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733755, Felt more interested in cinematography than character.
Posted by Frank Longo, Tue Feb-26-19 03:56 PM
I had problems with the cypher main character.
I had problems with Cuaron rarely ever focusing on us getting to know Cleo, except when it's time for her to suffer.
I had problems with the ending.
Then, because I had problems with the ending, I had problems with the use of the massacre and the political climate in the background.

I had a lot of problems with this movie.

I'm happy to dive deeper with people if they want, but yeah, swing and a miss for me. I'm glad Cuaron is getting money to make strange personal films that are way off the beaten path of what people are making today, but this one just didn't work for me. Other than the fact that it's very pretty... but then again, I had problems with Cuaron seeming to spend way more time on those carefully choreographed shots than on, y'know, scenes about Cleo and her relationships with the family members.