I'm a sucker for this sort of movie: youngster is pushed by adults or circumstances to stop being a nothing and become an adult.
Think Whiplash. Or Like Sunday, Like Rain.
But simply liking the idea, even in a world where I wish there were more movies that told kids that it's OK to excel, but doing so doesn't come for free, isn't enough. This is just an average movie. There are all the expected beats, at the expected times, the expected A and B stories, the expected resolution.
It feels like it's created by an AI that carefully read Save the Cat and followed every rule. So it misses out on the single most important feature of a movie, even beyond having a message I like, namely "For gods sake, STAND OUT. There are ten million movies in the world - give me a reason to remember yours".
Think Whiplash. Or Like Sunday, Like Rain.
But simply liking the idea, even in a world where I wish there were more movies that told kids that it's OK to excel, but doing so doesn't come for free, isn't enough. This is just an average movie. There are all the expected beats, at the expected times, the expected A and B stories, the expected resolution.
It feels like it's created by an AI that carefully read Save the Cat and followed every rule. So it misses out on the single most important feature of a movie, even beyond having a message I like, namely "For gods sake, STAND OUT. There are ten million movies in the world - give me a reason to remember yours".