Past Lives

If you liked the Before Sunrise/Before Sunset/ Before Midnight trilogy, then I think you'll like this one.  It's in the same vein.

Mona didn't like it, but I think a lot of that was because it wasn't what she expected.  It's being marketed as a romance, which I guess it is, but it's not a happily-ever-after romance.  It's not that at all.

Poor

 

It's not as original as they'd have you believe.

The "child in the body of an adult" trope has been done a thousand times before: Freaky Friday, Big, the first ten years of Robin Williams' filmography.

They disguised it with a ton of nudity and gore and wrapped it in a Wes Anderson aesthetic, but ultimately it just doesn't work.

I was bored.

 

The Intern

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I saw this movie with Mona today, and it's a lot better than the trailer makes it look.

It's all about creating harmony out of disparate parts; everybody is different, but nobody is put down or ridiculed.

It was fun seeing a Robert DeNiro in a more laid-back role, where he wasn't chomping on the scenery.  He was perfectly cast, and I can't imagine another actor doing it as well.

I enjoyed it.  I recommend it.

Walking

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I loved this movie.

I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, so I’ll wait to talk about until after it’s left the theaters.  (It’s a movie for grown-ups, so that probably won’t be long.)