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A Review Called "Some Thoughts About 'A Man Called Otto'"

A Review Called "Some Thoughts About 'A Man Called Otto'"

Purrer and Otto (CREDIT: Niko Tavernise/Columbia Pictures) Starring: Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Truman Hanks, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton, Mack Bayda, Juanita Jennings, Peter Lawson Jones, Christiana Montoya, Alessandra Perez, Mike Birbiglia, Kelly Lamor Wilson Director: Marc Forster Running Time: 126 Minutes Rating: PG-13 Release Date: December 30, 2022…

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A Man Called Otto (2022, dir. Marc Forster) - review by Rookie-Critic

TW: suicide

A Man Called Otto had its moments, but tended to be a little too sickly sweet for its own good (when it wasn't being way darker than advertised). I'll admit that I was on the side saying that I wasn't sure I could believe Tom Hanks as a grumpy old man, but for all of the film's faults, the believability of Hanks' Otto Anderson is not one of them. As much as we as an internet collective have corralled Hanks into the role of "America's Dad," and as much as Hollywood has begun to cast Hanks for roles that genuinely don't suit him (excuse me while I glare at Baz Luhrmann), we tend to forget that Hanks is a phenomenal actor that got as famous as he is now for being consistently great, not just in his more typecast-aligning roles like Big and Sleepless in Seattle, but also for movies like Road to Perdition and Philadelphia. Also, let's be honest, we all love him as Woody in Toy Story, and he's basically playing a giant buzzkill (pun absolutely intended) for a majority of the first film in that franchise. I actually found most of the film's cast to be quite endearing, especially Mariana Treviño, who practically steals the film from Hanks, which in and of itself is an impressive feat. As I've said in previous reviews, I love when we get to see fairly unknown actors play big roles in movies alongside the legacy names. The big name draws in the crowd and then they get to see this new (or new to the average moviegoer, anyway) face thrive. I hope to see Treviño in bigger and better things in the future because she was a delight in this.

The biggest detriment to the film is that it really tends to get caught up in itself a lot. I'm actually quite a sucker for sentiment in a film and get swept up very easily in a movie's emotional manipulation if I'm even remotely enjoying it, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I did shed some tears while watching A Man Called Otto, but there were moments that, had they been dialed back about 75%, would have been so much more effective. There are multiple montages set to the most over-the-top, Josh Groban-esque music (which I'm seeing now was mostly written by Hanks' wife, singer and fellow actor Rita Wilson) that absolutely kill the emotional momentum of the film. It is so unbelievably heavy-handed and saccharine that I think I was audibly groaning by the third time it happened. I really can't stress how hilariously atrocious these sequences are. There's also quite a few scenes of these incredibly out of touch depictions of the younger generation that seem to be plaguing a decent handful of films in the recent months, including one sequence involving a train station that is laughably obtuse, and the way the young people in that scene behave ends up being beneficial to Otto later in the film anyway, so I'm not really sure what the commentary is supposed to be, and I don't think the film does either. I find it odd that these sequences are even in the movie for how amazingly progressive a lot of the film seems to be.

Lastly, I'd like to talk about something I mentioned at the beginning of this review about the film being way darker than advertised. I would also like to take this moment to issue a trigger warning (TW: suicide) for those that might have PTSD or anxiety about this topic. This film presents itself in its advertising as a wholesome family drama where a young, friendly family melts the heart of the neighborhood grump. What this movie is really about is a suicidal man learning to find his reason for living again. I won't divulge the details of why for people who don't want those plot spoilers, but I feel it is heavily important to know going into this film that suicide is a heavily felt presence throughout the entirety of the film, and I think I counted five suicide attempts that are shown on screen (it could be six, but I remember at least five). I'm not against the depiction of suicide or suicidal thoughts in film, I think it's an incredibly important topic to discuss openly and without shame or judgment, but I also think that it is paramount for a piece of media to clearly state when it is going to depict something as potentially traumatizing (or re-traumatizing) as that on screen. When the first attempt happens, the film is barely 15 minutes into its runtime, and I was so jarred by it that I almost thought I had somehow walked into the wrong theater, that this had to be some other grumpy Tom Hanks movie and not the fun-loving, cheery looking one whose trailer got "The End of the Line" by The Traveling Wilburys stuck in my head for weeks. I don't know if I can hold a fault of the trailer against the film itself, but I was quite angry with the film's marketing for not giving some kind of indication of what the film and its tone actually were.

I'm having a hard time thinking of what score to give A Man Called Otto, because for all of the things that were objectively bad about the film, I did find myself getting emotional on more than one occasion. The film's sentimentality gets in its own way a lot, but when it's able to find a good balance between heart and drama it really sings, so I'd say there's a little more to like about it on the whole.

Score: 6/10.

Currently only in theaters.

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 6.5 / 10

Título Original:  Freaky

Año:  2020

Duración: 102 min

País:  Estados Unidos

Director:  Christopher Landon

Guion: Michael T. Kennedy, Christopher Landon

Música: Bear McCreary

Fotografía: Laurie Rose

Reparto:   Kathryn Newton, Vince Vaughn, Alan Ruck, Uriah Shelton, Katie Finneran, Dustin Lewis, Dana Drori, Mitchell Hoog, Charles Green, Deja Dee, Kelly Lamor Wilson, Melissa Collazo, Celeste O'Connor, Catherine Joyce Agan, Jennifer Pierce Mathus, Nick Arapoglou, Carter Glade, Misha Osherovich, Celeste Cid, Sarafina King, Dane Davenport, Bennett Tarr, Hannah Russell, Zack Shires, Tim Johnson, Nicholas Stargel, Magnus Diehl, Ezra Sexton, Athena Akers, Emily Holder, Dora Woodrum, Morgan Monroe, Dwayne Dyke Jr., Ashley Stepanek, Juleyka Roche, Shaudry

Productora: Blumhouse Productions, Divide/Conquer. Distribuidora: Universal Pictures

Género: Comedy; Horror; Thriller

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10919380/

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Here Are All Of The Movies Coming Out This Summer That You're Not Going To Want To Miss

Here Are All Of The Movies Coming Out This Summer That You’re Not Going To Want To Miss

31. Anything’s Possible While little is known about this coming-of-age film as of now, we do know it’s the directorial debut of Billy Porter — and that, my friends, is reason enough to get excited! Starring: Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Courtnee Carter, Kelly Lamor Wilson, and Grant Reynolds There isn’t a trailer for this one yet, but we will update you once there is! Source…

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On set of Mrs. Fletcher

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FREAKY (2020) Grade: C

For a high concept idea from the #BodySwap genre it could have been better. A lot of jokes just don't land.

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Bad movie I have Freaky 2020

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Wildling

April 13, 2018

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Horror | Thriller | Vígjáték

Rendezte: Christopher Landon

Főszereplők: Dustin Lewis , Kelly Lamor Wilson , Melissa Collazo

Eredeti cím: Untitled Christopher Landon Project

Szinopszis Ha kitör egy járvány, Aidan elbarikádozza magát a lakásában, és elkezd ételeket adagolni. Komplexumát elárasztják a fertőzött Sikítók, és mivel a világ káoszba esik, teljesen egyedül marad az életéért küzdve.

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(Trailer) Discover Your True Nature in Fritz Böhm's Coming-of-Age Fantasy Horror-Thriller 'Wildling' starring Liv Tyler

(Trailer) Discover Your True Nature in Fritz Böhm’s Coming-of-Age Fantasy Horror-Thriller ‘Wildling’ starring Liv Tyler

    “Do you want to hear a story about the wild?” the ‘Wildling’ is a teenage girl’s coming of age comes with a terrifying twist. Since birth, Anna has been raised in isolation by a man she knows only as Daddy who has done everything possible to conceal the truth about the girl’s origins from her.

“She’s the girl that was kept in her father’s attic.” He keeps her locked in an attic making her…

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Movie Review - Freaky (2020)

Movie Review – Freaky (2020)

Freaky, 2020. Directed by Christopher Landon.Starring Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Alan Ruck, Katie Finneran, Celeste O’Connor, Misha Osherovich, Uriah Shelton, Dana Drori, Dustin Lewis, Kelly Lamor Wilson, Melissa Collazo, Nick Arapoglou, and Radhesh Aria. SYNOPSIS: After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the…