Movie #2205 "The French Dispatch" (movie theatre) Wes Anderson films are an acquired taste like beer or whiskey. His movies are usually "out of the box" and very, very deadpan in the humor. That being said, I have enjoyed most of his work in the past, whether it was good entertainment or a successful think piece. This, to me, though, is not his best ("Budapest Hotel") but it isn't his worst, either. I rather enjoyed watching it --- trying to put all the pieces together, kind of like a puzzle. While the dialogue doesn't always pull us in, the photographs and still shots in here are amazing. Most creative is the style of the entire film --- you can't fault it for trying to keep our interest, but I think you can fault it for not being clear in the storytelling. Still, there's something to like here --- the bravery in the effort to always push the envelope to show audiences something new --- the quality of the multi-star cast to pull it off ---- the information it ends up giving about the French Dispatch and its place in history. My head is still reeling from watching this film, and it goes by so fast --- even the jokes --- maybe too fast. We were lucky enough to see it in a theatre that used close captioning, and we still thought it went by fast. For John Q Public, I would give it a 3, but for Wes Anderson fans who appreciate his style, (perhaps New Yorker readers?) I'd give it a 4. This is way out of the box type of thinking and not to everyone's liking.
"FRENCH DISPATCH" (movie theatre) 2021 R 1 hour, 47 minutes
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine."
Director: Wes Anderson
Writers: Wes Anderson (screenplay) . Roman Copola and Hugo Guiness (story)
Stars: `Benecio Del Torro, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Timothy Chálame, Owen Wilson, and all the other West Anderson regulars .
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