LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Dancer in the Dark (2000) in Movies
Sep 20, 2020
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Easily the best musical which features a song number smack-dab in the middle of a murder trial. I really wish the last 40 or so minutes (minus the jaw-dropping ending) didn't veer so hard into - truthfully - pretty manipulative and rudimentary melodrama because the rest of this is one of very greatest musical experiences I've ever seen. A hallucinatory crossroads between visionary musical theater and downright grim drama. The behind-the-scenes hell that took place all aside, the entrancing performance that BjΓΆrk gives in this is one of the most seminal of the entire millennium. So full of traumatizing characterizations, haunting and experimental musical numbers (not a single bad song to be found), largely genius storytelling, and a mercilessly abusive milieu that it had me shaking and out of breath before the first hour even passed. The way my heart pounded during this is unreal, one of those films where you just *know* something horrible is going to happen just around the corner but you never know when it'll hit - but when it does it's like a ton of bricks being dropped, rinse and repeat. Raw, innovating filmmaking at some of its most unforgettable.
LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Onward (2020) in Movies
Sep 20, 2020
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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated The Kitchen (2019) in Movies
Aug 17, 2020
Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish both step way outside their comedic comfort zones while Elisabeth Moss stands on her solid foundation in her role. They are all wives of gangsters who have been sent away for their crimes. They are assured that the remaining mob members will continue to make sure that they are taken care of properly in the absence of their spouses. Things fall apart when leadership decides that the amount of "support" being rendered for the wives doesn't need to be what it has been in the past. The women take matters into their own hands and decide to form their own ring of profit making endeavors.
This of course all comes to a climactic end suitable for such a story. However, my chief issue with the storytelling is that I felt like Moss's character was kind of treated as an afterthought. Early in the story there is an obvious goal in mind of the film makers and there is a huge opportunity to do so. But somewhere along the way that part of the story kind of fell by the wayside and when it was returned to it wasn't done justice.
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