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The River Runner (2021)
A fascinating dive in to the psyche of humans overcoming personal struggle
I can't recommend this documentary enough! The cinematography is absolutely beautiful. The compiled raw footage from years of filming on the rivers is something to behold. One can't help but think about the dichotomy between living your life loving and living your life in fear. The review about the protagonist being "annoying" has to be trolling. I didn't know anything about his story before watching this but I walked away from it having an immense amount of respect for him.
I Care a Lot (2020)
Chris Messina stole the show!!
This is a bad movie. Let's start there. Once we accept that as fact it's possible to find some entertainment within this mess of a plot, writing, and character development (or lack thereof). Chris Messina absolutely shows out in this movie and makes the other actors either seem disinterested in their own roles or unable to keep up with his performance. Peter Dinklage plays his role really well but is held back by the cliche nature of his character and his dialogue. If you have a few hours to kill on a bad film, this movie might prove to be the one.
The premise of the movie was enough to make me interested in watching it. Admittedly I didn't look for any reviews prior which would have made me choose something different. It's tough to decide who's the most insane character in this movie. By the end of it I was rooting for everyone to meet their karma. That's generally not a good thing when there isn't a character to connect with. None of these characters are relatable, as everyone in the film is a shallow person with selfish intentions.
Potential Spoiler: The final 1/3 of the film is outright laughable but perhaps that's what the writer/director was going for. So many times I thought to myself how unprofessional these professional killers/mobsters were supposed to be: a botched murder followed by the most indefensible escape from death by the main character. Then, her lover is beat up and left to die with a gas leak in her apartment to make it look like an accident. Both scenarios were beyond implausible and really drove the "bad movie" nail in the coffin.
If you watch this movie for anything, watch it for Messina and Dinklage. The only redeeming qualities about this film. What a waste of a premise and a pretty decent cast.