It's hard to make a review without spoilers, but I'll try.
First of all, I think this would have been much better if it were a miniseries and not a movie, Gilligan has a particular way to tell stories and I couldn't help but feel that he had to give up many ideas and many character and story developement points sticking with a two hour run time movie. It feels that way dueto the amount of screen time dedicated to flashbacks that add some information, but also create a somewhat unnecessary tension since we already know where it will go, at least who has seen the show. Gilligan stated that in his opinion you didn't have to have seen the show to appreciate the movie, and because of these flashbacks that push too much on the series, with little cameos and all, I don't think it's really true.
Another thing I couldn't wrap my mind around was the fact that the actors, of course, have aged and everytime I saw a young Jessee or Todd it would take me out of the movie, Todd particularly.
There are some really good parts, the first act and a few scenes that lead to the end, that I won't spoil.
I won't discuss the finale, which I liked, but I seriously wish it would have been a series, because it would make my critiques worthless, with more time dedicated to the run for safety and the flashback would have felt less for nostalgia's sake and more relevant.
Review by Sassi AcerbiBlockedParent2019-10-11T12:17:29Z
It's hard to make a review without spoilers, but I'll try.
First of all, I think this would have been much better if it were a miniseries and not a movie, Gilligan has a particular way to tell stories and I couldn't help but feel that he had to give up many ideas and many character and story developement points sticking with a two hour run time movie. It feels that way dueto the amount of screen time dedicated to flashbacks that add some information, but also create a somewhat unnecessary tension since we already know where it will go, at least who has seen the show. Gilligan stated that in his opinion you didn't have to have seen the show to appreciate the movie, and because of these flashbacks that push too much on the series, with little cameos and all, I don't think it's really true.
Another thing I couldn't wrap my mind around was the fact that the actors, of course, have aged and everytime I saw a young Jessee or Todd it would take me out of the movie, Todd particularly.
There are some really good parts, the first act and a few scenes that lead to the end, that I won't spoil.
I won't discuss the finale, which I liked, but I seriously wish it would have been a series, because it would make my critiques worthless, with more time dedicated to the run for safety and the flashback would have felt less for nostalgia's sake and more relevant.