fedemontella Reviews

Don't Look Up (2021)

If you have an IQ of 80 and below...

[3/10 · 11 February 2022]

...watch it. You'll probably see some comparisons with real world challenges and the way we react!

For IQs of 80 and above: ready-meal, precooked, predigested expensive bunch of banal situations and dialogues among mono dimensional characters.

House of Gucci (2021)

Trash wannabe movie with woke-friendly occasional racism

[1/10 · 27 December 2021]

3 things about 'House of Gucci': 1) Ridley Scott is not John Waters. Since he is 84, he might have watched Dynasty, however I think his attempt for a camp tragicomedy failed.

2) The acting (at times in Russian) is caricaturesque yet not funny. Jared Leto and Al Pacino...oh my Lord. Although I laughed for their use of the random "I need an espresso!!". Really like a Saturday Night Live remake.

3) The portrayal of stereotypes and common places can be funny, but it is an "interesting" choice from a woke-fuelled Hollywood production!

Europe from Above (2019– )

Trash masterpiece

[1/10 · 23 February 2021]

Shocking representation of Europe from the eye of a bird (actually an helicopter and a few drones). The images are good in the sense that they are eye candy. The choices debatable, the commentary is hilarious. Europe defined as 'packed with history', Lorenzo digging mud in Venice with his boat called 'a mega machine', in every episode someone doing maintenance says 'I have the best job in the world'. This is meta-humor. John Waters, move along, this is a new frontier of trash!

The New Girlfriend (2014)

Stereotypes and lack of psychological development

[4/10 · 29 September 2020]

I do like Ozon and many of his movies prove his intelligence and sensibility. BUT this movie misses the point completely on character development, feelings and dynamics on so many levels. E.g. Virginia as a trans woman is not believable, Claire shows no empathy for her husband, the whole thing about being gay/transgender/cross dresser/drag queen is all mixed up and confused. The chances to educate the crowds os a delicate issue and to elevate a character through a story about love are completely missed in this movie.

The Farewell (I) (2019)

Try to squeeze juice from a piece of wood

[2/10 · 25 August 2020]

The sad discrepancy between what this movie wanted to be and what it is... Nothing to say. Next.