loved this so much. the dog made me reminisce about A Couch in New York which is high praise. giggled like mad the whole way through, probs annoyed the four other people in the morning screening. Kaurismäki takes things I’d roll my eyes at on paper and handles them so deftly, particularly in how well this stands out amidst a declared strand of cinema (not saying the word) which can mistaken optimism for sincerity and then completely exhaust the former. here…
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I kept getting distracted by the elite level casting of Rachel Griffiths and Dermot Mulroney couple
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And then I remembered when I saw Griffiths walking her dog in St Kilda and how I didn’t approach her bc I didn’t wanna be that guy but I really wanted to say how much her performance in Muriel’s Wedding kinda changed my life
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