Friday, December 09, 2022

A Whale of a Tale


Spoiler alert -- I didn't much like Darren Aronofsky's new movie. Which is a rare occurrence for me, as one of his biggest way-back fans, on-board with his brand of nutty extremism since Requiem For a Dream. Yes I even adore mother! dang it. But The Whale didn't really work for me, and I dive into why with my review up today at Pajiba. It's not a total wash -- Hong Chao is really wonderful once again (made me wanna go watch Driveways for the 100th time, it did), and Fraser might not give the endless-standing-ovations performance that I was promised but he's very touching (especially in his scenes with Chao) and it's been ace to see him given the chance to show he's capable of more than he's been asked to do in the past. I won't be furious if he wins the Oscar, even if I think there are much more worthy winners at play...



5 comments:

Jake said...

I saw this and whatever 🙄 Boring!!!!!

Anonymous said...

The quality of the writing in your idiosyncratic film reviews (at Pajiba and elsewhere) never ceases to amaze me. You have such a distinctive voice! Ever thought about writing a memoir or a novel? I’d buy it.

John said...

I thought mother was pretty good, but....the last 20 minutes was just over blown and went on and on.

mrripley said...

Isn't it becoming apparent Farrell is leading the way in Best Actor until he's not and sentiment wins out.

Jake said...

Hard pass! Not interested in Mr Fatso