Look, I think that a movie about information bubbles and QAnon is long overdue, but this is not it. It has some of worst dialogue I’ve seen in a long time, from the first scene it is already filled with landmines. It’s the kind of dialogue that’s so bad and goofy that it gives none of the actors any chance of delivering a good performance, despite the fact that I know that someone like Jonathan Groff is more than capable. I am impressed by Bautista’s seemingly increasing range as a performer, however. The story’s not that interesting generally, it all hinges on the question of whether Bautista & crew are telling the truth, and once that’s revealed it didn’t feel like much of a satisfying release to me. It’s lean but not really mean, it could’ve used some more bells and whistles in terms of character and story. As it stands, it’s mostly either dull or unintentionally funny. The filmmaking’s ok, a step above some of Shyamalan’s other efforts, but still mostly uninspired and clearly copying those trademark James Wan/Leigh Whannell camera pans during key moments. Maybe this is a bit of an obvious observation given that Us has a scene that’s similar to the premise of this movie, but the entire time I couldn’t stop thinking about how much better this would be if it were written and directed by Jordan Peele instead.
Review by JordyVIP 8BlockedParent2023-02-21T23:46:08Z
Look, I think that a movie about information bubbles and QAnon is long overdue, but this is not it.
It has some of worst dialogue I’ve seen in a long time, from the first scene it is already filled with landmines.
It’s the kind of dialogue that’s so bad and goofy that it gives none of the actors any chance of delivering a good performance, despite the fact that I know that someone like Jonathan Groff is more than capable. I am impressed by Bautista’s seemingly increasing range as a performer, however.
The story’s not that interesting generally, it all hinges on the question of whether Bautista & crew are telling the truth, and once that’s revealed it didn’t feel like much of a satisfying release to me. It’s lean but not really mean, it could’ve used some more bells and whistles in terms of character and story. As it stands, it’s mostly either dull or unintentionally funny.
The filmmaking’s ok, a step above some of Shyamalan’s other efforts, but still mostly uninspired and clearly copying those trademark James Wan/Leigh Whannell camera pans during key moments.
Maybe this is a bit of an obvious observation given that Us has a scene that’s similar to the premise of this movie, but the entire time I couldn’t stop thinking about how much better this would be if it were written and directed by Jordan Peele instead.
3/10