Paul Thomas Anderson managed in this film to invite us to discover the love of a semi-adolescent (and somewhat illegal) couple on a seventies journey of personal discovery and first love. The film shines in terms of its production design, photography and costumes, directed by Florencia Martin, Michael Bauman and Mark Bridges, with whom he had previously worked. All the atmosphere and the lights transport you to another era to live the adventure in which the leading characters enroll. Speaking of leads, what a good choice of actors: Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim take you with their simple faces to the seventies, they have the perfect features to play Gary and Alana. Undoubtedly, the director presented a personal work that invites emotion and perhaps nostalgia, but the script has some elements that seemed unnecessary to me and made the film longer than it should have been, such as the appearance of secondary characters who did not add anything and only distract the plot from its purpose. That's why in the second half of the movie, I started to get distracted and even wait for it to end. It's a nice movie, but not consistent enough to keep the viewer aware of everything that happens until the end.
Review by Ariel RodriguezVIP BlockedParent2022-03-07T19:16:09Z
Paul Thomas Anderson managed in this film to invite us to discover the love of a semi-adolescent (and somewhat illegal) couple on a seventies journey of personal discovery and first love. The film shines in terms of its production design, photography and costumes, directed by Florencia Martin, Michael Bauman and Mark Bridges, with whom he had previously worked. All the atmosphere and the lights transport you to another era to live the adventure in which the leading characters enroll. Speaking of leads, what a good choice of actors: Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim take you with their simple faces to the seventies, they have the perfect features to play Gary and Alana. Undoubtedly, the director presented a personal work that invites emotion and perhaps nostalgia, but the script has some elements that seemed unnecessary to me and made the film longer than it should have been, such as the appearance of secondary characters who did not add anything and only distract the plot from its purpose. That's why in the second half of the movie, I started to get distracted and even wait for it to end. It's a nice movie, but not consistent enough to keep the viewer aware of everything that happens until the end.