Definitely one of the better Kevin Smith movies. Characters abound and they're all pretty great to watch. Plenty of laughs and nowhere near as dumb as some of Smith's more recent movies.
The big drawback here is that Tonya Harding starts to feel like a secondary character in her own story...maybe that's the point, but I'm fairly certain that wasn't a goal of the screenplay. Harding is outshone by her mother and ex-husband at almost every turn. Still a good movie, but not what I was expecting.
This is such a great movie. The coming of age story gets a breath of fresh air and plenty of quirk. But it's not annoying and the characters feel so real. Do not miss Lady Bird.
Review summary says it all. There's an interesting use of time here and the technical aspects are all brilliantly executed. The actors turn in good performances too which really sets it apart from most of his other movies.
There are some interesting visual choices that Wright makes, but the highlight is Oldman's performance that makes a rather basic biopic a little more enjoyable than it might have been without his energy in the role.
There are certainly a couple of good jokes, but even a dark comedy has to have limits. This movie walks up to the line and then past it to the point where it's more head scratching and uncomfortable than entertaining. Sure, the performances are good, but that's not enough to convince me this is one of the better movies of the year. You wouldn't miss much by skipping this.
While being slavish to the source material helped create a cinematic world in the first film, I think that is what hurt this one. Some of the characters come off as a little too unbelievable at times in this installment but it's still an enjoyable time. Probably on the bottom half of a list of the series for me, but worth watching occasionally.
For later career albums, this is one of McCartney's best. It helps that Elvis Costello got to put his spin on a couple of these songs. An enjoyable album and a worthy edition for it.
Is this for everyone? Nope. For fans of Dylan it might not even be worth picking up. I, however, have enjoyed hearing Dylan go back to really trying to use his voice and interpreting someone else's material. There are some real gems on here. Certainly not "There's a Flaw...," but every now and then there's an interesting and emotional performance that you don't often get with his more recent original work.