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Sapio (2023)
Uncoupling celebration ???
The only thing I know that "uncouples" is two train cars. After watching this movie, I wished it was about two train cars. It would have been more enjoyable.
The plot could have been written by a high school composition student, it was so trivial and contrived. Now throw in some gratuitous sex and nudity and you have a real flop.
Two previous sexual abuse victims of two different genders are invited to their mutual perpetrator's home so the three of them can say goodbye forever. Really?? What was the perp thinking?
Oh, I get it! To mend all of their PTSD's. Ok, that's why they have a threesome. Blackmail follows and the two victims live happily ever after.
Throw in some needless flashback scenes to remind us of scenes we have already seen. Perhaps the director thought I fell asleep earlier in the movie. (wished I had).
Sorry but it was a mess. I was generous to give it a 4 only because I watched it until the end hoping for improvement.
Blonde (2022)
Really?
Does the world really need one more movie about Marilyn Monroe's troubled life? I think NOT! Especially one using constant cinematic dramatization with blurred images, black and white photography, flashbacks and close ups so close you can't tell what's in the shot.
Add to that bad acting (Ana de Armas can't act, great body), bad directing, gratuitous sex and nudity and a 3 hour runtime.
Then NC-17? I have seen more full frontal nudity, violence and profanity in many R rated movies. Did the producers strive to receive an NC-17 rating to attract attention and, thus, higher viewership? (Got me). If so, they probably achieved their purpose.
TOTAL WASTE OF TIME! I wish I had the 3 hours of my life back.
Your Sister's Sister (2011)
Forget the puritanical soothsayer reviews
It's a refreshingly different indie movie about sisterhood, friendship and love with some comedy thrown in, but I hesitate to call it a rom-com. Instead, it depicts the reality of the relationship between three people when they come together quite by accident for a chance for solitude. If you are a non judgmental thinking person (unlike several of some of the reviewers who gave the movie very low marks), you will enjoy the characters, their strengths and their flaws. If you are easily offended by open discussion about grief, anger and sexuality, don't watch this movie. The uniqueness of the plot and script is what I enjoyed most. But the 69 f-bombs I could have done without.
Weather Girl (2009)
Typical Rom-Com but boring
Weather Girl is your typical rom-com but trite and cliched. The screen play is a repeat of so many other similar movies and the acting is mediocre at best. Very predictable after 15 minutes. My only surprise was Mark Harmon cast as the philandering news anchor. His acting skills were wasted by the screen play.
Dry Martina (2018)
Total garbage
The story of a woman who becomes fridgid (Dry) after some great lover who left her? Complete waste of time. No plot, random scenes that don't segue, bad acting, gratuitous sex. I wish I had my hour and a half back. I should have just had a dry martini.
Spinning Out (2020)
A cornucopia of social issues and profanity
Ok, I finished the series but only to see if the writers could squeeze in one more social issue. Mental health, affluence, infidelity, racism, LGBTQ+, children of divorce, ephebophilia, substance abuse and to top it off, inaccurate stereotypical Russian cultural behavior. (Full length fur coat, Irish coffee with vodka?)
The acting was mediocre and the writing was sophomoric, full of cliches.
And why must every other word spoken be an f-bomb. Do the writers think this language adds to the viewer's enjoyment? Does it enhance the power of the performance? No, it's vulgar, irritating and disturbing! (Each episode contained over a dozen f-bombs.)
Ok, the skating was nice.
Annette (2021)
Total waste of time
Artistic? Surreal? Tragic love story? Musical? I have no idea what this movie was supposed to portray. Bizarre adaptation of Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Both leads could not carry a tune in a bucket. Perhaps I was expecting something else, but at least the singing could have been on key.
TOTAL GARBAGE!
Weekenders (2021)
Cute love story in today's times
Just a cute love story set in times we live in. Predictable but some twists that keep you interested. No gratuitous sex and just a little profanity. Definitely PG-13.
Delta of Venus (1995)
Erotic and Sensuous
It is one of the most erotic and sensuous love stories. To the other reviewers here, that's all that was intended. Zalman King at his best.