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YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE? YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE BABY! YOU'RE GONNA DIE!!!! Seriously why is this called Welcome to the Jungle? Why couldn't this been called Jumanji 2: Into the Jungle or something because this is a sequel.
Because of “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” being a sequel (yup this movie is every way a sequel for it starts right after the first flick left off), people are going to walk into this with a certain bias due to two things: nostalgia and Robin Williams. I hate to break it to you this way but the 1995 “Jumanji” wasn’t a good movie, and this is coming from someone who watched both films within the same day.
What the first Jumanji heavily lacked was a consistent tone. The original film was about this boy named Alex Parrish who got trapped in a board game for 26 years, and since nobody couldn't find him, the entire town went to shit because of it. So when Parrish (Williams) is awakened by two kids when they stumble upon the game, the story just becomes a depressing tale of a kid trapped in a man’s body while having to finish this silly board game where everything comes to life and it chaos ensues. It was tonally confused with what it wanted to be. On the one hand, it wanted to be this grim story of a kid in a man’s body (similar to “Big”) who has to adapt to being an adult and trying to uncover the mysteries of his past. On the other hand, it wanted to be this adventure of having to finish this board game where everything comes to life before terribly computer-generated animals destroy their town. Seriously even by 1995 standards, the CG for that film was god awful. Aliens came out in 1986, and that had better visuals than the 1995 film. Jumanji wasn’t made on the cheap but yet it looked so cheap. It was not a good movie.
Now since I got that out of the way, I have to admit something that might as well offend you. Don’t burn me to a stake when I say that this is one of those rare sequels that is FAR MUCH BETTER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR! “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is a sequel that realizes all of its shortcomings of the original and decides to roll the dice with a story that thankfully doesn’t take itself too seriously for a single minute.
FULL REVIEW HERE:
https://rendyreviews.com/movies//jumanji-welcome-to-the-jungle-review
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This is hands down one of Sally Hawkins' best roles of her career and she never even says a word. We know how Hawkins sound like but just to see her flawlessly express her dialogue through sign language is magnificent. There is a scene where she’s acting her ass off as she expressly explains how she feels about The Asset and it really just gives give you chills because all of her dialogue is in sign language. For a long time, you’re so drawn to her performance that you believe that Hawkins is mute. In a MoMA Q&A I attended, del Toro revealed that he made Hawkins study silent film legends of the past including Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin to help get a sense of the character and how her performance should be. Well now knowing this kind of makes one convinced that Hawkins stayed up for weeks studying these films like it was a college assignment and it all paid off.
If all we’re going to get from now are on are R-rated films from del Toro, then I would want them to all feel like this where it is realistic and has a human theme within the realm of weirdness. Its as if del Toro saw “Beauty and the Beast” and literally said that his next film would be, “The Mute and the Missing Link Monster.” On the surface, this might be a strange story especially considering that there is an intimate scene between Elisa and The Asset (Don’t worry you don’t see any creature-human sex scene) but some way the romance between Elisa and the monster is believable. It earns your emotion for you to root for them the entire way through. Director Guillermo del Toro does a brilliant job displaying characters motivations and fleshing them out at on a complex degree. Some of their arcs are done by the second act, and then some go on for a while, but it does progress the story and the urgency. The film has the visual beauty of "Pan’s Labyrinth" mixed in with "Crimson Peak" and the comedic tone of a "Hellboy" movie. While some of his past films were imbalanced with more thrills than a steady tone, this knows what it's trying to go for and excels at it. There is a balance with both the thrills, the humor, and the intensity. The story is predictable but the lengths it goes by having all of these likable characters helmed by a remarkable performance by Hawkins.
FULL REVIEW HERE: https://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//the-shape-of-water-review
(I met del Toro at a screening on Sun. and Hawkins when she came to my job months ago for Maudie but I found it relevant for this obviously)
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You can tell Luca Guadagnino read this book and dedicated a portion of his life to both adapting the novel for the screen and crafting it to perfection like a sculpture. The passion the book had on Guadagnino is what he displays on screen for others to view and its 132-minute mesmerizing work of art. Right when I begin to feel fatigued by “coming of age” movies, this comes out and blows me away by whole heartedly expressing that this genre is here and will never die for there still plenty of stories to tell. This book spoke to him on another level, and he does the same by translating that to the audience. It displays our human desire to attach ourselves romantically to others, but it also shows what we are supposed to want or what we desire. What the animated short film, “In a Heartbeat” is for kids, is what “Call Me By Your Name” is to adults.
So I saw this at the MoMA with my friend Fran, and right next to her an old woman was squinting and cringing at every moment Elio and Oliver kissed or did something sexually. Afterwards, we were laughing at the fact that so many seniors in the theater who consider themselves cinephiles didn't know jack shit about the movie, so they were just in for a surprise. If you aren't with films that deal with homosexuality, then don't watch this film. If you are a homophobe but consider yourself a cinephile, go see this. It will make you see people the same way you see yourself no matter what your orientation is. I'm telling you this is a compelling picture about acceptance, so if you are a homophobe, get off your fucking high horse and see this movie.
YEAH, I'M TALKING TO YOU MIKE PENCE!
FULL REVIEW HERE:
http://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//call-me-by-your-name-review-
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Would you believe me if I tell you that out of every movie around December, this was the one I was anticipating the most? **** a “Star Wars.” “The Disaster Artist” is where it's at. A movie starring James Franco and his little bro Dave as they portray the true story of Tommy Wiseau and how he made “The Room,” and its also directed by James Franco?! SIGN ME UP!
The last time I saw Franco in a movie where he was prominent was “Why Him?” in which he annoyed me to no end. In this, Franco brings his skill back around for he is phenomenal as Wiseau. Its as if James followed Tommy around for a week for research study and inherited both his voice and his mannerisms. I was never blown away by watching Franco act on screen since “127 Hours.” One of the best things about being an actor is getting lost in the role, and for nearly every frame, I didn’t see James Franco or James Franco impersonating Tommy Wiseau. All that I saw was Tommy Wiseau. Granted, I would love to see how Tom Hiddleston would portray Wiseau since we all saw this picture:
FULL REVIEW HERE:
http://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//the-disaster-artist-review
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Jacob Tremblay is a national treasure, and he needs to be protected at all costs. Its been two years since the eleven-year-old starred in "Room" with Brie Larson and his acting abilities just get better with age. Where other films he is acting with adult actors, this is the first time he's performing amongst other kids, and he's as great with them as well. Unlike other child actors, I feel like by the time he hits his teenage years he’s going to either get an Oscar nomination or win. I’m still mad that he wasn’t nominated in "Room." I’ve never said “Aww” some many times in a movie this year than this, and never once was it even manipulative.
The screenplay does harken back to one’s childhood where they go through the struggle of fitting in no matter whether he or she is an elementary school child or a high schooler. The authenticity of childhood growth is there and never betrays that. All of the kids do act like kids, and you don’t see that very often in films nowadays. For God’s sake the film utilizes Minecraft in as a plot device to reestablish a broken friendship between kids, and it does warrant some shredded tears. “Wonder” may be the only movie ever made to make you cry over two kids playing Minecraft.
I don’t want to say much about "Wonder" other than its wholesome Its sweet natured. It does have moments of melodrama, but at its core, you have a movie about family, acceptance, and growth which all those themes were present in Chbosky’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” Just like Chbosky’s last film, he does an amazing job at balancing them all and hitting home all these human qualities in a realistically relatable way.
FULL REVIEW HERE: http://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//wonder-review
Just an unrelated side note but one of my newest favorite moments of this year was attending BookCon where I met Chbosky and asked him about successful screenwriting, and he gave me an elaborate six-point plan that everyone who wants to write should follow. It was incredible. NOW TO THE REVIEW!
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I hate the first forty or forty-five minutes of this movie up until the six unite and fight together in an incredibly fun action sequence. The film does something that you wouldn’t expect Zack Snyder’s Justice League do: fight and SAVE PEOPLE! There's not that much destruction that goes on and to actually see these heroes care about saving people for a change, really puts a smile on moviegoers face compared to how "MoS" and "BvS" turned out.
The way how the action is choreographed, the way the humor is inserted, and even how these heroes sort of bond with each other due to natural chemistry that’s more organic than something manipulative like “Suicide Squad” are duly noted as you can tell DC is slowly fixing up their mistakes of their past.
Steppenwolf has to be the most generic villain of generic villains I've seen in any superhero movie since Malekith in “Thor: The Dark World.” This is the primary factor of my fatigue I’m getting from superhero movies now which are the villains, and this film is exactly no help with defending my case. Steppenwolf is pretty much the DC version of Marvel's Ronan the Accuser from "Guardians of the Galaxy." But here is the thing, Ronan was going up against the B-team group of heroes that nobody really knew. Steppenwolf, on the other hand, is going against THE JUSTICE LEAGUE who are literally the A-team (seriously who doesn't get Mr. T vibes from Jason Mamoa). Every line of dialogue Steppenwolf has is just *Insert villain quote here.* That is all of his dialogue. Nothing but clichéd lines about world domination and puny humans. Like every villain in the history of villains, he’s just a creature vent on taking over Earth and starting war and...
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"Justice League" is the cinematic equivalent to a man running a 300m hurdle race while holding a baton. At first, he painstakingly crashes through the hurdles, but 1/3 of the way through he begins to progress by by leaps and bounds while never to drop the baton. Though the first act is established unbearably sloppily, "Justice League," makes a 180° left turn by the second act and maintains throughout by becoming an entertaining ensemble superhero movie that proves the DCEU may still have some fuel in its tank.
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I am telling you when I left my screening, everybody had either dried tears rolling down their faces or red eyes where you know they recently just cried. Shoot, the screening’s security rep was in tears once I passed him.
This movie has the “Kubo and the Two Strings” effect where you question why the film is given its title, but until the very end, you both realize the meaning behind it while crying your ass off after you're blown away by the magnificent story it told.
Several years ago, I reviewed “The Book of Life” which was one of my favorite animated films of 2014. Because of that review, director Jorge Gutierrez followed me on Twitter, and my tweet was used for marketing.
So if anything, I feel like I’m qualified enough to be the descriptor of the similarities between that and “Coco.”
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The only similarities “Coco” and “The Book of Life” share besides their lead characters crossing over from their real world to the land of the dead is that both films are a joyous celebration of this special Mexican holiday that has never been displayed in cinema before. The art styles are different, the narratives are different, and the settings are uniquely different. This widens the eyes of young viewers who are unbeknownst to holiday Dias de Los Muertos. The way how these movies appropriate other cultures through the film with a sweeping story and hitting home every tradition the holiday is all about is a welcoming change and should be followed by other animation studios.
Here is my 10 day early review of Disney Pixar's Coco-
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Honestly, I have no fucking idea why this is at 0%. Critics are becoming an official hive mind.
Compared to A Bad Mom's Christmas, I was entertained by this. I’m not going to lie, but Will Ferrell movies are my guilty pleasure of comedies. Where people I know would consider Adam Sandler movies as their guilty pleasure (and I have absolutely no idea why), Ferrell has been my muse. I laughed through “Get Hard,” I personally enjoyed “The House,” and you know what? I like this! Yeah. I liked “Daddy’s Home 2.”
In honesty, there is no plot to “Daddy’s Home 2.” All there is nothing but a series of vignettes and subplots that are set up so that it can play into a punchline that would come in towards the third act. How does this plot of this family going on vacation is set up? Oh, Dusty’s dad books an Air BNB a place at a lodge for like eight people and you’re there going, “That's not how Air BNB works. There is no way Air BNB would be that reliably accessible.” After that, you have nothing but subplots amongst subplots. I’ll be damned if some of them weren’t funny but there is no real story beyond “Hey granddads are home for Christmas.”
What I do like about this film opposed to its predecessor is its heart. Whatever it lacks in story and consistent humor, it makes up for it in its good nature. While other Christmas films released in past several years lacked the true meaning of Christmas and tried too hard just to be shock value comedies, this wears its heart right on its sleeve, and I respect it for that. You can do much worse with “Daddy’s Home 2,” but it is rightfully joyful and more entertaining than it needs to be.
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It's okay when others are afraid to review, I'm here to speak the truth and the truth is that this is just BAD.Quote
Whatever heart and charm that was in the predecessor are gone due to constant nonsensical crass humor, a shit ton of ad-libbing, and repetitious gags of frolicking that only pad out the runtime.
Here's my review of A Bad Moms Christmas. in theaters tomorrow.
http://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//a-bad-moms-christmas-review
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Performance wise everyone gives serviceable performances (no pun intended) as everyone is equally good. No actor really stands out more than the other. It's more of an ensemble film opposed to the just one actor pulling their weight and carrying a story. It is Miles Teller who is the face of the movie’s marketing, but you have other actors who perform on the same level as him. For God’s sake, Amy Schumer is in this film as a widow, and even her performance puts you on the verge of tears. Ever since "Whiplash" Miles Teller has been working his ass off to get that Oscar. That Teller boy really wants to deliver that Oscar-worthy performance to earn him at least a nomination. Though that is not here, he does deliver a good one. If Teller got a nomination, cool. He does have several “for your consideration” moments that'll have you in shambles, but I wouldn't bet money on it.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE REVIEW - https://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//thank-you-for-your-service-review
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This son of a bitch made a sequel to a movie that was based off a joke Chris Rock made in his movie. It is ideally as pathetic as it sounds.And he didn't get my money thanks to two drunk people in one of the weirdest film experiences I've endured in my life.Here's my Boo 2 Review (AKA the angriest review of a movie since 'The Emoji Movie' )
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Yeaaaah I saw this last week. It's kinda cheesy. There's no Oscar bait for this for its just for a certain demographic (mostly women who are fans of romance and I didn't really like it.
Here's my review (fight me if you will): https://t.co/5imtRuiYyw
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This is a Hasbro production. If you look at their track record, every single movie Hasbro has ever produced were nothing but Hollywood garbage that was either a product placement for brands (any given Transformer film) or a giant middle finger to its source material (Jem & the Holograms). But God forbid anybody ****s up 'My Little Pony.' If you are a fan of ‘MLP: FiM,’ this movie is the equivalent to the 2004’s 'The Spongebob Squarepants Movie’ for you. Just like that film, you have an adaptation honest to the series that it was based on by not only having the crew and cast that made the show special but by also integrating the humor, heart, and charm to this epic scale of an adventure that tests our lead characters and allowing them to grow.
FULL REVIEW HERE: https://rendyreviews.com/movies//my-little-pony-the-movie-review
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Recently, Billie Jean King came to my job for an interview to promote this movie. While I was running mics for the next show, she was departing while Micheal Peña was arriving. I was watching their interaction through the outside glass door window, and it was cute. Then as they finished, Billie Jean looked at me through the door, waved at me, then blew me a kiss. I was shaking then and I after watching this biopic, I will treasure that blown kiss for the rest of my life.
https://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//battle-of-the-sexes-review
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I don’t know how the director of 'Pineapple Express,' 'Your Highness, and 'The Sitter' pull an ultimate Adam McKay and surprise the hell out of everyone with what he can truly do as a director, but he did.
Earlier this year, there was a film called Patriots Day which was about the tragic events of the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013. This may be the second consecutive year where a film centered on events of the Boston Marathon Bombing end up on my best movie of the year list, and I don’t know how to feel about that.
'Stronger' is not one of those dramas with a story that tells, “through his many losses, one man still found hope,” for it is a deep character driven film that shows even when the worst travesties can happen to a person, that person would still be the same person as before. It's one of those films that boldly expresses that some people aren't subjected to change, and that is one of the most human qualities a film can have. You barely see that level of realism of how messy a person's life can be in modern biopics nowadays. There are some scenes where I forget that I’m watching a movie but a tragic character study.
This may be Maslany’s first major film role, and she deserves every accolade that you know she's bound to be nominated for. Maslany brings a ton of emotion as her character, Erin is the one who helps Jeff get on the right track to becoming better as both a person and back on track for his life. Just like Orphan Black, she can be sweet one second and then take no shit in the next. It's so distressing to see how far she goes with Jeff as you see her go from square three to square one numerous of times. You get hints of how their relationship was prior to the film’s opening. While you think, “ Oh he can’t be that bad as a boyfriend,” you see how poorly he treats her that you believe that even if his legs were still attached, he would've still been the same person regardless. She is the only thoroughly likable character who is the voice of reason, and at times you resonate with her more than Jeff, and he’s the one who is in a wheelchair without any legs.
But seriously if Gyllenhaal doesn't get an Oscar nomination for his performance, I’m going to kick someone’s ass.
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Watching this movie is the equivalent to how Kick-Ass 2 turned out to be. You know how Matthew Vaughn directed the first Kick-Ass but left Jeff Wadlow to direct "Kick-Ass 2" which was a messy poor imitation of the first Kick-Ass? Though this is Vaughn’s first time doing a sequel, it seems like he’s been taking lessons of storytelling from Jeff Wadlow because "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" is a messy poor imitation of the first Kingsman film. If Jeff Wadlow would've directed this movie, it probably would've been the same product just without the great action sequences Vaughn can only make fun.
Here's my review of Kingsman: The Golden Circle
https://rendyreviews.com/movies//kingsman-the-golden-circle-review
AND AS A BONUS HERE'S A CLIP OF SOME OF THE CAST AT MY JOB!
So uhh I might've made Taron Egerton reveal a dirty secret about his times shooting Kingsman. Just saying if Fox gets on his case, it is not my fault.
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I’m not going to lie, this movie came out of nowhere for me. For a while, I only heard that Darren Aronofsky directed a new movie with Jennifer Lawrence and now they’re dating. Nobody really knew what it was even about especially when the first trailer came out literally a month before its release. And after having seen it. I still want to know what the hell I just watched. It felt as if Aronofsky was like, “Oh you guys were confused with "Noah"? Well, get ready because I’m going to deliver you such a mind fuck with my next movie!”
FULL REVIEW HERE: https://rendyreviews.com/movies//mother-review-
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So.....I'm doing a little giveaway for the movie.
If you want this freaky lil Pennywise shirt, you can come float down to enter here: http://www.rendyreviews.com/giveaways//it-t-shirt-and-pins-prize-giveaway
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so no reviews...
I reviewed it
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GOSH DARN IT! Literally after the cast came to my job and I asked them this question,
http:// https://www.facebook.com/RendyReviews/videos/1510814419011508/
THAT ARTICLE CAME OUT!
Oh well. If no critics are going to come out with an actual review for the movie just yet, I might as well be the first to break that blasted embargo:
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We finally got it. We didn’t need it nor did we ask for it but we got it. We finally got the Deadpool/Nick Fury team up movie that we didn’t know that we wanted. Once the teaser trailer & poster came out for "The Hitman’s Bodyguard", I was filled with nothing but excitement. Immediately right after though I got skeptical because of one primary fact; this is the production company that brought you great films such as "Mechanic: Resurrection", "Criminal", "The Legend of Hercules", and "Texas Chainsaw 3D". Millennium Films have been the master of generic action movies and. Unfortunately, my skepticism was correct. When the best thing about The Hitman’s Bodyguard is its teaser poster, you know you fucked up big time.
FULL REVIEW HERE: https://rendyreviews.com/movies//the-hitmans-bodyguard-review
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FULL REVIEW HERE: https://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//the-dark-tower-review
Dear Sony, stop releasing movies. Please after that 2014 hack, I think it's time to turn in your towel. You got lucky with Goosebumps in 2015, Sausage Party in 2016, and Baby Driver this past June. I would say Spider-Man Homecoming as well, but we all know that the majority of the heavy lifting came from Marvel Studios. Besides those mentioned films, you guys fucked up tremendously. For two weeks in a row, you managed to consecutively release steaming pile of garbage (The Emoji Movie) after steaming pile of garbage (The Dark Tower), and I’m tired of it.
Here's the name that you should fear, Akiva Goldsman.I guess every time, I see the name Akiva Goldsman in a credit it just shows how shitty a movie will be. Screw getting excited for a film nowadays. It makes me wonder how does this guy get to find work? Seriously every movie he’s credited for this year have been ending up on my worst of 2017 list to far. You got Rings (one of 3 writers), King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (producer), Transformers: The Last Knight (story or lack there of), and now The Dark Tower another entry in the shitty career of Akiva Goldsman. If Goldsman’s name is in the credits whether its writer, producer, or story, there’s no reason to have faith in it anymore.
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Detroit is one of those films that after viewing it, you would need to go to a bar, get a drink, and think about how fucked up society is. After watching Detroit, I was on my train ride home and everything I just witnessed from the movie sunk into my soul which resulted in me crying for a good 5 minutes. It wasn’t one of those silent cries where you start tearing and looking down, but it was one of those cries after your mama disciplines you.
Poulter delivers a performance so terrifying and threatening that you wouldn’t expect someone like him to play a character so detestable. He gives a Michael Fassbender 12 Years A Slave caliber of a performance as in the character he portrays so hateful; it's going to take me years to be willing to see a film featuring Will Poulter.
I know I used this rating once this year, but no film in my entire life left me in shambles to the point that I broke down crying inside the theater and long after I'm out of the theater. Never has a movie broke me so much that I couldn't sleep until 3 AM. So when I see a movie that imprints on me like this, I give it a rating like this.
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T.J Miller came to my job recently and complimented my knees
You can see the vid here.
The Post | Ensemble Cast with Tom Hanks & Meryl Streep | Spielberg | Pentagon Papers Film....Dec 22 2017 | Trailer on p.11
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At this point, it's redundant to hail Spielberg’s direction or Hank’s Performance or Streep’s performance because they’re a trifecta of brilliance.
One of the most interesting things about the movie is how the film depicts journalists and the people who run the newsroom for they are practically spies. Seriously, a lot of the first half of this movie is the Washington Post sending their people out to other news sources to check out the competition. Spielberg has news reporting into an espionage game. He makes this similar to “Bridge of Spies,” and some of that film’s cast appears in this as well.
The well informed detailed screenwriting writing by Josh Singer and Liz Hannah is brilliantly decided to make elements of this story feel whole. Singer who is known best for being 1/2 of the screenwriting duo behind 2015’s Best Picture winner “Spotlight,’ you can tell wrote the moments of intensity where it deals with these characters going out to find the Pentagon Papers and fighting for the freedom of the press. Its nature of fighting for truth and justice is very reminiscent of "Spotlight," and that is done through Singer. Hannah is EVERYTHING ELSE! This is Hannah’s first feature film that she single-handedly wrote, and the passion she put into this script is really there. From the characters to the message to the procedure of obtaining the papers: this is all Hannah. Read several articles about her underdog story of how she got her script to be directed by Spielberg and it will move and inspire you to write your story.
We’ve seen Streep at every variation from confident to vulnerable to weak to strong. This is a character that is full of life but at the same time full of inner conflict as she questions whether to run the Pentagon Papers story or not and this performance she gives is incredible. It is a journey to self-discovery as we see her go out of her way to risk the reputation of the company vs. what she believes is right. By God, Streep has a scene where she delivers a speech of triumph, and I challenge you not to scream YAS QWEEN by the time it ended of it because I know I did, and so did five other people in my theater. And this was at a guild screening. Shoot you will turn into to the Meryl Streep meme to Meryl Streep.
FULL REVIEW HERE: http://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//the-post-review