THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE (2019)
“A diatribe about the unsavory nature of toxic masculinity, told in a quirk-filled humorous way”
Read MoreWITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.
“A diatribe about the unsavory nature of toxic masculinity, told in a quirk-filled humorous way”
Read More“you will be left humming the wonderful tunes”
Read More“I laughed, I kind of cried (welling up counts), and I relished near each moment.”
Read More“watching them writhe, undulate, and profess their passion for some mystical unknown through indecipherable gibberish”
Read More“masters of their craft putting me in a hole of pulverizing despair”
Read More“the film is a work of unease and art”
Read More“ sociopathically serene space-by-the-numbers”
Read More“it was missing the magic of his true gangster classics, simply providing a capable facsimile”
Read More“engaging humor, mundane naturalness, and profound pain”
Read More“Instantly unique, specifically gorgeous, and blatantly powerful”
Read More“Lord of the Flies meets Kids as they journey down the dark river of Apocalypse Now”
Read More“Perhaps the most outright fun time I have had in the theater this year”
Read More“It just passed by my glazed over eyes, like the ghost of my lost Star Wars phasing through my hardened heart.”
Read More“…cuts, cranes, tna, splosions, close-ups, extremes, tna, flashy cars, big guns, splosions…”
Read More“had me feeling the danger and excitement,”
Read More“pretty slow and it is mostly a set up for an old bat to be whacked upon some fools”
Read More“despite being cute, lightly whimsical and intrinsically kind of likable, it suffers from a general malaise”
Read More“This felt like the most inconsequential animated Disney film in years”
Read More“once they ascend to the heavens, so does the intensity, the excitement, and the thrill of movies”
Read More“it really is Is just f*cking cool”
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