Doesn't work when it's light, doesn't work when it's serious
This might just be the toughest type of film to get right. The mixing of two drastically different tones is such a hard mix to get right. A lot of people consider the Coen brothers to be some of the best to ever do it - and even they didn't always get it right.
The main problem with 'Maggie Moore(s)' is that it does really work in either mode. When it is trying to be light and funny it just comes across painfully dull. And when it shifts into serious mode, it offers nothing that a thousand other similar films haven't done before. There is no point of difference in this movie.
They try to make up for a painfully flat script with some big names in the cast, but even that isn't close to enough to save it. It just makes some very bad dialogue be delivered slightly better. It's still bad dialogue. This was a misfire on all levels. A generous 4/10.
The main problem with 'Maggie Moore(s)' is that it does really work in either mode. When it is trying to be light and funny it just comes across painfully dull. And when it shifts into serious mode, it offers nothing that a thousand other similar films haven't done before. There is no point of difference in this movie.
They try to make up for a painfully flat script with some big names in the cast, but even that isn't close to enough to save it. It just makes some very bad dialogue be delivered slightly better. It's still bad dialogue. This was a misfire on all levels. A generous 4/10.
- jtindahouse
- Jul 1, 2023