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Murder in Provence (2022)
Mind numbing
My wife and I just barely managed to endure the first episode. Mind you, we are British TV fans-oh, sorry, I guess we are supposed to imagine this is French. In an case, we found it tedious in almost every way-mind numbing at times. The characters were almost interesting, but the plot was B-grade. Zero entertainment value for us..
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
People who believe in something
In an era when believing in something beyond one's self is out of step comes a film that doesn't write the passion of purpose and the power of selfless yet ultimately redeeming love out of the script. This film further surprises with unconvention. We see a psychiatrist who truly believes his misguided treatment is a mission of mercy. We aren't required to demonize him in order to reject his methods any more than we are expected to reject a man with mental health issues who murders another man in front of his wife. There are a few villains, but the dark cynicism that stars in so much entertainment these days is shoved aside by realism and hope.
Sean Penn may be type-cast as a tortured soul, but he does it so, so well. Mel Gibson is excellent, as are Natalie Dormer and Jennifer Ehle.
Lost in America (1985)
A case of bi-costal emptiness
How bad could a movie be that gets so many great reviews? An overplayed David and wife wander from the empty high-life of one coast to the empty high-life of another coast, and in the process shows the rest of us that no decent, self-respecting person could find happiness among the ignorant and unwashed of flyover country.
Some amusing moments. Otherwise, no redemption, no love. No values. Empty to empty.