Welcome, ye connoisseur of slo-mo, blend dialogue, and predicable... (I meant to write "twist", but I seem to be unable to. Hum.)... actions.
It will pass time time, but come around if you're looking for an actual space opera.
Made me want to rewatch 2 broke girls
An animated movie trope tour de force.- sure Spectacularly predictable. - sure.
As is Turning Red, 2022's Pixar, these feel-good movies that starts as a tragedy that is overcome by younglings discovering their roots: more, please.
As for the 'Spectacularly predictable', sure, as it's meant to be found out because that's not the point, it's the family-rooted coming-of-age strengh
Tl;dr: It's not bad, it's sadly okay.
Philippe Katerine as Assurancetourix is perfect! Cassel as Caesar allows for the most unexpected outcomes to stay within the character. But all in all... It taste like poor copy of the chabat one: same humor, but less punchy, turns of events that feels overly complicated and lengthy, and too many famous people, trying to shine on their own.
And of the middle kingdom we see 2 walls, 2 market places, and one prison on the side of a cliff.
Short version: a romeo&juliet story in modern setting wrapped in cringe comedy and gags.
Long version : With Italy as a background, just 20 min in with the aeroport scene here comes a modern romeo&juliet incarnation - happy happy edition (though I appreciated the metaphorical "double murder" of the couple!). Problem is, I think the scenarists thought the classic tragedy plotline was strong enough to allow for the most distracting and ridiculous gags and developments. I'm not sure it works well, mainly due to the many genres mixed up there, but it is good comedy, and it is an amazing couple of actresses. The "side" developments serve well in transforming the archetypal suburbian mom into mafia boss.
And kudos to Toni Collette. I knew her from the power, but she plays beautifully : as realistic as the role allows, and perfectly dead serious in the cringe comedy moments.
At times I felt a little bit overwhelmed in American soft power through Toni Collette's intensity though
Hilarious. Lacheau/la bande à fifi in its works, skillfully juggling an hilarious plotline with constant gags. It's seasoned with pop culture references that feels like childhood memories, and particularly this superhero one.
People not liking/discovering cringe humor ("the office" for example) might not find it funny.
Pathos extravaganza.
5 words they say, but really that sums the whole movie up...
Was expecting a random teen movie, got a smart, funny and actually surprising movie - and these days actual surprise in plots are really, really rare (at least for me etc etc, to each its own), let alone all 3!
(But) it is a teen movie, light and funny, with no pretension to be anything more.
I did not expect anything from Spanglish. Really, nothing at all. But, as it's often the case with Adam Sandler movies, it's tender, smart, and inspiring.
I think this is a very good movie, but that comment in itself is worthless. So, 2 more opinions: the sexbot thing is just a pretext to hand out human rapport assertions. And even more in my opinion, voluntary missing the point on the last one.
Roughly summarized, the story is about a guy a little lost in is life, who discovers intelligent (but compliant, no ai evolving to freedom here) sexbots. More than sexbots, they're basically programmable companions - here I already recognise a critic of today's internet and the social networks: with these bots, you are pleased and prisoner of your own world, they're a mirror of yourself. Then comes an assertion about the universality of love, and a shoutout to free oneselves from others' judgments, or tradition, or expectation from spouse/close one's etc.
Finally the last point with spoilers: the film conclude with the couple at peace again, each with their sexbots to satisfy their self-appreciation needs, while leaving room, if not the main place, to their spouse, their love, only one actually loved (not the bot, not themselves). The point is being able to love the spouse with no constraints, no obligations, eg love while redirecting excesses (examples given are ranting for hours with a enthusiastic debate partner, and ofc, sex fantasies, chores) to the bot(s).
I'm saying the point of human relation is purposefully missed here for several reasons. 1st, the movie is mainly a criticism of the self-idea of love each person has. It's nothing to do with bots, it's about people. So the message cannot be 'get a bot', that doesn't exist in our society. However, stating that calls the attention of the spectator to the fact that in a couple each individual has needs and aspirations/potential. And understanding that allows more understanding, more compliance to satisfy the needs of the companion.
Sorry for length :see_no_evil:
To be more concise (finally!), it's an ai-love story wrap around the concept of "be there for each other".
