From the technical standpoint, everything in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is done with a certain level of masterful execution and precision, no doubt about that! The problem is, though, just like its puppet character it’s a very rigid work of craft which means it seriously lacks soul, pep and passion. Animated? yes! Emotional? Maybe! But never as fresh and lively as it had to be. Del Toro’s deliberate efforts in order to alternate Pinocchio’s story from a jovial, light-hearted fairytale…
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The Quiet Girl 2022
Owes most of its tranquil charm and breezy beauty to Catherine Clinch’s angelic presence and the pastoral ambiance but as a whole entity I found The Quiet Girl a little too timid and reserved while I doubt if all of Colm Bairéad’s directorial decisions and strategies are in service of the film — its overtly repetitive POV shots and frame-within-frame compositions not always succeed to form a singular aesthetic in accord with the narrative.
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I Was at Home, But... 2019
Think about one of those Ingmar Bergman's hysterical female characters as if caught in an Ozu-ian family comedy-drama, directed by Straub and Huillet occasionally paying an homage to Bresson! Then, you may get a quick glimpse of what Schanelec is doing with I Was at Home, But... in her very own non-conformist refined style.
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