you would have to already be a fan of Wes Anderson movies, but i like them, so i liked this.
could have been woven more tightly, but whatever. terrific music, and my favorite Angelica Huston performance evah!
Feel-Good Romp, not so much.
cute premise, and some good performances, but incongruous music, poor pacing, and an awkward narrative made it just “okay” for me.
reasonably funny, although not terrific. good to watch with a beer in hand for musical biopic fans. Jenna Fischer is extremely good!
like being trapped in a closet with a violent, clearly insane alcoholic for 3 hours. Daniel Day-Lewis was too convincing for this to have been a pleasant experience for me, but the depth of artistry and power can’t be disputed. I hope he uses that Oscar to make a movie about fluffy bunnies and orphans catching rainbows, because i fully regret seeing this.
CHARMING!! delicious and cute and thoroughly entertaining. FABULOUS set dressings and costumes! very light while still being earnest – like “Gentleman Prefer Blonds” with modern pacing.
pretty good, but not much more than a kid’s movie. ILM continues to be pretty but lifeless. OMG, Andrew McCarthy in a cameo!!
excellent and good-looking, with Guillermo del Toro’s unmistakable handprint all over it. not quite as subtle or weighty as del Toro’s own, but suspenseful and well-crafted.
completely adorable and hilarious, in the fine tradition of The 40-Year-Old Virgin. also, free wang! the last act suddenly got a bit forced, but enough goodwill has been built up by then that you don’t begrudge it some unnecessary schmaltz.
i loved it! RDJr. was excellent and frenetic and damaged, which are all things i think superheroes should be. it moved quickly, i enjoyed Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard in their underused yet appealingly neurotic sidekick roles. and i’ve been waiting to see The Dude be a villain for a long time now. although i did get bent out of shape at the physical impossibility of Gwyneth running on metal grating in stilettos.