Hard pass.
I can't comprehend anyone giving this below a 7 rating. If I put myself in the shoes of non-addicts the acting was superb, the cast was flawlessly selected, the cinematography was vulnerable and intimate. These are things that make a fantastic movie.
In the shoes of an addict the stakes are real, the rehab scenarios were true to life, the relationships portrayed within the realm of a rehab as well as between fellow addicts in recovery and family members watching recovery from the outside with bated breath were all painfully accurate.
It's ridiculous that any sort of "scandal" surrounding the factual integrity of the book should affect a persons interpretation and appreciation of the book or the movie based on the book.
I hadn't checked the cast before watching the movie. I'd read the book years ago and as soon as I saw the title and the cover photo I knew exactly what it was and had to watch it immediately.
This is my favorite work yet of Aaron Taylor-Johnson Yet another movie during which the presence of Billy Bob Thornton was a pleasant surprise. Over the years I've come to find him to be a severely under-appreciated actor. He continues to amaze me with his sensitivity and wise delivery.
Every actor in this movie nailed it.
While this movie can easily be triggering for anyone to whom the story strikes home, it also has a way of telling you what you need to hear of hope and self-forgiveness.
Hope in general.
In the shoes of an addict the stakes are real, the rehab scenarios were true to life, the relationships portrayed within the realm of a rehab as well as between fellow addicts in recovery and family members watching recovery from the outside with bated breath were all painfully accurate.
It's ridiculous that any sort of "scandal" surrounding the factual integrity of the book should affect a persons interpretation and appreciation of the book or the movie based on the book.
I hadn't checked the cast before watching the movie. I'd read the book years ago and as soon as I saw the title and the cover photo I knew exactly what it was and had to watch it immediately.
This is my favorite work yet of Aaron Taylor-Johnson Yet another movie during which the presence of Billy Bob Thornton was a pleasant surprise. Over the years I've come to find him to be a severely under-appreciated actor. He continues to amaze me with his sensitivity and wise delivery.
Every actor in this movie nailed it.
While this movie can easily be triggering for anyone to whom the story strikes home, it also has a way of telling you what you need to hear of hope and self-forgiveness.
Hope in general.
"Good Luck To You, Leo Grande" is a marvel of a movie and an important one as it normalizes the sexuality of mature women in a very sentimental and real way.
It turned out to go a bit deeper than the sexual surface level the plot would suggest, pulling on the heart strings in an unexpected way.
It also celebrates the beauty of a woman's body at any age. The brave vulnerability of Emma Thompsom and Daryl McCormack in the parts they played in order to accomplish this is respectable and endearing.
I also really appreciated the chosen representation of sex work in scripted discussions as it could be in it's most progressive and safe form.
Come for quite a few laughs-a gift that only a good script and appropriate delivery can give-and maybe even a few tears (if you're a sap like me).
My hope is that this movie is the first domino to fall in a row of many to come that celebrate sexuality throughout the lifespan and acceptance of sexuality in even it's more taboo forms.
It turned out to go a bit deeper than the sexual surface level the plot would suggest, pulling on the heart strings in an unexpected way.
It also celebrates the beauty of a woman's body at any age. The brave vulnerability of Emma Thompsom and Daryl McCormack in the parts they played in order to accomplish this is respectable and endearing.
I also really appreciated the chosen representation of sex work in scripted discussions as it could be in it's most progressive and safe form.
Come for quite a few laughs-a gift that only a good script and appropriate delivery can give-and maybe even a few tears (if you're a sap like me).
My hope is that this movie is the first domino to fall in a row of many to come that celebrate sexuality throughout the lifespan and acceptance of sexuality in even it's more taboo forms.