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- This Happy Breed is the British domestic drama that all other British domestic dramas want to be when they grow up. Not above being a little sappy, there are nonetheless some wonderfully staged moments throughout, and I found it very satisfying movie.
The one thing you can’t say about Love Lies Bleeding is that it doesn’t go hard.
Brooke Adams is good in Vengeance Is Mine, but for all its interesting moments, the movie feels very muddled and unsure of itself.
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- Short Sharp Shock feels very much like a ’90s gangster movie, one heavily indebted to its American inspirations of Scorsese and Tarantino, but the three leads are also very good together, in this simple story of the bonds of friendship, betrayal, and violent crime gone wrong.
For a lot of its run, Dinner in America feels like it’s trying a little too hard. But by the end, there is genuinely a sweetness (nonetheless undercut with nastiness) between these two characters.
Am I OK? is…OK. It doesn’t entirely come together, especially at the end, and there are a few scattered bits and even characters I might have cut. But the film is full of funny and tender moments, as well as a thoroughly endearing performance by Dakota Johnson.
I also re-watched and really enjoyed Bull Durham (1988).