Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
Rated 3.8 / 5 from 14 logs on Katalog
Americans. Learn the difference between liberals and leftists
162 mins flew by! Great film with a batch of entertaining + comedic chase sequences. The characters were the real highlight though. Sean Penn as Colonel Lockjaw is captivating; terrifying one moment and idiotic the next. His anti-immigration efforts and absurd pattern of behaviour kinda reminds me of someone idk lol
I watched this movie - I'd like my three hours back please!
I liked the acting and some characters were just great (Sensei Sergio). The word games and easter eggs were fun to discover, also after the movie.
Hilarious ; good old Hollywood is back.
Better than I expected worse than what it’s hyped to be. Acting is great and it tells a fun story of aging revolutionaries. Modern political issues are constant backdrop of the movie but without being too preachy and in your face which is good because when you have ||cartoonish Christmas themed KKK|| as villains it’s hard to take any relevant message seriously.
Really fun from start to finish, I just worry it’s ultimately quite forgettable, unlike his other works such as #[movie:400617:Phantom Thread (2017)] and #[movie:8051:Punch-Drunk Love (2002)]. What stood out to me was the soundtrack, which in the first moments I thought would get annoying, but was actually really engaging throughout. Sean Penn was great, the world of ‘resistance’ fighters was interesting to see, as were things like planting riot agitators, racist secret societies, transmission codes for the resistance group, interrogation techniques, it was just all pretty believable. It was fun, and I’m glad the politics were a monumental backdrop but not the direct focus.
A fun ride and sharp storytelling. Except for that letter — a real, ambiguous, flawed character, ruined and reduced to the usual stereotype. Either from the lack of understanding, or from the need to keep the audience in the comfort zone. This alone is enough for me to disregard that entire storyline, but the rest of the movie is so good I can ignore this flaw. Dynamic, not a single redundant moment in my opinion, fun ways of creating tension, well-timed humour, and the soundtrack is fantastic. I went in blind, with no expectations. Does it deserve the hype? Depends. It probably won’t stick with me for long but it’s entertaining and well-made. Perhaps a little bit too tame, too safe, for my taste. But I still enjoyed it, start to finish and believe it did what it set out to do. But that fucking letter. Appropriately, I’ll dedicate this to my mum and quote the first thing she said after the movie finished: “It wasn’t even a well-written letter”. Edit: I’m leaving politics out of this review because I doubt this movie will have any importance or any impact beyond a flood of 5-star reviews on Letterboxd. I’m struggling to think of any high-profile American filmmaker with the balls to make something actually politically daring, and the irony of casting DiCaprio is not lost on me. Feel free to remind me if I’m forgetting something
