MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Francis Ha

Deb 6     Me 5

Two chicks coming of age kind o' thing. Contemporary scenes filled with doubt, confusion and dysfunction. But highly watchable and somewhat likable players deliver believable lines in realistic scenarios. It had sort of a Stranger in Paradise feel to it in style and maybe substance, but lacked the originality Jarmusch offered in his work. It's delivered in black and white which is refreshing and reflects the grey areas these people live in. The script has some clever lines that tell volumes about the players, but ultimately they're just not worthy of a film.
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