You really should be able to judge a movie on its budget, at least to a certain degree, and although I couldn't find any financial information regarding this film, I'd guess that they could have made a few dozen gems like Competencia Oficial for what they spent on one pointless superhero movie. What did we get for this modest film that was mostly three actors literally putting on an acting clinic? First of all, I found it to be wildly entertaining at every turn. It's also a film worthy of the time of an educated adult--something that doesn't come around often these days.
This had three wonderful actors and a script, that while not original, was fun and interesting. I laughed at loud at many points in the narrative as the eccentricities of three larger-than-life personalities clash during the embryonic stages in the production of a film.* Purposefully pretentious at several points as the directors mock their own industry and the "creative" energies that go into making a movie.
I can't believe how few reviews there are for this fine movie, while an overrated dog like Licorice Pizza has 685, a mind-numbingly boring and pointless film that was slobbered over by critics...and had a big budget for some reason.
*This is where the film goes off the rails at times. They run a few of these eccentricities into the ground a bit. At 1h54m, it's a full thirty minutes too long, a fault that is almost unpardonable. Why have movies become so bloated these days? I notice this so much in recent years with streaming services carrying the bulk of movie traffic. Even if I'm watching a movie in the comfort of my own home, don't bore me with excess footage that should have been left on the floor of the editing room, or however the cut movies these days. Or do they even edit movies anymore and just let directors leave in every frame of film they shoot?
This had three wonderful actors and a script, that while not original, was fun and interesting. I laughed at loud at many points in the narrative as the eccentricities of three larger-than-life personalities clash during the embryonic stages in the production of a film.* Purposefully pretentious at several points as the directors mock their own industry and the "creative" energies that go into making a movie.
I can't believe how few reviews there are for this fine movie, while an overrated dog like Licorice Pizza has 685, a mind-numbingly boring and pointless film that was slobbered over by critics...and had a big budget for some reason.
*This is where the film goes off the rails at times. They run a few of these eccentricities into the ground a bit. At 1h54m, it's a full thirty minutes too long, a fault that is almost unpardonable. Why have movies become so bloated these days? I notice this so much in recent years with streaming services carrying the bulk of movie traffic. Even if I'm watching a movie in the comfort of my own home, don't bore me with excess footage that should have been left on the floor of the editing room, or however the cut movies these days. Or do they even edit movies anymore and just let directors leave in every frame of film they shoot?