Reviews

This is a very nice film, with deep resonance for older people. I am a senior, an old-fashion Jewish lefty, and a Bernie Bro since before that was a thing. But two gratuitous Republican-bashing scenes in this film, really not even scenes but throwaways, had my blood boiling. Any senior on "the other side," watching this, would be instantly alienated, and deprived of the rewards of empathizing with the characters' plight. Hollywood has been nasty to Christians and Republicans for decades, just because it can. And don't try to deny that this longstanding disregard of "the other side's" feelings is part of what got us Donald Trump.

The sets, props, and lighting are all copies of the originals, but most of the performances make no attempt at expressionism, or any other kind of stylization. They sound like modern Americans reading a modern script, which of course they are and it is, although the script would allow for more imaginativeness. The result is discordant, and just seems silly. It leads me to wonder what a Johnny Depp would have done with any of these roles.