This review may make some Chalamet fans mad...
nothing special. The structure is very odd. The flashbacks become jumbled together, and its hard to tell when each scene takes places. I felt like I spent half of the movie trying to piece everything together, that I didn't get to connect with the characters like I wanted to. It's a very "Vanilla" portrayal. The main character Nic has a pretty ok life... it was hard to connect with a character who almost has no reason to turn to drugs? As someone who has battled addiction at a young age, I could certainly tell you that his story is a fluke... most, if not all addicts come from broken homes. Also, I find it very odd that people are calling this a "Sure thing" for awards season. The film is a C+, B- at best.
Timothee Chalamet is good... but in no way is his performance an academy award winning performance... He isn't in it very much, which is disappointing. He spends his 20 minutes crying his eyes out, and that's about it. If he can't win an academy award for CMBYN, one of the GREATEST performances of all time...he certainly isn't going to win one for this. He was constantly over acting. He had so many "Oscar Clip" scenes that I began to roll my eyes.. Steve Carell was really good though. Very subtle performance.
Very bland and confusing movie. Although that sprinkler scene was devastating. Very subtle touch
nothing special. The structure is very odd. The flashbacks become jumbled together, and its hard to tell when each scene takes places. I felt like I spent half of the movie trying to piece everything together, that I didn't get to connect with the characters like I wanted to. It's a very "Vanilla" portrayal. The main character Nic has a pretty ok life... it was hard to connect with a character who almost has no reason to turn to drugs? As someone who has battled addiction at a young age, I could certainly tell you that his story is a fluke... most, if not all addicts come from broken homes. Also, I find it very odd that people are calling this a "Sure thing" for awards season. The film is a C+, B- at best.
Timothee Chalamet is good... but in no way is his performance an academy award winning performance... He isn't in it very much, which is disappointing. He spends his 20 minutes crying his eyes out, and that's about it. If he can't win an academy award for CMBYN, one of the GREATEST performances of all time...he certainly isn't going to win one for this. He was constantly over acting. He had so many "Oscar Clip" scenes that I began to roll my eyes.. Steve Carell was really good though. Very subtle performance.
Very bland and confusing movie. Although that sprinkler scene was devastating. Very subtle touch