I know you might not know what this film is but Clouds is a 2020 Disney Plus film that came out in October. I found out about it because I got Disney Plus to watch The Mandalorian again. I ended up enjoying this film more than I thought I would.
Clouds is about a boy named Zach Sobiech (Fin Argus) who has cancer and only has a few months to live. Knowing this, he does everything he can with his girlfriend, Amy (Madison Iseman) and his best friend, Sammy (Sabrina Carpenter) to make them feel happy.
Disney Plus has offered a mix of films. They have offered distinguished films like Togo, mediocre films like Lady And The Tramp, and hard to watch films like Noelle. So I didn't really know what to expect from this film. I think Clouds falls into the mediocre category. I was in a good mood after Clouds. That might have not been the films goal because many people have said that they were sobbing like a baby but I wasn't. I am not some machine that doesn't cry for any movie. Believe me, I have, but this film just didn't really feel like a dagger in the heart as it did for many people. I found that to be a problem. It just felt awkward because the film took sort of a crying break after a sad moment but I wasn't really tearing up. The director is Justin Baldoni. He also did Five Feet Apart and that film also had some awkward crying breaks. Besides that though, the story was fine. It wasn't anything special. There were some funny moments but also the dialogue came off really, really basic. There were just many lines that you have heard so many times before. For example they said "I just act that way sometimes." That was a major one that got me furious. There were just so many lines that did that. There was a love story that was going on in the film too. At the start I thought it was going to be like the John Hughes film, Some Kind Of Wonderful but then morphed into something different which was refreshing because of how basic the rest of the plot is.
The acting in the picture was what I expected from a movie like this. The leading actor, Fin Argus, did fine. His performance was nothing Oscar worthy but it was just fine. Neve Campbell playing his mom in the picture and was mediocre in it. Her best performance is still the Scream films. Lil Rel Howrey was also a teacher in this film. He was a fantastic character that did add to the story. I have only seen him playing a comedic character before like in Uncle Drew. In this film he still had the comedic attitude but was also very caring and compassionate to the main character. Sabrina Carpenter played Zach's best friend, Sammy. She has been in a Disney media before. In any of the Disney Plus originals there is always a Disney Channel star unless they moved the film off of their release schedule for theaters. She was okay in the film though. Madison Iseman played Zach's girlfriend. This has been her biggest role yet. She has been in Jumanji but not much besides that. She played her role well but it was nothing special. Overall, the acting was just mediocre.
The score might have been the best thing of the whole picture but it was nothing I would listen to outside of the film. It was mainly piano or a stringed instrument which it typical for a sad film. It did its best to try to add emotion to many scenes in the film but ended up just being the star of the scene because of how sloppy the plot ended up being.
Clouds had potential to be an emotional ride but ended up feeling like a sloppy film that had exceptional acting. I would recommend this film to anybody who has Disney Plus already.
Clouds is about a boy named Zach Sobiech (Fin Argus) who has cancer and only has a few months to live. Knowing this, he does everything he can with his girlfriend, Amy (Madison Iseman) and his best friend, Sammy (Sabrina Carpenter) to make them feel happy.
Disney Plus has offered a mix of films. They have offered distinguished films like Togo, mediocre films like Lady And The Tramp, and hard to watch films like Noelle. So I didn't really know what to expect from this film. I think Clouds falls into the mediocre category. I was in a good mood after Clouds. That might have not been the films goal because many people have said that they were sobbing like a baby but I wasn't. I am not some machine that doesn't cry for any movie. Believe me, I have, but this film just didn't really feel like a dagger in the heart as it did for many people. I found that to be a problem. It just felt awkward because the film took sort of a crying break after a sad moment but I wasn't really tearing up. The director is Justin Baldoni. He also did Five Feet Apart and that film also had some awkward crying breaks. Besides that though, the story was fine. It wasn't anything special. There were some funny moments but also the dialogue came off really, really basic. There were just many lines that you have heard so many times before. For example they said "I just act that way sometimes." That was a major one that got me furious. There were just so many lines that did that. There was a love story that was going on in the film too. At the start I thought it was going to be like the John Hughes film, Some Kind Of Wonderful but then morphed into something different which was refreshing because of how basic the rest of the plot is.
The acting in the picture was what I expected from a movie like this. The leading actor, Fin Argus, did fine. His performance was nothing Oscar worthy but it was just fine. Neve Campbell playing his mom in the picture and was mediocre in it. Her best performance is still the Scream films. Lil Rel Howrey was also a teacher in this film. He was a fantastic character that did add to the story. I have only seen him playing a comedic character before like in Uncle Drew. In this film he still had the comedic attitude but was also very caring and compassionate to the main character. Sabrina Carpenter played Zach's best friend, Sammy. She has been in a Disney media before. In any of the Disney Plus originals there is always a Disney Channel star unless they moved the film off of their release schedule for theaters. She was okay in the film though. Madison Iseman played Zach's girlfriend. This has been her biggest role yet. She has been in Jumanji but not much besides that. She played her role well but it was nothing special. Overall, the acting was just mediocre.
The score might have been the best thing of the whole picture but it was nothing I would listen to outside of the film. It was mainly piano or a stringed instrument which it typical for a sad film. It did its best to try to add emotion to many scenes in the film but ended up just being the star of the scene because of how sloppy the plot ended up being.
Clouds had potential to be an emotional ride but ended up feeling like a sloppy film that had exceptional acting. I would recommend this film to anybody who has Disney Plus already.