While I didn’t see the film in its original, unfiltered form, I also don’t think that would largely change my thoughts on the film. I doubt that missing ten minutes or presence of some shots of nipples would somehow transform the hour and 57 minutes of film I did see. 2.0/10
Tag: <span>genre: comedy</span>
This is a sapphic movie with more money, resources and experience behind the scenes than the overwhelming majority of WLW films. With all those head starts for the movie to impress me, it didn’t more often than it did. 5.5/10
Among the mess and in some ways, because of the mess, The Persian Version is enjoyable, engaging and vibrant. 6.4/10
Bonobo is a film entrenched in British culture and stereotype. This inherently makes the film too uptight and repressed to do full justice to its main premise. 5.4/10
While it isn’t new, it is both funny and not wholly inaccurate to modern teen experiences. And for a teen comedy, what more can you ask? 6.0/10
Mostly, I just found Ringolevio tedious. The realism and subtlety of how they tell this story tips right over into dullness. 3.3/10
As a remake and really, as a queer film for someone as jaded as me, The Wedding Banquet exceeded my expectations. This is a pitch-perfect dramedy and a really excellent remake that expands on the original’s themes in a way the original could not have done. 9.0/10
Prom Dates is like if Booksmart was designed by a Disney+ committee. That’s all you need to know, really. 5.5/10
There are arguments or explorations of how this movie does representation, particularly of its sapphic characters. Such a topic would be a great one for me and my website to cover. Too bad I don’t feel strongly enough about this movie to do that. 4.6/10
Chedeng and Apple is dark, it’s funny and it also has a truly beautiful amount of heart to it. 7.6/10