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Ecos de un crimen (2022)
Peretti's worst movie
Diego Peretti is a fantastic actor that usually does great work. But every rule has an exception.
His acting in this movie is histrionic, unconvincing, all over the place. And he's not the worst part of this movie.
The actresses are doing some truly awful work, especially Carla Quevedo. Some of the scenes make it look like acting is not her profession, but a hobby she picked up recently. It seems clear the director either wanted to make a parody, or didn't care much about the final product.
The script is atrocious, rehashing old tropes from far better horror and suspense movies. Do yourself a favor and watch The Shining instead.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Outstanding story
In a time where movie plots are increasingly trite and unimaginative, one of the best scripts of the year comes in this story.
Each character is fantastically developed, the tale being told is excellent, the animation is gorgeous. Antonio Banderas absolutely nails the voice acting, but he's joined by a fantastic cast, each one delivering a great performance.
The beginning might be a bit off-putting, but after the first 20 minutes this movie finds its stride and just keeps on delivering until the credits finish rolling.
My kudos to DreamWorks for not going with an easy cash grab, and instead taking their time to deliver some of their greatest work.
Un crimen argentino (2022)
Doing crime investigation during a dictatorship
The film covers an investigation about the kidnapping of a rich man during the Argentine dictatorship of the 70s/80s. It shows two judicial clerks tasked with researching the crime; but because the victim is from a powerful family, the junta dispatches military personnel to investigate as well.
The movie is not a race between the criminals and the investigators, but between those that want to investigate the crime doing detective work and those for whom investigation is torturing the suspects.
The torture scene is probably the lowest point of the movie, and fails to convey the true horror of this monstrosity. But the counterpoint between the two forms of solving crime is the focus of the movie, and it works rather well.
Stillwater (2021)
An excellent film
A fantastic piece of cinema.
The characters are believable, the acting is stellar (both Matt Damon and Camille Cottin give some of the best performances in their careers), and the script is just fantastic.
Every scene is stellar at moving the plot forward, with great use of landscape and music.
I've seen some other reviews complain about the daughter not being likable. I think that it's a deliberate decision on behalf of the director. What's important here is not the daughter, it's Bill's (Matt Damon's character) development.
Also, kudos to the casting department for using French actors. It makes a huge difference.
Matrimillas (2022)
Interesting idea, piss-poor execution
While the idea might sound fun at first, the characters are incredibly flat and most of the acting is terrible; Lopilato and Minujin, the leads, try to do what they can, but they can only do so much, and the supporting actors are awful.
The deus ex machina that's at the core of the movie (the device and app that scores points for being a good partner) is by far the weakest point of the movie. We're told it's really advanced and it can measure the users' mental state, but in reality it has no sarcasm or fraud detection, thus enabling a lot of really toxic mechanisms to "game" the system.
Unfunny, trite, and rushed. Do yourself a favor and look for another movie.