The "Barbenheimer" frenzy, over two highly anticipated but completely different movies opening simultaneously, had theaters buzzing.
It gives me no joy to report that the movie is a disappointment, a leaden pastiche of Coen brothers’ films.
Based on an award-winning novel by Paolo Cognetti, it is slow-paced and gorgeously photographed, but it has its share of magical moments and well-played scenes if you have the patience to wait.
Is this film's title a little too on-the-nose?
In recent years, the Dardenne brothers have looked at the plight of migrants in Europe, and this is the subject of their latest film, Tori and Lokita, which opens throughout Israel on May 11.
It’s a slow-paced movie, which demands patience from viewers, and will be too austere for the vast majority of moviegoers.
It’s based on an inspiring true story, and the action-packed film is very much Russian-style cinema, with pounding music and unsubtly staged drama.
The protagonist is a music executive, not an artist or a group, and the music mogul character — in this case, another Jewish one — is not treated as a villain.
If you feel you can still laugh about the way the system grinds down employees then you won’t feel too bad watching The Good Boss.
Usually, I either like or dislike a movie, but with Beautiful Minds, I kept going back and forth, finding it alternately charming and cloying.
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