I didn't actually watch this film, rated it by mistake and can't unrate it. As far as I can tell, it's basically impossible to watch now so I may never know how accurate my rating is. What a world.
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More It was hard to rate this one because I think I would have rated it higher if it wasn't a carbon copy of the animated film but at the same time it is copying a really good film. I've marked it down significantly for lacking originality and representing the creative bankruptcy in Hollywood. It's strange to watch a 'new' film without any of the enjoyment you normally get from something you haven't seen before. The original is simply better and…
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Started watching this in bed on my laptop with the intention of checking that Lewis wasn't lying about the opening scene. I ended up watching the whole film which kept me up till 4am or something. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it is not in fact a sports film about table tennis and instead a classically stressful series of Safdie shenanigans with extremely watchabable characters. And Bromage wasn't lying; the introduction does climax- if you will- with an ovum being fertilized before turning into a ping pong ball.
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