senseandsense

This is really bad. Over produced over acted and questionable casting to say the least. I think it was too many cooks in kitchen so in the end it was just noise. The Emma Thompson character was to central to the story and not something that would resonate with children of any ages. Maybe this was more in tune with what the author what have wanted super dark and for adults but the project is marketed to children and that is a big shame to introduce this level of darkness when you are targeting children. In the end it was just a lot of noise and there wasn't only one good performance, that of the lead who plays the girl Matilda. What a waste of good material and a big budget.

So might as well make a documentary versus this film. Was totally boring, almost no plot or character or story. No story other than watching the lives of the families like done with a cam corder. I don't know what is the basis of any good reviews other than authenticity in look. The black and white was good but this was like watching paint dry. Not memorable, will never watch again and shows again its Lemmings, fish swimming in the same school that this is a good film

We watched this evening and were stunned by how below average the film was. Shocked given the reviews. I think we watched a different movie or the reviewers are all trying to be nice. Big fans of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper we are but this was slow, uneventful predictable and not even with good costume design and choreography. While we are sympathetic to the creative process, this seems to us to be uncreative and marginal in every way, sad to say. So this is all show and no substance