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Mediterranean Fever (2022)
Unfulfilled potential
First half of the movie was such a big promise that it made the disappointment of the second half to be more damaging.
It started relaxed but natural, inviting, convincing and relatable.
The second half of the movie was the easiest possible path and the ending was supposed to be a surprise, but since the whole second half was spiraling down, it gave a "whatever" impression. Uninspired and unimaginative, almost cliche solution to the story. And it seems that the writer forgot about his son and geography later on, as if it was never part of the story.
Also, I don't know who decided that this is a "comedy drama", since it has only two or three vaguely funny moments. It also gets more serious and dark as it goes and raise the issues which can be triggering to viewers. It's very reckless, inconsiderable and misleading to put comedy as a genre for this movie. When you write "comedy drama" people expect relatively light approach with a few serious notes/hints, not the other way around, because if it's the other way around it suffices to call it just drama. It's like tricking people into watching possibly triggering moments.
Women Talking (2022)
Better to watch the paint dry
I had to turn if off after 40 minutes of wasted time - I still value my life that much. The trailer, camera work quality , imdb ratings and a great actress fooled me into thinking that this will be a quality, artsy movie. But it was not even average. Poor dialogue and prolonged scenes are all there is to it. There is one interesting moment though - when women who are supposedly illiterate use the word "absurd". Sure, it's all possible when it's made up - but we can make up any non sense - the sense in making up a story is the intended meaning - here we see that there was intention, but there is no delivery of a meaning. The story is meaningless. It's not enough to make just any kind of an attempt at fictionalizing and/or exaggerating ideology or reality (we can only presume that was an intent)- it has to make sense and be efficient. Something should have happened in the first 40 minutes to show me the point of the whole story, to give a hint at least - but nothing, emptiness.
Jackie (2016)
Empty movie
Why do you have to make a movie about someone if you don't know what to show us about them - if there is nothing to show don't make a movie. It's a waste of precious time, I stopped watching after half an hour.