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Reviews
Knock Knock (2015)
Left me Feeling Irritated and Dumb-Founded
I was enticed to watch this movie because Keanu Reeves is in it. The acting and script was awkward and just bad pretty much from the beginning but again I was enticed by Keanu. But I guess I have my self to blame for continuing to watch it. It's hard to enjoy a movie when the characters are flat and have no development; the characters seem to not have any impetus for their actions; and act completely ridiculous and non-sensical. Yes characters can be psychotic, but give them some depth and motivation to make them believable. I ended up fast forwarding it to the end it see what happens and the conclusion was just as ridiculous, inconsequential for everyone involved, and anti-climactic. It made me wonder why any actor would want to portray this story, especially with how much ridiculous vigour the actors did it with, or why anyone would want to produce or direct this movie. I'm the end I felt irritated for having wasted my time and the fact that these images are now in my consciousness for as long as I exist. Why Keanu?
After We Collided (2020)
Cliched and Over-acted
If you want to watch a movie about a painfully boring privileged girl who has everything fall into her lap and has no real problems, this movie is for you. When the main character was driving in a taxi before she got to her internship, I was more interested in learning the story of the driver driving her than the main character - not a good sign. Not interesting enough to be engaging, and all the characters are cliched and over-acted.
Under the Eiffel Tower (2018)
Awkward, Out of Touch and Misogynistic
I was hoping this would be a good movie given the premise, but it was so hard to watch. To begin with, the pace of this movie is so cumbersome and awkward, and the lead is completely unlikeable (he has a terrible personality AND he's not attractive - I think I have seen the actor who plays him in one other movie with Melissa McCarthy, in which he played the role of her total a-hole, cheating husband and he barely had any lines in the movie - why would you make this actor a leading role in a ROM-COM?? Just not the right fit and bad casting.) There were a couple good actors in the movie, but they were given a cheesy, awkward script, unfortunately.
The plot line in general is cheesy and not believable. The love interest in the movie is a stunningly beautiful and charming French woman (who sadly is given terrible lines).... and it's just completely hard to believe that she would ever have any chemistry or interest in the afore-mentioned unlikeable American lead character. Honestly, the narrative of the unnatttactive white male character who has nothing to offer, ending up with the beautiful woman character is exhausting and out of touch. We've seen this "loser unattractive white male" wish fulfillment plot line for decades and it now makes no sense and is completely outdated in our current culture where women recognize their value and believe they deserve a man who actually has something to offer them (at least a good personality, or physical appeal). No, the stunning French woman would not be interested in you if you are an unemployed, unattractive, bumbling, American white male with a bad personality - just unrealistic. Have one redeeming quality at least to make the plot believeable and relevant.
Not sure why I'm even giving this 2 stars...maybe because it's set in Paris, which is pleasant to look at...the only redeeming factor.