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Reviews
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (2022)
Nothing new- maybe even more narcissism
I'm tired of celebrities saying they don't want to be famous when they clearly have enough money for them to retire. Selena has good intentions when it comes to trying to express herself and her mental struggles but fails at giving any context to anything. It was just her crying in different locations. I can tell she's working on herself but also loves being a victim, it's her identity.
The doc feels unfocused and all over the place. For 6 years of filming we got very little insight and so many questions remain: her career with Disney? Her relationship with Justin? Her organ donor wasn't mentioned at all. Her relationship with her own body?
It remained on a surface level and it felt too whiny. A bit of savior complex too. Just proved that even though she's a good person and a smart girl, she's out of touch with reality and lives in her own privileged bubble.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Too easy to get lost in
It's a good movie. It just tries to do too much and it's so easy to get lost during it. There are so many things happening all the time that I couldn't really relate to or identify with any scene or relationship. I loved the beginning and I liked the end, everything in-between felt too complicated for me to fully enjoy.
I liked the exploration of the protagonist's relationship with her daughter, I thought it was an interesting take and the cinematography and CGI are incredible.
It just felt too long and repetitive sometimes.
Overall it's a cool and creative idea but that doesn't necessarily make it an interesting movie all the time.