POSITIVES…
Dramatic premise and emotionally heartfelt. Excellent film.
Sophia Lillis is good in this, playing who is essentially the audience surrogate of the story. Plus she gets some killer lines and insightful monologues.
Paul Bettany is great in this complicated and nuanced role as the title character, and it’s hard not to get invested in his situation.
Peter Macdissi is the fantastic scene stealer, that brings a lot of fun energy to the movie.
Scenes with Lillis, Bettany, and Macdissi, all together are just golden. From the party, the morning after scene, the road trip, and more were wonderful stuff.
Plot moves at a solid deliberate pace, that’s not going to waste your time.
That final act was amazing and had so much to say thematically.
NEGATIVES…
Arguably too melodramatic at times.
There’s a couple of scenes that seemed a little too convenient to be believable.
I wouldn’t have minded if they stretched out that road trip a bit more. Felt like a wasted opportunity.
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