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Hollyweird strikes again! Conclave is a massive disappointment. Although it is a feast for the eyes, being well shot and well directed, and featuring as it does some awesome set design and costuming, the story is hilariously boring to the point that I fell asleep a few times in the first 45 minutes or so. Also, the plot twist at the end doesn't really add much other than a crowd of politically-correct types are telling us the stories they want to tell, not the stories we want to hear, and they're charging us for the "privilege" of having to suffer through their conceits. I'd give Conclave a pass if I were you.

While I'm no DJT devotee, this movie just isn't that good, sadly. It was great to see Roy Cohn exposed for who he was - and I'm confident there's a whole generation of younger people who are completely unfamiliar with that charming chap - but the rest of the film just felt a bit flat.

Fred Trump was, I gather, far less charming or nurturing than this picture would suggest. As he's not meant to be the focus, however, the failure to show him as the brute that he was is both understandable and forgiveable.

Similarly, Ivanka is portrayed in a sympathetic light when I gather that she wasn't a charmer.

Anyway, I dozed off for 15-20 minutes while watching this. Make of that what you will. I'd pass on this movie unless you strongly dislike DJT.

This movie is so bad that I considered leaving the cinema in which I was watching it several times before it finished. I am certain that all kinds of "cause du jour" types will chime in with reviews that drone on about how it is a trenchant commentary on how women are viewed as nothing but objects without agency in this misogynistic world, I would encourage you to resist the temptation to think that this movie does an effective job of communicating such sentiments, because it fails to do so. But in a world where accusations and sloganeering replace proof and facts, people might be bandwagoning, wanting to be seen to be groovy and going with the flow as opposed to being honest with themselves and with others about how this movie is profoundly flawed and weak. Poor Things is not recommended viewing for anyone as far as I am concerned.