Lauren R Moore

This movie is clearly well put together, and Rosamund Pike gives an excellent performance, but it just infuriated me too much to really recommend it to the general population. No one in this movie is really good. There's just bad, and then there's worse. The movie so powerfully made me hate its main character that what it did was put me momentarily in the mind frame of the main character Marla Grayson, in that I was wished for her to die, and I didn't feel the slightest bit of remorse for wishing it. I think this movie is for someone, and I think it's technically well-done. It just probably isn't one I'd return to ever again, for the simple reason that it made me feel sick to my stomach to watch - which is probably what it wanted to do, but not an emotional space I like to live in.

I really enjoyed this documentary! It's really more of a hit of nostalgia than a particularly plot-driven documentary - don't expect any crazy twists or turns. But it's a very enjoyable way to spend 90 minutes. I must admit it made me sad, thinking that I and the majority of people played a role in the downfall of video rental stores like this by failing to make them part of our regular routine, despite the amazing fondness many of us seem to feel towards our memories of going to Blockbuster. If you grew during a time when video stores were huge, you'll love this movie. And if you are a younger person who never experienced video rental stores, you might find it equally interesting to think this is something that people did once upon a time - and loved it.

I really enjoyed this movie! It really paints a very clear picture of the plight and humanity of people many prefer to ignore or think of as less than simply because they were not born into a country. I sort of wish more had happened, but I think that's kind of the point of the movie. Refugees, hoping for a better life, are stranded in these countries where they have to live but cannot truly settle in or call it their own, just always waiting for something positive to happen and hoping for the possibility that their plea for asylum will be approved. They are divorced from their culture, missing friends and family, and all the while they are regarded with suspicion as if they are criminals simply by being from the country they're from (or sometimes even just LOOKING like a certain race or EVEN what that person thinks that race looks like). It's a pretty quiet movie, lots of silence, gorgeous cinematography, but also very funny at times. Highly recommend if you are willing to sit and experience something quietly meaningful instead of the typical easy movie laughs and explosions.

I can't say I enjoyed this movie so to speak, because it's not really the kind of movie you ENJOY but I did think it was very worthwhile and well done. Definitely slow on occasion and not always fun, but death never is. Affleck, Segel, and Johnson were all great in their roles. Affleck sounds consistently like he's on the verge of tears, even when he's happy, so he nails a sad part :'D

I really enjoyed this movie. An engaging and surprisingly emotional movie for what might look like a straight-up romantic comedy based on the poster. The two leads had excellent chemistry, and brought very believable performances and emotions to what is ultimately a pretty fantastical movie when you get right down to the plot. As far as romance movies go, I'd rate it above most average romantic dramas I see. Probably best to know nothing about it going in if you want the best experience with it.

I found this movie incredibly amusing, though I'm not sure whether that was the reaction the makers of this movie were intending. If so, they succeeded. If not, I had a fine time anyway. I think Bob Odenkirk is so naturally funny just with how he exists in the world that no matter how serious he tries to be, it comes off pretty funny. I think when treated as a dark comedy, it's kind of amazing as an exploration of masculinity and violence. I do wish I'd known a bit more about Hutch and his family, and then I would have cared more about the people at the center of the film, but generally, I had a very good time watching this movie. Great soundtrack too!

I can’t recommend this movie enough. It’s completely human, relatable and sweet in the best way without being saccharine. The music is so perfect. The script is just so true to life. The movie stylistically is just beautiful, every frame like looking at a piece of art. The black and white which I thought might annoy me as it often does, felt very purposely done and really added a lot to the images. It’s also funny at moments. Truly embodies the sweetness and frustration of taking care of children, even when they’re not your own. Joaquin and Woody truly knocked this one out of the park. Woody in particular is so good it almost feels like watching a documentary of a kid, not a scripted film. Definitely the best movie I’ve seen this year, bar none. If you’re looking for movies with wild plots and things exploding every five seconds, this may not be for you, but to me it exemplifies much of the plodding yet beautiful qualify of life.

I watched this movie because I like Andrew Garfield and am always interested in watching whatever he's in. He gives a great performance (as per usual), but this movie is just too meandering for me personally. It's a really gorgeous movie in some respects (cinematography, shoot locations and acting in particular), but ultimately I want a movie to mean something or evoke some kind of feeling, and this one just left me feeling a bit numb at the end which is kind of a feeling I guess, but not anything I’d want to relive. The bizarreness of it all was amusing for about an hour, but after that point, it started to feel a bit tedious. Kudos to the director for really going for it. He clearly made what he wanted to make, and I'm sure it's for someone. It's just not for me.

This movie was okay, but I guess I would have preferred a more straightforward movie about someone aging out of the foster care system and the difficulties that occur in the transition, but clearly, that isn't what this was intended to be. However, all of the acting was great, particularly in the case of Tye Sheridan and Caleb Landry Jones. The score was great too. Left me feeling very uneasy (as I think was intended). It's a fine movie. I just don't think it rises to the level of great, and I was left feeling very hopeless at the end.

I tried to watch this and I couldn’t get through it, so take my review with a grain of salt. Somebody needed to teach Sebastian Maniscalco about the principal of “show not tell.” Unfortunately, I think as a stand up he is heavily reliant on telling because at the core that is what stand up is, but in a movie voiceover really gets old if used too much, and it definitely was here.