I'll just go ahead and make the prediction now: this film will be nominated for Best Picture, and Kirsten Dunst will be nominated for Best Actress. And although I don't follow the Oscars much, I would be shocked if both those things didn't happen.
I haven't seen a more visceral film in a long time - "Saving Private Ryan" may have been the last. The best part of the film is upending the expectations of the audience by calling the film, "Civil War," and then making it about news and photojournalists getting from New York City to Washington DC (in the midst of a civil war). I knew very little about the film before I watched it, but I didn't expect that. As other reviewers have mentioned, one is dropped into the deep end from about the third minute of the film and it doesn't let up. There's no stupid romance going on, there's no other dramatic beats but the civil war that's taking place in the US, with the journalists following it.
It is safe to ignore EVERY review that calls this film boring, or plotless. There isn't a boring moment in it and the plot, including WHY the civil war happened, is pretty straightforward. Just about anything outside of Los Angeles and San Francisco would be more than willing to "sign up" with Texas. It's only been a few years since portions of California wanted to break away from the main state, after all. The "why" is self-evident.
I honestly don't understand the 1/10 reviews here, and especially the "boring" comments. They don't seem to come from one political side or the other, so it's like they watched a different movie. Kirsten Dunst is better than anything I've seen her in, and Cailee Spaeny, who plays Jessie, has a long, successful career ahead of her. Jesse Plemmons has a ten-minute scene that will be hard to forget. The entire main cast worked like a well-oiled machine. This is a phenomenal movie and well-worth the time to see it. Highly recommended.
I haven't seen a more visceral film in a long time - "Saving Private Ryan" may have been the last. The best part of the film is upending the expectations of the audience by calling the film, "Civil War," and then making it about news and photojournalists getting from New York City to Washington DC (in the midst of a civil war). I knew very little about the film before I watched it, but I didn't expect that. As other reviewers have mentioned, one is dropped into the deep end from about the third minute of the film and it doesn't let up. There's no stupid romance going on, there's no other dramatic beats but the civil war that's taking place in the US, with the journalists following it.
It is safe to ignore EVERY review that calls this film boring, or plotless. There isn't a boring moment in it and the plot, including WHY the civil war happened, is pretty straightforward. Just about anything outside of Los Angeles and San Francisco would be more than willing to "sign up" with Texas. It's only been a few years since portions of California wanted to break away from the main state, after all. The "why" is self-evident.
I honestly don't understand the 1/10 reviews here, and especially the "boring" comments. They don't seem to come from one political side or the other, so it's like they watched a different movie. Kirsten Dunst is better than anything I've seen her in, and Cailee Spaeny, who plays Jessie, has a long, successful career ahead of her. Jesse Plemmons has a ten-minute scene that will be hard to forget. The entire main cast worked like a well-oiled machine. This is a phenomenal movie and well-worth the time to see it. Highly recommended.
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