Barry

An average movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Anya Taylor-Joy and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even if it turned out to be a decent watch, to be honest, it wasn’t much more than that though. Basically, the main idea was to show that Barack Obama at such a young age was already so much deeper and thoughtful than his peers but, to be honest, I never really bought it. Indeed, in my opinion, it was leaning too heavily on the mystic mythology around the former US president and to keep giving us some shots of Barry lost in his thoughts was definitely not enough. I’m not saying that the idea didn’t have some potential though. Indeed, it was quite interesting to see that, even though Obama was full o” read more

BAMF's April 2017 Cinejourney (39 movies items)

" Familiar Actors: Anya Taylor-Joy Jason Mitchell Ellar Coltrane Jenna Elfman Linus Roache John Benjamin Hickey Ashley Judd and Samantha Marie Ware True Rating: 10/10 My Review: Review Barry"

“I don't care if people know this, but Barack Obama is awesome. His family is excellent and I have respect for them as a whole. I wanted to see Southside with Me, but haven't gotten around to that one yet. So when I saw this one pop out on Netflix I was instantly curious. I'm really starting to like Anya Taylor-Joy and it's nice to see her doing something dramatic instead of Sci-Fi or horror. This is the first film from Vikram Gandhi that isn't a documentary. Although it being a biography I'm sure he did a heck of a lot of research. This is also written by funny author Adam Mansbach of Go The F**k to Sleep that was popularly and humorously read by Samuel L. Jackson of course. So for these two to take on this movie is a very interesting set up.

That was actually pretty straightfor” read more