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Guess I'm different; I liked it. Maybe not super, super liked it, but I feel it's good enough for me to recommend it to others. Maybe at least part of the reason is I used to be John; very similar situation. My wife was so brave to marry me, I'm almost sure I was her charity project. The movie still has some cheesy parts, like the quote, "Love is the easiest thing." Nah, it isn't; lust is easy, love isn't. But I can look past it. Anyway, it's significantly better than I expected, I recommend it.

This is a rare moment when I agree with the "professional critiques" more than with the general audience. This movie is a great metaphor, the painful and slow process of realizing that aging, no matter how hard you try, will catch up to you. Especially for women. The nudity in this movie is necessary; society only puts value on women's bodies and youth, so it has to show the naked, raw nudes to manifest the changes and the pain associated with it. The keyword for this story: You cannot escape yourself. The new and the old you are one; if you fight instead of accepting, you're only hurting yourself. Nobody likes aging and losing youth, along with all the glory and fame, but it's a natural process (though fighting ageism is an uphill task we must fight), learn to accept and gracefully embrace it. Adapt. This movie is a good one, I recommend it. PS: By the way, personally, I think Demi should have got that Oscar. She was robbed.

This is a high quality product, no doubt about it. The dialogue was good, no doubt about it. It's a great satire, again, no doubt about it. The only problem it got 4 out of 5 stars from me is all the major characters portrayed: NONE of them has even a shred of redeeming quality. None. I guess that's the point the show is trying to make. And it's a satire. But I'm not sure about that. For example, House M.D. (interestingly, Hugh Laurie) portrays a selfish, don't care to be nice or good protagonist as well, but he makes you root for him; hard. You understand where his bad behaviors come from; they have reasons, and though you don't necessarily agree, you feel for it. But in Veep, I found myself hoping all of them got what they deserved. Especially Selina. She should go to hell. If people in DC are like that, this country is already going downhill. Unfortunately, from the recent development, maybe there's some truth in it.

This show is 17 seasons too long. It's long overdue to expose what they did. They claimed they at least "started the discussion," yeah, right. This is NOT the way to a healthy life, and millions of people received the wrong message, and you're talking like you did a good thing? And that Jillian Michaels; the fact that she uttered to the winner, "You just made me a millionaire" says it all. Disgusting.

It's actually an interesting show, despite some potential plot holes. It's a pity that it wasn't renewed. The main problem I see is that it's a bit too much when they added this "she can physically transform into anyone" thing, which was requested by Netflix executives (to which the creator initially disagreed). And then Netflix cancelled the show. In other words, Netflix themselve screwed it up. From what I see, the actors/actresses are good, it's a good watch.

* A little spoiler ahead * It's interesting, I liked it. The plot starts with the old sci-fi theme, "I don't know I'm a robot," then comes the humans' abuse of power over the AI and the AI rebels. But it also somewhat adds feminism and ethical questions of creating AI/sex bots for our lust. The reason why I gave 4 instead of 5 stars was mainly a plotline I have a problem with; maybe someone can help me with that? When Iris is captured by Patrick, the reasonable thing for Josh to do should be to wipe out her memories/reboot her, why doesn't he? It doesn't make sense to me. But overall, the plot is interesting and engaging, the acting is good, I enjoyed it.

Not sure why many people don't like this movie. Sometimes it's a bit slow, but it's based on a real event, so if you're looking for Bruce Willis's Die Hard unrealistic style of show you'll be disappointed. It's not the point.

Liked it! It's funny and relaxing, sometimes touching. I recommend it.

I was struggling between 2.5 or 2. Finally I went for 2. The idea is interesting, but there are two main problems: first, the character of Julia Roberts is a bit unconvincing. Yes, in that situation people will definitely be scared and angry, but not saying nonsense things like that. And second, the biggest one: the pace. It's soooo slow, I fast forwarded many times. The 140 minutes movie should be 90 minutes.

It has some cliches, but manages to tell them in some new ways. It's a good one, I recommend it.