The reason I gave the laughing emoji was because I could have written that exact same review! I hated it so much for all of the reasons you described. And the last 30 minutes? Just what… the… blank… was that? Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it surprises you! It won a universal big fat thumbs down from everyone in my family.
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We’ve seen several decent, but not amazing movies in the last week.
Hokum - in the theater - Adam Scott stars in a thriller/ghost story set in rural Ireland. He’s an alcoholic writer with issues who goes to stay at the hotel where his parents honeymooned years ago. I love Adam Scott, but he’s not supposed to be too likeable in this movie. It’s not very scary nor graphic. Good, but not amazing.
Apex -available on Netflix - Charlize Theron is a extreme sports person who lost her spouse rock climbing. She goes to Australia to be by herself in the wilderness and finds herself trying to escape a serial killer. Not particularly believable, but the scenery is beautiful, as is Theron (as always!)
Send Help - Hulu/Disney + I thought this was supposed to be a scary suspense thriller, but it was more funny. Rachael McAdams is an awkward but faithful, smart, hardworking employee in the corporate world, who gets made fun of by peers and especially the management. While on a private plane to a business deal in Bankok, the plane goes down killing everyone but McAdams and her horrible boss, who is badly injured. Lucky for them, McAdams is also a Survivor wannabee - even made a video to try out for the show - and has fabulous survival skills. We enjoyed this one a lot.
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So sorry about your dog
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I saw Suffs on Broadway and it was phenomenal! The daughter is such a talented actor, singer, composer- everything. I am so disappointed that it was on PBS and I didn’t know!
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Suffs is available to view on pbs.org until August 1.
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@college_query thanks. I mentioned it to my D and she is interested in watching.
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I just watched Remarkably Bright Creatures on Netflix and thoroughly enjoyed it. Sally Field as Tova was as always luminous. I’m not that familiar with Lewis Pullman who plays Cameron but he was well cast - and reminded me a bit of Chris Pratt more than of his father. Nice supporting cast, beautiful scenery, and the VFX Marcellus was quite believable as the octopus.
The book was a CC Book Club selection a couple of years ago. The movie pared down to the core of the book.
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Agree on all points. It wasn’t the book, but it was enough of the book to make a good movie. All the casting was great.
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Sheep Detectives was a light and funny movie.
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On my list to watch, definitely!
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We finally saw Project Hail Mary, in the theater. Our group thought it was slow and ran way too long. I was a bit underwhelmed, based on its Rotten Tomatoes score, but nonetheless found it entertaining.
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I’m curious if you read the book… I did but by husband did not. He found the movie confusing at times, but I knew exactly what was happening. I agree that the movie could have been made a bit shorter, and some things could have been explained better. But overall, the casting was great, it was true to the story, Rocky rocked, and Stratt’s karaoke was fabulous!
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I did not read the book, but I didn’t find the movie confusing at all. I liked the non-linear narrative, but it was just a really long movie. And even given Grace’s personality, the ending is a tad contrived.
But again, I was entertained.
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We watched Remakably Bright Creatures last night. I liked it, didn’t love it. I don’t want to say anymore as I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, but the twist surprise, to me, was unnecessary and almost contradictory to the larger message. I loved the octopus.
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If you didn’t read the book, the twist surprise (if I’m guessing right) is likely the one that’s a major part of the book’s plot.
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I watched Piece by piece on Peacock last night. To my surprise, I really enjoyed it. It is a biography of Pharrell Williams, depicted in Lego pieces. Daft Punk, Snoop, and many other artists in Lego form make appearances. 
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Demi Moore showed up looking skeletal (*) on the Cannes red carpet and a lot of comments were along the lines of “How could she do that to herself, she was in The Substance?!?!?!?!!!”
(*Apparently Hollywood has decreted the return of Size 0 for women 
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I’ve wanted this film ever since I read Three Bags Full something like 20 years ago and can’t wait to see it.
I loved the novel because of the unique voice, the humor, and on top of it it’s a legit mystery/detective story.
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Meanwhile, I thought Brad Goreski did an amazing job styling her
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I just saw The Sheep Detectives and loved it.
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