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- Review count2
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- First reviewFebruary 5, 2009
- Last reviewFebruary 5, 2009
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- Average rating2.5
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5
Interesting story
PostedFebruary 5, 2009
mediacritic
from PA
Having lived in SF back in the day, I knew this story and the story of the Gay fight very well. The semi-documentary methodology for this film got a little tedious with the main film trying to match the newsreel, but it is a compelling human story that is best told with the reverse chronology portions. Many Americans are quite unfamiliar with this story.
The real actors are uncannily matched to the real flesh and blood people they are meant to represent. A very good honorific to an important minor American figure, but my fifth star wasn't given due to the film appearance only. The filmmakers failed to make a convincing meld and it became distracting.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
Flawed Premise
PostedFebruary 5, 2009
mediacritic
from PA
A short story by F. Scott F. is no feather in this cap. Merely a stage for CGI, that really is best left to the PIXAR people, or for a Jason Statham movie. A rather lame prospect handled in a very uninteresting way this film is. The reverse aging bit lost interest for me very quickly, the characters although very (too, in fact) long in development, were not worthy of investment by the viewer. Cate Blanchett is downright creepy, not in a good way, sort of like a stalker and Brad Pitt never lets you forget that he is Brad Pitt.
I enjoy escapist movies but all I wanted to do was escape the theater. A shameful waste of time and money, it is not worth watching even when it will make the pay cable channels you've already subscribed to.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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