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laura p

Favorite films

  • Daisies
  • The Double Life of Véronique
  • Vivre Sa Vie
  • Amélie

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  • The Beaches of Agnès

    ★★★★★

  • Promising Young Woman

    ★★★★★

  • Send Help

  • The Rip

    ★★½

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Send Help
Watched

Oh honey. This film can’t get past its own projections. I went in open! Who doesn’t want to indulge in a fun little justice fantasy against misogyny and patriarchal power in the workplace?

'Send Help' centres on a familiar genre dynamic any woman recognizes, but is flattened by a total lack of self-awareness. The protagonist (who is Rachel McAdams btw) is aggressively over-caricatured –– socially, emotionally, aesthetically. The movie felt way too invested in humiliating her.

Overall, it was more…

The Rip
★★½ Watched

Oo, That bubbly electro score + slick pace had me transported back to Fast & The Furious in theatres vibes. And with all those early aughts hunks! Hah. It was a decent heist flick! Definitely the primer for a larger franchise, I’d say? $$$ Maybe I was hoping for more of a twist, but I get it. Entertaining and I maintained a “medium anxiety” throughout.

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Borderline
★½ Watched

I watched this bc I liked the poster design and was also curious about seeing how jack nicholson's son read onscreen. I actually can't believe I sat through the entire thing, as it was simply not my preferred style of bizarro. It all just felt stilted and awkward to watch. Kind of hollow overall.

The Doom Generation
★★★★★ Liked Watched

nonstop chuckling from start to finish. so much to love + appreciate about this film. can't believe I haven't seen it until now.

the yoyo sex scene was actually pretty brilliant. also, the random perry farrell cameo, lmao. i think I'll write another review after I've seen it a few more times. gregg araki 4lyfe!