The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018)

Phoenix Feather's Movie Diary 2021 (316 movies items)

"(WATCHED: 16 January 2021)"

2020: Others (341 movies items)

"È un po' la versione "corporate" di Dolan e questo pesa assieme alla difficile gestazione, che ha visto rimontaggi integrali e taglio di personaggi (a farne le spese Jessica Chastain): il primo film in inglese del canadese ne rimette insieme i tratti caratteristici - l'omosessualità, certo, ma soprattutto la difficoltà di amare o solo di esprimente i sentimenti più il rapporto con le figure materne (qui ce ne sono addirittura due) - ma a volte esagera perdendo la misura. Dove i vezzi non div"

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“Even though this movie had been a major critical failure when it had been finally released after months of delay, since I have a weak spot for Xavier Dolan’s work, I was still quite eager to check it out. Well, unfortunately, I’m afraid it really deserved its poor reputation. Indeed, even though ‘Juste la fin du monde’ had received some mixed reviews, I actually loved the damned thing. In my opinion, Dolan had delivered his best movie but this follow-up which was probably his most ambitious project so far was however a huge f*cking mess. First of all, it is not surprising that the guy had spent a year editing this flick. I mean, narratively speaking, it all made sense but it was never really smooth. On top of that, to be honest, I was rather annoyed by the fact that at least 80% of” read more

Movies - Watched in 2019 (31 movies items)

"directed by Xavier Dolan UK | Canada 2018 Drama "