Dustin Cleary

I don't have much to do with the trans scene--I don't have a horse in the race and I've had some bad experiences with trans and trans-adjacent individuals being shrill and unhinged, and I have no time or space for that drama in my life. So I keep my distance and maintain a "live and let live" stance. Despite my own previous experiences and fatigue/exasperation with the current political landscape, this story drew me in. The movie was just awesome. If the metaphor was heavy-handed, for me the execution made up for it. Just as should always be the case, the writing was not compromised by its purpose as a vehicle for a message. The characters were interesting, the antagonists were bizarre and the whole thing made me think of those weird 90s live action Nickelodeon shows--Are You Afraid of the Dark, Pete & Pete, stuff like that. The production and acting in this movie served it well. It was a piece of art, strange and unsettling, and the passion for the medium is apparent just as the intention to draw your eye to a certain set of ideas was in retrospect. I like good movies, and I would say that this was worth the watch. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Maybe this is my own stuff, but this movie connected with me big time. I love Adam Sandler’s weird new movies, they aren’t for the likes—and they don’t get a lot—they’re something different, and in today’s world of rehashing or ‘rebooting’ old IPs (and often not in a flattering way) and dragging tired old actors up into the public eye to do their numb, ridiculous song and dance, something like Spaceman is alright by me.

Turkie has my jugular in his beak right now and I’m dead if I don’t give 5 stars.

This movie was pretty cool, though it makes me like it less to see it get 100% on Rotten Tomatoes because this movie is not a 100%. We look to movie review sites for movie reviews, not to see people pandering. Reviews help us to decide if we will like something or not. I miss when a movie could just be a movie and people didn’t have a knee jerk reaction to venerate something that had nothing to do with their actual opinions. Now that I’ve said that, this movie has some great acting and a moving look into another culture as well as the realities of poverty and trauma that refugees face as they flee their war torn homes and attempt to make a new life. It also has some very creepy moments and some pretty good jump scares. It also has some pretty hokey deliveries and glaring inconsistencies that I won’t go into much detail about because it would spoil the movie, but none of it makes this unwatchable. Was a very pleasant surprise, as I don’t always or even often like random Netflix movies.

Gimmicky and lackluster, wasn’t into it. Seems like a vehicle for an agenda, not actual writing, just like so many things these days.

Terrible acting, nigh unwatchable. Uninteresting because I can’t get immersed in the writing and cringey delivery. I’m sorry guys, A for effort but woooooow!

Knock off, not even based on sagas, hollow acting, taking liberties with a culture that apparently isn’t worth preserving because it’s white people, for personal gain :p more neo Hollywood garbage. Throw this one in the trash

I got this movie at the dollar store and was really impressed with it. I’ve seen some pretty bad ratings from big movie critics about this title, but as a guy who, like most regular people, watches movies with his pinkie in, I can say you’re probably gonna like it. Five stars because I had zero “groan” moments, was captivated by the storytelling and thought it was better acted than some A list movies.

I came thiiiis close to not even giving this game a chance because I really wasn’t invested in the “rich, privileged, wordy guy” intro coupled with terrible subtitles which scream “I just threw this together with a basic idea of what people were saying” and a cheesy paid bodyguard who is my best friend and father figure story. In fact I quit playing it and spent like 50 hours in Days Gone followed by a tour through 3 acts of Death Stranding before revisiting it, and I have to say, I am glad that I did. Other reviews have said more about the game itself and I encourage you to read them, just know that if your impression going in is anything like mine was, rest assured you will hardly notice these things in 6 hours play time. Solid, fun RPG.

It can be a glitchy game, but let me tell you that this game for story value alone is a masterpiece. Add in the vivid, lifelike world, characters and graphics, and it is even more. I’m a very good way into the story and this game has been an emotional rollercoaster. I score this off the charts.