November 9, 20232 yr This was good, REALLY good. It’s going straight into the holiday movie rotation. Giamatti was nomination and winner worthy for his performance. Such a wonderful movie to watch. Highly recommend seeing this. Not enough good things to say about this. Dominic Sessa as Angus was fantastic as well. This movie had my attention from start to finish. Edited November 9, 20232 yr by UpperWestside
November 9, 20232 yr Stoked to hear that review! One of my best friends from HS produced it, and I'm always pulling for his films. Did Sound of Metal, Knives Out and Low Down as well. Super proud of him.
November 9, 20232 yr Author 9 minutes ago, Rip76 said: Looks solid. Theatres only, or streaming too? I think it's just theaters at the moment.
November 9, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Mittens said: Stoked to hear that review! One of my best friends from HS produced it, and I'm always pulling for his films. Did Sound of Metal, Knives Out and Low Down as well. Super proud of him. Well your friend nailed it. I told a friend back in Oklahoma to go see it right after I left the showing last night.
November 9, 20232 yr Speed, gentleman! Speed! Without sufficient exercise the body devours itself. Outstanding flick. Loved the retro vibe with the classic film stock and old-school beginning titles. A great story with instant classic characters set in a very specific world of realism. A very anti-Marvel movie.
November 15, 20232 yr I went to see this movie again tonight because I thoroughly enjoyed it so much the first time. I gotta say that Dominic Sessa is going to be a GREAT lead in a whole bunch of films over his career. It is so hard to believe this is his first film. So young, but so talented and he more than held his own in all of the scenes with Giamatti. I would go as far as to say he should get a nomination for best supporting actor. I also want to say what a superb job Da ‘Vine Joy Randolph did in portraying Mary. Her grief was palpable and seeing how she dealt with the trauma of losing her son was emotionally intense, but man she was good. Go and see this movie. Take the two hours and go sit in a theater for this. If Giamatti does not get a best actor for this no one should.
November 26, 20232 yr Damn good movie. Watched it last night. Only thing that bugged me was I could swear Giamatti’s lazy eye kept flipping sides between scenes .
November 27, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, HiggyBaby said: Damn good movie. Watched it last night. Only thing that bugged me was I could swear Giamatti’s lazy eye kept flipping sides between scenes .
November 28, 20232 yr On 11/27/2023 at 12:13 AM, NWBuck said: Beat me to it! Feldman's eyes never ceased to bring the lol.
November 29, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, pch said: Beat me to it! Feldman's eyes never ceased to bring the lol.
November 29, 20232 yr On 11/15/2023 at 12:39 AM, UpperWestside said: I also want to say what a superb job Da ‘Vine Joy Randolph did in portraying Mary. Her grief was palpable and seeing how she dealt with the trauma of losing her son was emotionally intense, but man she was good. Have heard rumblings of her name being prominent come awards season. Would be well deserved.
December 9, 20232 yr We just got back from watching was waiting for it to play at a local mom&pop theater. Fantastic movie with a lot of layers to it and would recommend. Also, Lydia would get it.
December 11, 20232 yr I laughed out loud at parts of this, and was brought to tears at others. Da'Vine Joy Randolph was one of my favorite parts of Only Murders, and I hope she gets all the awards for her role as Mary Lamb here. Dominic Sessa was also fantastic. I hope to see much more of him in the future.
December 26, 20231 yr Is thing ever going to be on Peacock? edit: December 29th Edited December 26, 20231 yr by billfromlaketravis
December 26, 20231 yr We watched this last night with the whole family. It was superb in every way. One of my favorite films in a long time.
December 26, 20231 yr I recommended this movie to a co-worker that has the AMC pass. Honestly I can’t say enough good things about this movie. It really struck a chord with me. It’ll be a movie I watch every single year during the holidays. Most of us would like more movies from Hollywood like this one or Saltburn. Hopefully the message is coming through how good stuff like this is to watch.
December 26, 20231 yr Very good film. Giamatti’s verbiage was hilarious throughout, you “hormonal vulgarians”.
December 30, 20231 yr On 12/26/2023 at 4:14 PM, LonghornSean said: Very good film. Giamatti’s verbiage was hilarious throughout, you “hormonal vulgarians”. Yup. He repeatedly cracked us up.
January 3, 20241 yr Saw it Monday. I thought some of the scenes/dialogue were sparkling but the whole movie was contrived fluff. None of the characters were believable, IMO. 4/10.
January 3, 20241 yr 32 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said: None of the characters were believable, IMO. I didn't think anyone was that great except for giamatti. the cook was good. the kids sucked. I enjoyed the movie though.
January 8, 20241 yr Pretty cool to see Da’Vine Joy Randolph win for best supporting actress. She was just fantastic in that role. I hope she goes onto many leading roles because she is very talented. She was the exact right person to play alongside Giamatti in this movie.
January 8, 20241 yr Damn good movie. Watched it last night. Only thing that bugged me was I could swear Giamatti’s lazy eye kept flipping sides between scenes .That’s because it was, according to imdb
January 8, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, Lazarus Bocanegra said: That’s because it was, according to imdb That seems like such an easy continuity error to avoid. Just keep it on one eye!
January 8, 20241 yr Always love reading about movie goofs on IMDb, this one was pretty glaring… The basketball court has a 3-point line painted on it at 19'9". High-school basketball did not adopt the 3-pt line line until 1987, a full 17 years after the movie was set.
January 8, 20241 yr 16 minutes ago, 4th&Five said: How did they find that kids parents so quickly on a mission trip in columbia? Well it was Paraguay and obviously they just called the WhatsApp number the parents use when they travel.
January 8, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, Underdog said: Always love reading about movie goofs on IMDb, this one was pretty glaring… The basketball court has a 3-point line painted on it at 19'9". High-school basketball did not adopt the 3-pt line line until 1987, a full 17 years after the movie was set. That’s a pretty good one. I am guessing that because this movie was filmed in parts at I believe six different schools that they just did not pay attention to that detail. I think how they found Sessa was pretty impressive. Just in the right place at the right time in his life. Young aspiring actors and actresses always talk about luck playing a role in a career beginning and his had a good bit of that. If not for a hockey injury he may never have gotten the acting bug his freshman year of high school.
January 8, 20241 yr 20 hours ago, UpperWestside said: Pretty cool to see Da’Vine Joy Randolph win for best supporting actress. She was just fantastic in that role. I hope she goes onto many leading roles because she is very talented. She was the exact right person to play alongside Giamatti in this movie. Super happy for her. She's a really great actress. Although way underutilized, I really liked her in Only Murders in the Building too. That said, I think her weight will keep her out of most leading roles, but she should get some more great supporting roles with this win.
January 8, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, Biff Tannen said: That seems like such an easy continuity error to avoid. Just keep it on one eye! they did it intentionally
January 8, 20241 yr 21 minutes ago, Lazarus Bocanegra said: they did it intentionally Well that’s just silly.
January 8, 20241 yr 32 minutes ago, Lazarus Bocanegra said: they did it intentionally 11 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said: Well that’s just silly. just lazy
January 8, 20241 yr 51 minutes ago, DixonHur said: Super happy for her. She's a really great actress. Although way underutilized, I really liked her in Only Murders in the Building too. That said, I think her weight will keep her out of most leading roles, but she should get some more great supporting roles with this win. I suppose that it could because there is still an aversion in Hollywood to women that are plus-sized being an A-list lead. There are exceptions, but overall that has been the norm. I will bet that her talent is such that she can help burst through this glass ceiling and usher in some progress on how women are cast. If men who are overweight can garner leading roles so should women, especially really talented ones.
January 9, 20241 yr Author Paul Giamatti took his Golden Globe trophy to In ‘N Out after the show. (No word on whether he went full “Miles” and drank expensive wine from a Styro cup.)https://amp.tmz.com/2024/01/08/paul-giamatti-in-n-out-golden-globes-burger-celebrates-win/
January 9, 20241 yr 11 hours ago, RPM said: Watched it this weekend. Great film. Giamatti delivers. From having seen some of the shows and movies you like I figured that if you saw this you would enjoy it.
January 11, 20241 yr I'm a sucker for coming of age stories. And for Payne/Giamatti teamups. Watched this on NYE and it felt so fitting.
January 11, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, kingkoopa6 said: Fun film. niece Elise a cutie Yes. I was hoping for more of her in the movie.
January 14, 20241 yr Proposal to change the banner of this site to “our posters are penis cancer in human form”.Really enjoyed it. Felt very much like an Altman or Bogdanovich 70’s movie. Wonderfully sad and joyous throughout.
January 14, 20241 yr You people are confusing me. I can’t decide whether or not to watch it. Please get your shit together.
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