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Gonna watch it on Saturday. I'm stoked.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 October 2024 19:07 (three months ago) link
Reposting from the Leigh poll thread:
It's good. A dynamite performance from Marianne Jean Baptiste, but Michele Austin as her sister is just as strong. Feel like it loses some steam toward the end after a climactic emotional scene, but I was happy with it overall.
― jaymc, Thursday, October 24, 2024 7:01 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― jaymc, Wednesday, 30 October 2024 19:10 (three months ago) link
One of his shortest films too.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 October 2024 19:11 (three months ago) link
Also the shortest thread.
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 12 February 2025 06:18 (one week ago) link
This was a stressful watch, but also excellent.
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 12 February 2025 06:19 (one week ago) link
we've been talking about it in another Mike Leigh thread.
― Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 12 February 2025 07:24 (one week ago) link
Great performances. Wow.
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 17 February 2025 23:18 (four days ago) link
I thought it showed Mike Leigh's strengths and weaknesses. Yes, great performances - but for me they don't completely compensate for some of the weaknesses: the flat and mundane direction style, the film seeming to be largely a series of repetitive encounters without much narrative flow, and lack of resolution. I feel unfairly super-critical - and it's because I like him as a filmmaker and think he can do better.
― Bob Six, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 00:49 (three days ago) link