Jeanine Gilgen

This movie is sheer torture. The four main characters are in a fancy eating establishment, a place that is catering to their every need, and none of them can actually sit and stay while the courses are coming and going. Dogs would have done better at the table.The main plot is to get down discussing to the nitty gritty of a murder that their delinquent and disrespectful sons had committed, BUT mental illness, family past drama, and politics seems to keep getting in the way. Now I tried to watch this movie three times. Snoozefest. Finally I did finish it and hated the benign milk and cookie ending. In my opinion, it ended very awkwardly, To the morally objective person, the plan going forward would be obvious. However, in the end, it kind of looked like they were all trying to save their own skins, except for the congressman. What they don't figure out is that what they might be trying to preserve will eventually and most certainly turn to crap.

This movie was very unsettling, depressing and sad. For the life of me, I don't know why for it was quite meaningless and empty on suspense, shine, or plot. It seemed to only make me do a slow boil of hate against the kid who thought he was entitled to overpower the adults that catered to his every whim. I must add, this wasn't even believable and it was never explained why the kid acted like a psycho. There was also an introduction of an innocent (female) kid in peril. I am left wondering where did this come into the plot. And during this unrelated scene, I was wondering if the girl's mother was crazy too. Sigh. But the end was the real kicker. Pretending after all that, everything was okay. Who would entertain such writing in a script? So much was wrong with this film when it makes you want to give the pycho kid what he really was craving.. a vicious and watery death in the family pool. Should have trigger warnings...for me. This movie, waste of time. Play euchre instead.

I'm being generous with the stars. I think this series is being misdirected from the get go. In my opinion, you do get the sense of what Alec went through with the accidental shooting tragedy, and of course, they had to address it. (Mainly, the chatty wife talked a lot about it.) The memory of it/ the sorrow of it is all over Alec's face, along with the stress of keeping a younger yappy wife and a bundle of little kids happy. That is REAL. Thank God, the wife is letting you know that they are moving on from that sorrow. However, I don't think Alec Baldwin is as happy and content as the show wants you to believe. It probably would have boosted the appeal of this series if Alec himself was the main narrative. People want to hear about his former famous life compared to his present life with his family now. His wife basically makes the show all about her, super yoga woman with words of wisdom, who is carrying the weight of everyone in the family, including the (older OCD and allergic) Alec. This is nothing special or new since most women/wives also do this in their lives.When it comes to the kids, it seems Alec has no control of the little ones. There's more to being a dad than being proud of them and praising them in front of the camera. They have two nannies who apparently do nothing to keep the children in line. At least this is what they want you to believe. Animals jumping and dumping everywhere. Sheer chaos. I just don't believe that this is a true reflection of how it's really going. Jmo.

This movie begins smoothly enough, two scenes running simultaneously in the film. A sullen teen , who is recently grieving the death of her beloved mother, and her mild-mannered Dad. They drive up to their lake house/cabin. Dad surprises daughter with his future bride-to-be and her son at the cabin. The teen runs away from the cabin after hearing the news that Dad is getting a new wife/son. Dad coddles the teen and when the action starts, I know why. His little girl has a bit of a temper. While the teen is out with her dogs, there is a home invasion. Four prison thugs had just escaped the cargo van, apparently while Dad and daughter were fussing. These felons were part of the vile Brotherhood, headed by Kevin James's character. The plot is that these thugs will destroy anything that gets in their way when it comes to finding some secret key that is hidden on the property. We are not told what the key represents, but apparently, its value merits long years of planning this scheme out. Of course, the savy teen is on the outside and holding the key. This film has plenty of gore, violence, blood and ick. Action packed, far-fetched, and yet, worth watching... not before bed though.

There is a very relaxed tone in this time period film which I loved. I loved all the characters. Great acting, it is a slow to simmer film though. The mother, Vera, is constantly busy working and helping people from her London village. From the start, you see her as a sweet quiet wife. Then in the middle of film, you see her in her real covert element. Almost childlike, she believes she is helping out young women by inducing abortions. She leaves out the darker side of the equation though. She knows it's against the law~maybe not morally in her eyes but certainly illegal. After twenty years, the law catches up with her and takes her to task by arresting her for performing unlawful procedures. As the viewer, you see her crumble right before your eyes. You feel the rejection of the son, the dissapointment of the husband. The agony of the whole family. The shame and disgust of the sister-in-law. Such a great film, BUT no surprise ending. For me, that makes it 4stars. (Don't know if this was a true story or not, so I may be too stingy with those stars.)

Good movie. A lot of dialogue and teeth. The teeth kept me on the edge of my seat. Decent acting. However, poor decisions were made on the couple's part. Like, after the upset, the reptile's dance with the colorful coot, why didn't one of the two track the life-saving mule back home? Everyone with a brain knows the mule would've made his way out of the canyon and eventually onward home. Dumb. Climb up the canyon and then hang from it. The decisions they made truly got them screwed. This irritated the crap out of me. Thus, the ☆☆☆☆. At least, they didn't give up though.

I thought this movie was good in a weird way, but it just got weirder as it went along. I thought the acting of the three primary cast was very good. I would've gave it more stars, but the ending was just dumb and nonsensical. Why bring in a fourth character, who in my opinion, was just a smaller and distorted version of Sheldon Cooper. Jmo. BUT, at least the dog didn't die so I will give it ⭐️⭐️👍

I was mostly intrigued by this movie. To think, the writer with the writer's block formulated all that in a night. At least, I am assuming it was something like that, but yet, maybe it was in an alcohol-soaked fever dream. I love Antonio B. as an actor, and he held his own with his acting and his sex appeal. The other male actor was trying too hard to be the villian. The writer should have toned the villian down a bit and made HIMSELF a little more on top of things/ and wiser in the story. I mean, who invites a hitcher back to the house? It really gets a little involved/crazy after that. Then the writer does the first flip by bringing in the FBI. Then we experience another scenerio with two DIFFERENT characters. Last but not least, we see the whole picture and lo and behold, another twist. Frankly, I was relieved. Who wants to invision Banderas as a psychopath? I was tired trying to keep up with this one. If you're a suspense junkie, this one will be worth the watch.

This film was very dry. I was parched all the way through it. I went into the kitchen for some water. Came out and didn't miss a thing. Boring about sums it up. Also, the film had little dialogue so I knew nothing about these characters and their lives. I guess with this plot, this meant very little. I can only think the two main characters were not so bright if they came so poorly equipped for a hike in the desert. I did, however, get into the loud rhythmic crunching of the sand, which helped me through my workout on my tread. Even though it was a very (and unnecessarily) slow projectory during most of the scenes, I DID enjoy the flow of the movie. I liked the angles and the scenery shots. I also can't complain about the two main actors, Affleck and Damon. But I didn't understand the "gerry" jokes and I didn't understand why Gerry 1 strangled Gerry 2. He was leaving anyway...sigh. There was something genius about this film but also empty. Conflicted.

My advice: do not go to bed on this movie. It's a real downer. Watch an episode of Bridgerton or something. The ending left me exhausted and deflated. I can only say that the movie started out good, but then the yadayada kept repeating itself. I mean, the girl strikes and is victorious against the bad guy, only for the baddie to spring back up to capture her again. I started to get the feeling that the main character was content in the victim role. It sure made for a long night for her with nothing good to show for it, except a wooden crate heading East bound. I didn't feel bad or cheated that no one nice survived, only because they didn't try hard enough to kill their assailants. I guess that is why it's a horror flick. You also don't know where this movie is headed until it's near the end. So I give it kudos for leading us up there on suspense. Horror and suspenseful and a lot of dead bodies.