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An error has ocurred. Please try againSome movies that didn't make the list. Don't be sad! : Bolt, Brave Little Toaster, half the Studio Ghibli films, Space Jam, Claymation films (like Chicken Run), and most of the animal-based films in the past 20 years (like Home on the Range, Chicken Little, Open Season, etc)
Reviews
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Worth the Journey
In the typical RomCom fashion, you know how the movie is going to play out from the trailer. I picked this movie to watch with my friend because we were having the crappiest day and this looked to be the cheesiest film on Netflix. We expected to get our amusement from the cringes and the cheesiness. What we got instead is a teen movie that in many ways felt relatable. In the end, it was more romantic than comedic.
However, that being said. The movie left me with a warm feeling and a memorable story. If you're watching it as a RomCom, then I assume you don't expect to be wowed. You don't expect to see anything new. You're watching it for the journey. I would sign up for this journey again.
The Red Tent (2014)
Captivating Exploration into Lives of BCE Women
The Red Tent is a glimpse into what life might have been like for women back during the days of Jacob. It follows the story of Dinah, Jacob's only daughter, starting from when he meets Rachel until Dinah's birth, where she takes over as the star of the story up until his death. The story of Joseph (and subsequently, Dinah) takes place during a time where the vast majority of people neither read nor wrote. Stories were an oral tradition. So without real, concrete knowledge of the time, the Red Tent brings a captivating look at what life for women might have been like at the time. It follows this pursuit with little care for religion, which it practically ignores, including most of Joseph's story. And of course, it follows this up with the flare and dramatic license we expect from a movie (or miniseries in this case).
If you're looking for a biblical story, you're going to have to look elsewhere. If you're looking for a historically-accurate piece, you should probably watch a documentary. If you're looking for a captivating piece about a girl experiencing becoming a woman, a wife, a mother, and all the other challenges of her sex set in a beautiful interpretation of Biblical times, then I think you'll really enjoy this miniseries.