Earanee Niedzwiecki

3.5 stars rounded up to 4. I really enjoyed a lot about this film, but sadly the gratuitous violence was just too gratuitous in this Deadpool outing for me and the person I went with. I've seen the last two Deadpools and enjoyed them - the violence was also pretty bloody and chaotic, but it fit with Deadpool, so it was fine. But after leaving this film I genuinely felt ill - it was just so over the top, the scenes of bloody violence felt like they were at least 10minutes long. *Spoiler* The straight-up murder of Nicepool just wasn't funny; it being Ryan Reynolds took the edge off slightly, but it was honestly just awful. I know it's a film (duh!), but when there are genuinely horrific violent images from Gaza being live streamed on our phones, flippant violence like this is just sickening. If it was toned down about 50% I would have enjoyed this film a lot more. Paradox was brilliant, and the main villain was cool. Sigh.

Perfectly fun and good. Probably really just a 3 star movie, but a strong 3 stars. Giving it 4 to slightly balance all the 1 star reviews. The original Mean Girls was an iconic cultural moment, but it was fun to see the story again without all the casual racism and homophobia which for me makes the original basically unwatchable. As much as I like her, I'm not sure Angourie Rice was the right casting to play the corrupted era of Cady, or to star alongside such outstanding vocalists, but ultimately it was fine. The other young leads were all lots of fun. Glad I watched it.

I really wanted to like this film but I felt like very few of the the characters who were supposed to be tight actually liked eachother. It has such a desperate and angry energy... I think the charisma of a lot of the actors saves it slightly but it just made me sad. I don't know people who are this miserable and insincere about their interest in eachother. And I don't think it captures the vibe of improv that well. Nah.