A comedian: but I can do DRAMA, please take me seriously as an actor

My ‘difficult to adjust to changes’ ass: make me laugh CLOWN

what kinda wack ass self help audiobook

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Today I watched both a three hour long period piece and a seventy minute long Netflix movie.

You will be surprised which one was more painful to sit through.

"We don't care about no stinky poop, do we?
We love poop, don't we?
🎵We love poop🎵
🎵Yes, yes, we do🎵
🎵We would eat it all the time if you let us🎵"

-6 Balloons (2018), dir. and written by Marja-Lewis Ryan

Feels a bit rushed and the cinematography could be better at times, but overall a very well made and haunting drama about mental illness and heroin addiction. Marja-Lewis Ryan’s sensitive direction & script are solid, but it’s the amazing performances from Abbi Jacobson & Dave Franco (in a career best performance) that make this a decent watch.

6/10 - B-

this was so short but i was waiting for it to end the whole time

This film is like slow piano music or asmr, really not for everyone and certainly not for me.

6 Balloons is depressing, slow, and not fun to watch. Scenes are over-dramaticized, character decisions and reactions don’t fully make sense, and it’d be more fun to watch a snail for an hour. The film has a really cute baby though.

I felt sooooo anxious. Made me perversely glad that I don't have any people really in my life

slow paced but at the same time very short? unimpressive and forgettable, i can’t remember how it ended and even forgot to log it. uh what else dave franco is hot even as an addict blah blah blah we get it that’s what all reviews say… yeah so i guess that’s it

Abbi Jacobson and Dave Franco are very believable as siblings in this movie about the weight of addiction on those closest to us. I think their history in comedy allows them to lighten the more serious aspects of the story, making it less difficult to watch. Highly recommend.

This movie was okay. The main character does some absurd stuff. I felt so upset about the baby girl. The story is okay, but it’s not really anything special. I don’t really have a recommendation for it.

I love 2 cry 🙃

Dave Franco can ~act the shit~ out of anything.

⭐⭐⭐✨ For his performance that CARRIED the film.

I was bored by the end - sorry

Actually, the first ten minutes were a really great and interesting set up. But it didn’t hold me post that.

I love this movie. Incredibly raw and powerful, and the performances really sell it. Amazing storytelling on a very important topic.

Creative ways of shooting interior car scenes

It does a lot with a little. A sister drives her brother around L.A. looking for a rehab facility that will take him in. It's a mix of pain and sadness. Franco is good here.

Honestly, I didn't mind the dumb audiobook narration at first. It just stamped this as something I could see being pushed towards film festivals for an attempt at being artsy (along with certain shots/scenes in this), but the longer it went on it did seem like it was trying to batter the audience over the head with the point.

Really I was just on edge the entire time, not because I was paritcularly invested (I genuinely can't decide if Dave Franco's performance in this was good or not, but he does actually bring some personality so there's that), but because I was terrified something was going to happen to that little girl. Thank god nothing did or I'd be fuming.

“Only stupid people OD”

I am not using this quote because I agree with it, or that there is any truth to it, but because it perfectly encapsulates for me the complete apathy towards addicts that this movie appears to have. The final messaging is nowhere near nuanced enough to land and so it really comes across negatively. Some of the decisions the main character makes are in direct opposition of what we know about her, and are actually pretty disgusting. The thing isn’t all that well acted though admittedly Dave Franco pulls together a decent performance by the end but this film it just... doesn’t mean anything. Why was this made? Who is this for? The last 5 minutes is like 40 minutes worth of discussion... what a waste and frankly annoying film.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.