CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH is my new comfort film and now my favorite of Sundance. Being 22 myself, this is exactly the movie I needed right now. Cooper Raiff has made an extremely beautiful dramedy that had me laughing, crying & smiling like never before. Great autistic representation and 🔥 soundtrack. I had ZERO anticipation for this because I've never seen Raiff's first feature, but now I can't wait to watch this again.
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The Bitch Who Stole Christmas 2021
This is essentially a Drag Race acting challenge stretched to feature length. Is it well written? No. Is it well directed? No. Is it well acted? Not really. Is anything about it objectively good from any type of technical standpoint? Not at all. Did I laugh and have fun? Mostly.
RuPaul trying to typecast Jan as a girl with no personality is just cruel. Also why was Brooke Lynn playing a Russian hooker? Was Katya not available? I could watch an entire movie of Latrice being the Ghost of Christmas Past/Present/Future tho. Not enough Latrice in this.
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Howl's Moving Castle 2004
Been trying to get through Miyazaki'a filmography slowly all year and unfortunately I've had to watch all the ones I've seen so far at home, but I got lucky enough today to be able to see this one for the first time in theaters and I'm so thankful that I did (and it was subbed and not dubbed so that's even better!)
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Eyes of Laura Mars 1978
This had a lot of potential to be great with this concept and while I think the first half is, right around the time the forced romance storyline starts getting started the film starts to go downhill. I've now learned that they hired an additional writer to write the film as they were shooting it to "add more heart" and that makes a lot of sense why it gets worse as it goes along.
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Aloners 2021
You ever see a movie that feels eerily made for you? Like every concept of the message was designed for you specifically to view? Hong Song-eun has created probably the most relatable film I've ever seen and touched me on such an emotional level that no film has ever done before. After watching this, I just wanted to contact her in anyway possible and thank her for making this.
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Fresh 2022
I'm never gonna be able to listen to The Golden Girls theme song the same ever again...
FRESH is a fucked up feature debut by Mimi Cave in all the best ways. Sebastian Stan gives his best performance that'll make me never look at him the same again. Features some scenes that had my mouth fully on the floor with an ending that drives its message home.
