Tempted to giver this thing 4.5 stars.
There's nothing new or extraordinary going on here but this thing is locked in on exactly what it wants to be and it just feels. like a movie from yesteryear; and it felt good to be back in that space.
I guess it's the casting and the mood (and some pretty wonderful individual scenes) that just had me glued. Even heart racing at times.
A complaint of mine a lot of times with…
Lots and lots to unpack here... made more difficult from only one viewing.
I've heard some people calling this the "TÁR" of 2023. I guess I can see some similarities.
Further analysis is needed. For now I'll just say... killer score!
Still corny. Still ridiculous. Still preposterous. Still outrageous. And I love the shit out of it. Love the characters, love the locales, love all the "geeky tech" talk and love the style. Lorraine Bracco is the only thing that bugs in this movie.
The montage with the spinning phone booths... aw yeah.
The trailer nails it. A bunch of extremely good looking, rich, white kids that have a ton of friends and money feeling sorry for each other. Sure they have problems (serious ones), but the natural drama that should come out of these problems in what could be a really great "coming of age" story just never seems to materialize. Instead I just want to punch everyone in the knee. The jocks too. Corny, cliche (or bafflingly dumb) lines one after…
