Often it feels like Franco is putting us on, trying to play a child killer while hiding an insidious smirk behind the blank expression he wears for much of the film. Hill does his best, but the role isn't as meaty as past supporting performances in "The Wolf of Wall Street" or even "Moneyball." He's more subdued and anal, and it's not a look that Hill can pull off.
Both have the voices for this film, and the music is full of sarcastic fits of belting, but also an aching hurt, demonstrated well in early 00's musical theater. The plot sometimes makes it difficult for the songs to have an emotional impact because there's not always a clear build. The first scene is the end of their relationship, which has an amazing performance from Kendrick, and a great song, but it isn't exactly clear how we as the audience should feel.
While it’s difficult to parody a man who is already a walking buffoon, FOD does an amazing job with what they have. Though Depp has taken dramatic missteps in recent years, (“Mortdecai”, “Black Mass”, “The Lone Ranger” etc.) he shines in this comedic turn.
She can't put her feet on the ground, she gets fired for being a hot head, and she makes thoughtless decisions. Her sister, Maura (Poehler) is a boring, middle of the road nurse who is recently divorced and doesn't enjoy life in the slightest. Both come home to Florida and find that they need to move on from the self-imposed obstacles they have put in place.
While the film normalizes these fetishes, it also finds a great amount of humor in them. The film is cut up into the stories of several couples, who each have different fantasies and needs in the bedroom that aren't always satisfied. One couple experiments with role play, but the husband takes it too far when he tries to heighten the tension by making it into an acting exercise.
Prostitutes Sin-Dee and Alexandra (Rodriguez and Taylor) are friends who are catching up on Christmas Eve, the day that Sin-Dee is released from a 28 day stint in prison for possession. She learns that her pimp beau has been cheating on her with a cisgender woman and goes on a tear through LA trying to find him.
Crimmins' sets were a mix of highly volatile lessons on the politics of the United States and diatribes about the unjust practices of the world at large. Though Crimmins never hit is huge like Leary, Poundstone, or Wright, he did own several comedy clubs, and he churned out seasoned veterans who have now been doing stand-up for twenty plus years. He is seen as a mythical creature that chain smokes constantly, drinks like a pirate, and spits out his message in a quick string of expletives.
Alone and embittered, our main character Will (Clement) has to learn how to balance his new life with raising his twin daughters, having a new relationship with his ex, writing a new novel, and engaging with a literature professor from Columbia who throws him for a loop. Threaded together by Will's drawings, this little indie comedy fuses together the drama of a mixed family, and the absurdity of what life throws at us.
These prominent TV actors actually do show a certain amount of control and craft to their performances, but it's truly the chemistry between the characters that makes this film watchable. Ellis and Coupe are great as two asymmetrical sisters, whose banter make for the best character development of the film, and create an ending that asks bigger questions than most indie films dare ask.
She worries for the fate of the infant, and seemingly knows more than everyone, though everyone tells her she could be endangering the child's life. It's a very edgy movie, from beginning to end, culminating in tragedy.
Sam is at a loss at understanding how her life has been unexpectedly changed. At the same time a student of hers learns that she is pregnant, and has to adjust from her previous goal of getting into college, and also raising a child. Both try to understand their limitations and new outlooks on life with the addition of a child.
Two years ago he wrote a badass martial arts movie, paying homage to the great eighties films of the past. Between the video tape analogue feel of the opening, and the constant one-liners, I am confident that others would say he reached his goal. He funded the project on Kickstarter, and passed the original goal.
The premise is obviously great for laughs, but the real star of the film is sweet little Rohan Chand as Chaitanya Chopra, a precocious nine year old who just wants to be a friend to this middle aged man , who he is competing against. Between his wide, glassy eyed stare, his squeaky, cute voice, and his adept delivery of each punchline, he is the perfect comedic sidekick to Bateman's antics.
The episode often starts on a quick non-sequitur, and then the rest of the sketches flow into each other creating one connected story featuring various characters and performers. The format makes the show feel like a nineties venture, including having the live studio audience, which faded away with “Inside Amy Schumer,” “Key and Peele,” and “Kroll Show,”
I’m not sure what I was expecting out of the stand-up, but it was not the highly polished, auteur level project that was released last weekend. There’s a personal touch to this show that is unlike his specials or past roles in film and television. It’s great that Netflix proved a great platform for the performer.
The show pays homage to its graphic roots by having drawn panels at the beginning of each section of the show, and there are puns galore (probably why it reminds me of Buffy). This show builds its tension really well, has really dramatic character transformations throughout the show’s first season, has really interesting mysteries, and is another great installment in the world of female driven television shows
Fashion icon Iris Apfel is an interesting figure in a world that already has its share of oddities. Famous for fusing together the world of high fashion and the bargain bin, throughout the film you watch as she moves about in the world of high class, high fashion magnates, as well in the very streets where she often buys her bracelets and bangles. As a fashion icon she is unique, in that she doesn't design or have a brand in the world of fashion.
Since then he has made many animated shorts, all relying on the same themes and motifs: destruction, beauty, meandering, the viciousness of life, the exacting nature of time, etc. Though there is something utterly menacing and frank in his shorts, they generally rely on narrative tension, and bring you into a world that makes you uncomfortable, but also satiates a part of you that wants to hear you aren’t the only crazy one in existence.
What we are meant to understand from this film is that if you are in a relationship that started when you were a teenager, it is doomed. Completely and totally. Not only is said relationship doomed, but seriously emotional and ridiculous things will happen if you want to stay in it, like say, you will physically injure one another, fight, or get so drunk you are put in a situation where you might be raped.
