Wonderful review, really excellent discussion of the form of film and how RaMell Ross’ direction, while admirable, distracted from the emotion of the story. I agree with so many points here, it feels like a hard movie to critique given the subject matter but it cannot help but feel like a missed opportunity given how exhausting the experience of watching Nickel Boys became.
Yeah, I'm surprised that it hasn't been as divisive. There seems to be universal critical acclaim but I had a lot of problems with it. This past year seems like a year chock-full of divisive films.
Wonderful review, really excellent discussion of the form of film and how RaMell Ross’ direction, while admirable, distracted from the emotion of the story. I agree with so many points here, it feels like a hard movie to critique given the subject matter but it cannot help but feel like a missed opportunity given how exhausting the experience of watching Nickel Boys became.
Yeah, I'm surprised that it hasn't been as divisive. There seems to be universal critical acclaim but I had a lot of problems with it. This past year seems like a year chock-full of divisive films.