After reading many, many, MANY negative review I took a watch myself, hoping to either find something positive (or at least more positive - the reviews were negative, but they all mentioned the movie was not ALL bad) or just have some fun with a bad movie.
And I agree with, well, ALL the reviews really. Yes, this movie is messy, yes, it's all over the place, indeed there are too many plot threads, acting is hammy (poor poor Pedro…
This movie answers the question: "What if Primer but actually fun to watch?" It's Nolan at his Nolaniest - this guy can make the old (but never tired) idea of a heist movie in thousand different flavors, and I love all of them. Also, he can keep making movies about making movies (the protagonist is actually called The Protagonist) and making time his bitch (if there is ever a movie adaptation of "Fifteen Lives of Harry August" then he's the only person to make it) and I will keep watching them.
Nick at his Cage-iest, Richard Stanley at his most deserved. This movie is gorgeous.
Indian response to "Eurovision"... made 6 years prior ;)
I think I figured out Bollywood recipe for a movie : take a well established and fun action/romantic/dance/heist movie trope, stretch it to the point of being ridiculous, then keep stretching, make it even more ridiculous, then more and more ridiculous, until at some point somehow it goes all the way around to awesome again.
This is how this movie was made. Plus, the end credits do something I've never seen any other movie ever doing: showing us faces with the names of all the people involved, and in a real funny way.
Cannot decide if it want's to be a Phryne Fisher detective story or an Indiana Jones one, and becomes boring instead.
Good old fashoned whodunnit that heavily inspired "Knives Out". The Professor McGonnagal vs Lady Tyrell showdown was epic.
Watched it with my daughter. Loved it. Very charming and touching. I especially loved the devoid of dialogue scenes between both Furies.
What's not to like for me? Filmmaking - check, strong women - check, good writing - check, a death that's not there just to get some cheap tears but actually fits thematically (it's a war after all) - check.