While the story of a man who makes a major life change could have been interesting enough to be the focus of an entire movie, The Mountain suffers from pacing that is – forgive the pun – glacial.
Helen Mirren delivers an Oscar-worthy performance as Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and is unrecognizable as the barrier-shattering politician.
The new movie is light years better than Gadot’s last Netflix flick, Red Notice, although that is an extremely low bar.
Past Lives teases the implications of a Korean concept called “in-yun,” something akin to the Jewish “bashert.”
The film gets progressively zanier but not more enjoyable. It becomes harder and harder to remain invested in the story.
The "Barbenheimer" frenzy, over two highly anticipated but completely different movies opening simultaneously, had theaters buzzing.
It gives me no joy to report that the movie is a disappointment, a leaden pastiche of Coen brothers’ films.
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