Improbable, goofy and plucked from the playbook, there’s still something irresistible about this high gloss rom-com. And, for all the cutesy stuff begging for your approval, what really makes this one work is its undeniable star, Jennifer Lopez.
Based on quite the reality, this highly consumable miniseries is packed with surprises, not the least of which is its evolution into a feminist manifesto.
Woody Allen’s “newest”, a ruefully somewhat comic look at love and life in mid-age, has been sitting on a shelf, waiting out the pandemic, I suppose. No matter what the reason, this one still feels dusty and sad.
What could have been a somewhat interesting scientific journey, searching for a whale on its own in the vast seas, casts even wider ripples as it hits the screen today, during a time when so many of us feel cut off from our own, lonely and hungry for community.
What was probably a well intentioned distaff take on the standard spy action picture feels more like an adequate throwback. Not smart enough to be a satire, not convinced enough to come at us like the real thing. It’s somewhere in the middle. And, right now, for some, that might not be so terrible.
The promise of the combo: Coen, Washington, McDormand and, oh yeah, Shakespeare, may be scintillating, the result is every bit as stunning as we’d hoped.