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Wolf (2021)
Black Box Theatre on the Big Screen
This movie took me back to the time when I pretended to like experimental theater performed in a dimly lit black box theatre. Keening, crawling, crying... It was all there. I'm now too old to muster up the strength to feign enthusiasm for such unnecessary theatrics.
Actually, why waste my words when the actual dialogue, stage-whispered by Lily-Rose Depp's backlit silhouette through the bars of a pitch black jail cell, capture my sentiments exactly:
"The smells. (pause) The ground. (pause) Damp. (pause) Cold. (pause) The trees blurring. (pause) I'm running. (pause) Breathing. (pregnant pause) I have no human form."
I wholeheartedly expected to see Smith appear from upstage, center and "drop trou" in front of Samantha.
It took itself too seriously for me to appreciate the poignant concept of who gets to define/decide one's identity.
My Spy (2020)
BEWARE - Cute but THAT LANGUAGE though...
WHY WHY WHY do they keep making KIDS movies with such bad language. The thing is, those words serve NO PURPOSE. If you're making a movie for adults, then expletives may be appropriate in certain situations. But this movie is clearly a kids movie (not like say, Star Wars, which was made for adults, though kids enjoyed it). The language just doesn't make sense. In fact, it distracts from what would otherwise be a cute-ish movie.
I'm not overly sensitive. However, I do try to be a good parent, which includes shielding my son from things he's not ready for. This movie had (what my 9-year old called) "the S-word", "the B-word", the "D-word", and the "A-word". I'm pretty sure I even heard the "F-word" in a song at the end of the movie. Other words like "hell" and "d**k" (said by a child who called an adult one) were thrown about, too. Like, a lot! I get a random "minor" cuss words like those every now and then, especially in a PG-13 movie. But I feel the sheer amount of cursing in My Spy is irresponsible, unnecessary, and even, unoriginal. *RATING - 0 STARS FOR THAT*
On another note, I was upset by the gay man stereotype portrayed in the movie. We're advocates everyone being represented in media, but totally against promoting false stereotypes. BUT that issue is resolved at the end of the movie. THANK GOD. I actually ended up really liking how they handled that. *RATING - 1 STAR FOR THAT*
Acting is not Oscar-worthy but entertaining, especially by the supporting characters. And we loved the multicultural cast. *RATING - 1 STAR FOR THAT*
TOTAL RATING - 2 stars (with the caveat that, per the rating, this is totally inappropriate for most kids under 13... even tough anyone OVER 13 will find this kids movie this silly.) So, who is this for?????