How much I enjoyed this movie, I'm glad I gave it a chance.
Ok but pretty borring 5/10
I've watched movies running the gamut of genres, including some of the most gruesome splatter films including I Spit On Your Grave, the Hostel franchise, the entire (so far) Saw franchise, and even The Human Centipede.... but nothing I've watched has ever made me as uncomfortable as this film did. It's easy to see why it won Best Picture...and it's easy to see the supposed indifference and blasé attitudes of some of the comments on here: this movie hits all of us right where we live, and for some, it's preferable to shrug it off and say, "Meh, whatever." than it is to admit "I saw myself in this movie, and it was not pretty." The truth - and it's revealed here - is that we all have prejudices, we all have biases, we all stereotype other people just because they're different than we are. And we paint with a really broad brush in spite of what comes out of our mouths. This movie reveals that, and it's extremely unsettling and uncomfortable...which is why there are so many half-hearted "whatever" comments about it. None of us want to face the truth that we fall into the same traps, prejudices, and feel the same scorn and disdain for others as what is so elegantly portrayed in Crash. I applaud the entire cast and crew of this movie for an absolutely amazing performance and for peeling back the layers of who we are and showing us how ugly society really is. There are good and evil in humanity...always have been, always will be. But it's completely unfair of us to paint so broadly the way that we do. This is my second time to watch this, and I'm glad I watched it again. Don't know that I would ever want to sit through it AGAIN, but it definitely bears seeing at least ONCE with a clear and open heart. Very touching, very emotional, and sadly, very revealing of the humanity in all of us.
I think Kevin's acting is way better than his standups, but this was not it. This movie is a MEH for me nothing spacial.
This is a very special film.
It features one of the most charismatic actors of all time, Eddie Murphy, with an actor who was at his height, Martin Lawrence. Coupled with a fine director in Ted Demme and a brilliant, stretching, heartfelt plot line - this should have done more than it did.
I've seen it twice now and it lingers in the memory.
The final 45 minutes has real pathos. The first 30 minutes has stuttering fires and misfires of that Eddie Murphy magic. The bulk of the film though hums along really nicely.
A very special plot and a very praiseworthy execution. If you've not seen it, see it. It's well worth it.
7.5/10
This is yet another romantic comedy with a cookie-cutter plot, but it will make you laugh!
BOOOOOORRRING!!!
They used 2 hours to tell nothing - seriously in this flick nothing happens at all.
The movie touches on a lot of topics, and shows a lot, but never ultimately explains what happened, it just happens with no explanation.
The ending with Lena fighting her doppelgänger and detonating the phosphorus grenade was awful. What did the alien ultimately want? It is unclear.
What a complete waste of time.
It's never a good sign when a title has your eyes rolling before seeing the movie. It doesn't help how the whole thing plays out.
"Everything, Everything" is sweet and harmless, but the whole thing feels like a girls fantasy of romance. Corny writing, predicable ending, and the soundtrack straight from someones play list. At least the performances were decent.
This movie is a one-hit wonder. Unfortunately, it's one hit was just the first act.
It's been so long since I've seen a styling masterfully directed movie from Guy Ritchie. This is far from the best movie of all time. Not even my favorite Guy Ritchie or Jason Statham film. But it's a movie that's told with such verve. This is a crew that isn't trying to do new experimental story telling at this point. They know exactly where they want to go. The tension and the pacing are prepared like a chef whose done this 100 times before. In the wrong hands you'd wonder why the narrative goes back and forth all the time but in Ritchie's hands this only serves to help the tension build.
This is your mother's pie, it's comfortable and delicious in all the ways you hope it would be. But there are misses here as there are in any film. Mostly in the writing. I like Statham and I think his presence carries the perfect amount of menace. There are a few poorly explained plot points like H taking pictures of employee badges (I think this was to do research on all of their names a point that leads absolutely nowhere). I understand H and I empathize with his motivation but I don't care about him. He's almost too much menace. A good Statham role is about 50-70% menace and the rest English bad-boy charm. H is about 90% menace leaving not enough room for anything else to matter. His previous characters have been meticulous and precise almost to a fault and you get to revel in his mastery but here we have that character interrupted forced to forgo the planning we know him for and in it's stead just a continuous forward progression. The rest of the cast is filled with characters that should have been fun. They have great names, solid backstories. In a John Wick style movie this cast would be amazing but here we could have used more of Ritchie's telltale dry gallows humor. For such a full cast filled with actors who could really chew the scenery they didn't get a lot to do. Taking everyone here and transplanting them in something like Boss Level would be perfect. Those characters were almost too cartoonish. I would have loved to see these actors get more to do.
Movie sucks but the deaths are hilarious
This movie is probably a notch below movies like "The Hangover," "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and "Wedding Crashers," but it definitely holds it own and you will most definitely find yourself laughing hard more than once.
The twist ending is the WHOLE MOVIE! It bores you to tears till you get to that part. Argggggh!
another good romantic-comedy. thats all I can say
This was John Cena's best movie. one of the comedies of 2021!
Not a single person in this movie behaved like a person would if such thing happened in real life.
a friend of mine chose this movie for us to watch and let me tell you, at first we were just talking to each other checking our phones etc... but 5 mins in we were hooked! the acting is really good for the most part, great humour, great screenplay, you get the picture. Well if you are still reading this just stopand go watch it. (And if you like Star Trek you'll enjoy it even a lot more than a non fan like me certainly!)
This was pretty awful.
The entire movie was trying to dictate something to the audience, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was.
At no point do you feel anything at all for the characters. The kidnapped girls and Casey's dad are not developed at all, so their deaths don't carry any weight.
The one smart character (the doctor) doesn't act rationally. The whole lecture sequence made me cringe. The doctor is originally presented as someone who approaches her patients methodically. She is perceptive and crafty. Then she gives a Skype lecture where she pleads with a group of scientists to believe her. She doesn't present proof or make a convincing argument, even though she must have that capability.
Then in dangerous situations she shuts down. While she can write out his name, she doesn't call it out or check for his presence. She knows how dangerous he is. She suspects him. She even stuffs the tissue into the keyhole, but she still doesn't call out his name to snap him out of it.
The girls are also in an unrealistic state while trying to escape. In most other movies, people in this type of situation are either 1) competent, 2) paralyzed by fear, or 3) completely frantic and flailing. These girls were none of those. Their maddeningly slow pace was inconsistent with the terror they must be feeling.
The whole parallel with Casey's uncle (and being imprisoned after being "released" into his custody) didn't match well with the main story. Why did she pull the trigger on The Beast but not her uncle? At first it seems like both stories were parallels, where at this point in her life she actually overcomes her fear and confronts her aggressor. But then she just goes back to her uncle. It's very unclear what her character is feeling and what she's going through.
Also, the fact that The Beast is immune to gunshots and has superhuman strength is out of nowhere. The story abides in the natural world before derailing into the supernatural. While the supernatural element should be a big reveal, it wasn't. His powers build up step by step, so there is no surprise factor. The lack of surprise implies that we should expect this. Yet the world presented doesn't give us any hint before the build up. Tying it into Unbreakable at the end was jarring as well. The tie-in explains more about the movie's universe, but nothing about the movie's tone or world-building mirrored Unbreakable.
McAvoy's performances were decent but spread very thin. So many characters (8?) are introduced that none of them were well developed. The other thirteen aren't explored at all, which was pretty disappointing. MNS might be saving them for the sequel, but I doubt most viewers will be willing to sit through another ordeal of this magnitude.
The only success of this movie is when Casey goes for a gun and the non-Beast personalities plead for their lives one by one. It makes you think about the twenty-some actual people who would die if she pulled the trigger in self defense. Unfortunately, this was the only redeeming quality of the movie and not enough to justify a watch.
Wow. The reviews of this are ridiculous. I'm so tired of the armchair "critics" out there today, and the nonsense they whine about. Sure, there's nothing all that noteworthy here, but it's a pretty good weepy with some good performances. If you're in that kind of mood or dig these actors give it a go.
We have seen this story again and again at different movies but it is OK. The action is good. Enjoyable.
Still holds up really well over 20 years later, and even more relevant now.
Solid heist movie. A little too long and not enough action in the middle. The opening is great action piece to start but then it slows down too much until the heist. The middle is filled with some boring family drama but some cool manly stuff like strip clubs and shooting ranges. O'Shea Jackson Jr. really stands out as a great actor. Everyone else does a decent job. Worth a watch if you like macho man movies or heist movies.
What is the point to watch this movie?
I think there's no point at all.
I like these kind of stories, it can reach us and offer another perspective. We live in a society full of mean people, don't mind them, stop caring about what they think. Accept who you are. Stop being insecure about everything. Just be yourself and love yourself.
