7.4
Best described as a fever dream after watching, as I struggle to fully describe what it is I watched. IT was fun, and definitely punk rock. Normal dinnertime conversation around the table in America, right?
Category: Drama
8.1
In a word – haunting.
The ethical dilemmas at play, the best and worst of humanity on display… chilling. Even knowing the end result, I found myself on the edge of my seat the entire runtime. I can’t imagine being in this situation and having to make some of these calls, let alone being this embedded in the horrifying action. So many things we’ve become numb to are brought to the forefront and you are forced to confront a lot during this tight hour and a half. Extremely well done period piece on one of the most “wait, what?” stories in sports history. “Oh yeah, it wasn’t just Mark Spitz setting the medal record that year!”
6.3
This movie was insulting. If you think Marky Mark’s accent is bad, you just wait…
There were moments where things almost took off, but then they go right back to “oh no… I totally didn’t see that coming” (in the most sarcastic tone imaginable.) Just… why did I feel so talked down to by this dumb of a movie? It pained me to make it to the end. Then they try to do the M. Night fake-out ending 2-3 times as a last sharp stick in the eye… Just, no. This is the backwards hat of movies.
4.5
I think they were going for something profound here, but they missed the boat… Angry, ornery, difficult to be around person ends up lonely. Color me surprised…
6.8
Still on the fence if I would be honored or appalled if a friend roped me into this situation…
Both Tilda and Julianne rock it, but the movie is such a strange execution of a touchy subject that it’s extremely difficult to make it approachable. They do their best, though. Trying to find meaning in a tough spot. There are indeed moments of beauty in the darkness here, but you have to really focus in. It’s easy to get lost in the ethical dilemmas or in one of the weird sidetracks into a rambling tirade about climate change. Intriguing…
Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare 