POSITIVES
Premise for this semi biopic is interesting. Captures a fascinatingly stressful week of filming an episode of "I Love Lucy," with a solid framing device that plays with that narrative.
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem were phenomenal in the roles of Lucy and Desi! They really brought them to life in this film and their chemistry together was just great.
Supporting ensemble cast is excellent and adds so much to the story. Fantastic work by Nina Arianda, Alia Shawkat, J.K. Simmons, Tony Hale, and Jake Lacy.
Banter and dialogue. Those back and forth conversations / arguments are just spectacular to listen to. Even the interview answers were excellent. Aaron Sorkin hasn't lost it yet.
I expected there to be quite a bit of commentary on the many seriously relatable subject matters that this film covers, but what I was pleasantly surprised by was that there were actual comedy jokes in this, and that they were legitimately funny.
NEGATIVES
Do they look like Lucy and Desi? For that matter Fred and Ethel Mertz? No, not really, and that might bother some.
You can only do so much visually with a movie premise like this, so don't expect all the special effects or sweeping locales.
Is this story juggling too many plot threads than absolutely necessary? Maybe.
Dare I say that there were multiple sequences that were actually uninteresting and boring? I dare say.
Probably a longer movie than it had to be. It’s about 2 hours long, and I honestly think they could have cut about 10-20 mins off it.
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