THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN (2020)
“inert and dead-eyed perfunctory CGI family parable”
Read MoreWITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.
“inert and dead-eyed perfunctory CGI family parable”
Read More“I wanted the main character to parish”
Read More“This isn’t exactly apples to apples, but more a rotten mango compared to an overripe DC vodka filled watermelon.”
Read More“Partially it’s the casting and the over abundance, but it just feels like kids putting on a show”
Read More“Its touching and poignant, with a sheer and true aesthetic.”
Read More“to zone out and enjoy some mindless over-the-top, only done for the fun of it action, this one might be your very own LEVEL UP”
Read More“story with dedicated heart and some appreciated visual aplomb”
Read More“I will give it points for pushing the envelope and going on a bloody limb”
Read More“throws its middleweight pounds behind its punches to land some stiff shots”
Read More“an elegant and somber triumph”
Read More“Let me worship at my deity’s feet instead of listlessly withering into his flawed and restrained humanity”
Read More“The crush of modern society and the new gig economy juxtaposed with the idyllic & frett freedom of the wayfarer”
Read More“the film itself is the dullest of blades, unable to cut tissue, let alone the binding of cultural mores or cinematic ramparts”
Read More“trapped terror of dark catholic femininity”
Read More“the struggle of growing up, growing anew, and growing together - in land and in heart”
Read More“moments of splendor paired with the jumbled cultish familial strife”
Read More“Trying to recapture the gritty and disturbed fortitude of 90s Denzel Washington crime thrillers, but failing”
Read More“a swim through the possibilities is better than the film’s sink to the water logged bottom”
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