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I'm so grateful to the Criterion Channel for making this easy to find today. I've being hearing a lot about it recently, and it did not disappoint. The second I saw that Brackett and Billy Wilder wrote it, I knew why it had folks talking.
Well, that and the incredible Claudette Colbert. She's always so great with being both wise, witty, and wonderful. Add a delightfully drunk John Barrymore (I'm sure it was a nightmare to film, but he's such…
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It's my birthday tomorrow, so I thought a birthday movie was in order. I tend to be overly sentimental, and my goodness, this film made me incredibly nostalgic.
I fear my 18 year old self would be mightily disappointed in my about to be 58 year old self, but I think she would have been far more hyped to meet the 39 year old me. That's something, I suppose.
I thought this was well done by everyone involved, but it's hard to deny just how much Aubrey Plaza brings to the table (even when it's only her voice).
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This film is much like seeing an art masterpiece at a museum. I can recognize the amazing craft, the historical references, the surprising break from the known, the elegance and beauty in the work, and yet, if it doesn't engage my heart, leaves me impressed but ultimately cold.
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★★★★½ Watched 21 Oct 2017
Caveat: My mom was just 21 when she had me and 22 when she had my sister. She was a single parent for us from the time I was 3-14. She was on welfare until I was 7.
I say all this because this film wrecked me. It is so non-judgmental and allows reality to breathe all the while capturing childhood in all its gritty innocence. This is an America that I am acutely aware of and which is too…
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