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Each year I watch all the Oscar nominated films, and I don't always love or even enjoy all of them, however I can almost always see why they would at least be nominated. That is not the case for 'Emilia Pérez'. This film is sloppy, under-developed and frankly insulting at times. Surely the political pull of centering your film around a trans-gender person doesn't have this kind of influence?

I mean the transgender element of the film was as under-cooked as anything you'll ever see in a movie. It was just this person was a man, now they are a woman. And that's that. No aspects of them dealing with it are touched on. It was basically just a plot device by the end.

As for it being a musical, I feel like that was used to cover up how weak the story was. Musicals don't seem to have the same demands on them as other movies, and so chucking that in there lets them get away with just how basic everything is.

The morals of the movie are truly bizarre as well. The lead character is a ruthless cartel leader and yet we are supposed to support them because - they changed gender? Absolutely nothing is ever done to make us side with them. We are just told that we should and that is that.

There is no loving care that's gone into this script. It feels like a first draft, and a pretty dodgy one at that. I did not like this movie much. A generous 4/10.

Boy the Swedish tourism board can't be too happy about this film. They were probably just recovering from 'Midsommar' and then bam, along comes 'Get Away'. This movie was quite something.

I've never seen a film go from 0 to 100 so quickly before. The first two thirds of the film I was basically just bored. There was the odd laugh and a creepy thing or two going on, but mostly it was just fodder. Then a twist came out of absolute left field and suddenly the film went off the walls bonkers for the entire final third. And that portion of the film I mostly loved.

The film is lacking a lot of polish. I also thought with Nick Frost writing it that it might've been a little funnier overall too. It's impossible to hate a film like this, however I simply can't give it more than a 5.5/10.

I think the movie 'Funny People' gave me PTSD for movies about comedians. I didn't enjoy that movie much at all and I think I was worried I was going to have a similar experience with 'I Used to be Funny'. That couldn't have been further from the case though. I was glued to the screen for every minute of this film.

Rachel Sennott has been one of the most interesting actresses to watch in recent years, but this film gave her the chance to prove she can truly act in a dramatic role. And she killed it. Also I had never heard of Caleb Hearon until this week and yet now I've seen him steal the show in two films. He has a lot of charm that man.

This is a heavy film. It's gritty and raw and quite devastating at times. I loved the structure of the film, with the intersecting timelines and the mystery around what exactly happened. I will say you have to have your wits about you at times to keep on track of which timeline you are actually in.

I really enjoyed this film. I'm quite surprised to be honest to see it with only a 6.3/10 on IMDb. I feel like I must've seen something in it that others didn't. I highly recommend this one though. 9/10.