Reviews

I didn't know what to expect except that I like Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.

It was a bit slow to get started but when Boseman delivered his first monologue m you were just left humbled sat having witnessed the rawness and grieving knowing that he isn't here to continue his career.

Viola Davis was amazing and truly impressive to see her work the power dynamic based on her characters fame.

There were several points in the movie where I was truly cheering and later stunned.

It is an amazing movie full of poignant and powerful reminders of the racial divide and it feels like we really haven't made much progress in the nearly 100 years since the story took place.

There were a few weak spots where it seemed like they needed to fill time. However, it was definitely a great movie that leaves you mourning the passing of a great talent that was Boseman. At least we still have Viola.

As a late middle-aged woman, I was really looking forward to this because I can relate to friendships of aging friends.

I love Candace Bergan and Meryl Streep can be good but most of the time, it just seems like she feels like she is too cerebral to be sharing the earth with the rest of us unwashed masses. I don't recall seeing anything with Wiesz but she definitely seemed like she could be good. but it was so disappointing.

Have you ever been to a party where you really don't know anyone and you find yourself talking to a group of people who are all friends? It is if they are talking in code about stuff you don't know about and making all these inside references and you are just sitting there listening... out of the loop... and bored. If you like this type of experience, you will love this movie.

You wait nearly 2 hours for something to happen and just about the time it does, the ending credits roll and you are just kind of MAD -- because you're thinking "really, that's IT?" Yup -- that's it.

About the only cool thing was seeing the Queen Mary 2.

For those who are rating the movie 10/10 and saying that we just are too dim to "get it"... I can only assume they are being ghost written by Meryl Streep because that is exactly what I would expect her to say.

Baryshinikov is the one of the best male dancers of all time. This movie allows you to see him up close and view his "process" for dancing. You can't help but watch in awe at his amazing athletic and physical feats... from the very first scene where you see him slowly lower his entire body from a headstand to lying down to seeing him dance "en pointe" in what appear to be a pair of "Keds". It isn't just seeing the dances that is amazing. It is the opportunity to see the dances from the perspective of an "insider who is sitting right there next to him -- as opposed to watching him from the audience.

This is dancing "eye candy" at its finest -- my favorite escape movie of all time.