BJ D

Amazing movie. You can always count on Paul Gross to be entertaining and thought provoking in such a humourous manner. We're watching New Year's Eve 2021 (via Bell satellite tv). Great farce. Wouldn't a 2022 version of the underlying points in this movie be something to absorb?

I never write movie reviews. But this movie caused me to research because the movie was powerful in its raw authentic portrayal of 'someone's story'. The first thing my online research came to were negative reviews by 'professional' critics. I was absolutely shocked. And...the reasons stated by these critics demonstrated just how elite and out of touch they are with 'what really matters'. Then I fortunately found this site with all of these 'real people' reviews. I originally was going to write a review of what I thought about the critics' reviews, but many have said it already-- and they communicated it so well. I live in Canada and we watched the movie on Netflix last evening. We haven't stopped thinking and talking about it. To me, this is not about stereotyping an area or a culture. Rather it has applicable truths for many cultures from many areas. It really is about valuing 'one's authentic story' and it is obvious that this movie hit that mark. The critics seem to have made a serious mistake of knowing and judging what really matters. Surely even movie critics can realize that they can make mistakes and rethink what filters that they used when judging this movie. It is obvious that this is a contender for the movie of 2020. It is a contender for more than the story or the acting or the directing. It is the movie of 2020 because those who 'formally judge' need to see and appreciate the power of the movie on the audience. Otherwise, they are just perpetuating the kinds of injustices that make many people feel hopeless. Hopelessness is a universal truth and reality for many. It is time for 'hope' to be more than a four letter word.