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Left Behind (2014)
Quite shockingly bad - save your time!
There is nothing - NOTHING - to redeem this film. The script is simply awful and the acting doesn't even try to rescue it.
If it's meant to promote Christianity, I'm pretty sure this has the opposite effect. It is in fact a deeply depressing view on a warped Christianity and it's saddening to think the screenplay writers could be so misinformed and capable of such gross generalisations. And it doesn't stop at Christianity either, there's the horrific slur, not just by implication, but directly, of the token Muslim on the plane, clearly badged as a potential terrorist and one of the 'bad' ones. There was a point when I though this might be a comedy after all, but nope, I quickly realised it was not funny (or clever) on any level. I've not even started to consider the multiple implausible scenes here - the other excellent reviews do a great job of that. This film should never have been made. The money could have gone to good causes. Or just another film.
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
Sadly impossible to go for zero stars
A stunningly boring film and all the more shocking considering the main actors. Sat waiting for the plot to kick off and it never did. Not even an effective portrayal of a dysfunctional family and not even bizarre enough to be abstract or quirky, although it tried desperately to be so, right to the end.
In answer to the question "Does this review contain spoilers" ha, that would be impossible.
6 Days (2017)
Good in the end
Good build up if a fairly shallow depiction of the characters. Real footage from the time is weaved in well. Abbie Cornish is truly terrible as Kate Adie, awful accent and a very stilted stiff unconvincing performance. It was as if she'd only been given the part as filming began. Spoiled what was otherwise a very convincing end.