mikyb21

With all the Oscar winners involved with this film. I was certain it would be a huge success. Unfortunately that is not the case.

I enjoyed Gaga's portrayal and Adam Driver was fine I guess. Pacino was horrible. One minute he's doing a bad Italian accent, the next minute he sounds like an old Jewish guy. Jeremy Irons was just Jeremy Irons. Barely an attempt at sounding Italian. And Jared Leto was just annoying. His character was just so odd and unreal. It was like an unnecessary comic relief.

Whoever was in charge of the soundtrack totally dropped the ball. In a film like this the pop songs chosen are meant to help tell us what time period is currently being represented. Between the clothing and the music we should easily narrow down what year we are in. The music used here seemed chosen more for tempo than storytelling. I never quite knew what year (or even Decade!) we were supposed to be watching.

The pacing was off. The dialogue unstimulating for the most part. It was just...off. Maybe they should give Zack Snyder a crack at it. But as is, Not even sure its worth renting.

I had put off watching this movie for a good long time. Mostly because I thought Roy Scheider looked creepy on the box. I mean, I've enjoyed some of Fosse's film work, but this one just did not call to me. More so other director interpretations of his work..

So after watching the tv film FOSSE/VERDON, I finally decided t give it a try. Plus it had multiple Oscar nominations, so how bad could it be?.....

I soon learned my answer after sitting through the entire painful 2 hours. While the real life exploits of Fosse can be titillating and fun to watch, the overall presentation and style was just hard to swallow. He at aspirations of Art, but just turned out a mess. About the only character I enjoyed was the girl l who played his daughter. And oddly enough she never acted in film before or since.

Pretty much everyone in the film felt creepy and desperate. Maybe that was Fosse's intention. Plus I didn't enjoy 90% of the songs. Can't have a musical with crap songs and slimy dance routines

So, as a bizarre biopic it might succeed, but as a proper, enjoyable musical it plain sucks. Just not my thing. But hey, I hate "CATS" too, so there ya go.

Wanted to enjoy this film but couldn't. Just about every aspect of the film let me down. Could not stop feeling like I was watching a PS4 game. Mamoa was about the only charming character, and just barely. All the supporting cast offered no support. I simply cannot recommend this film, even as a dumb popcorn film. DC needs to up its game and spend more budget on writing and acting, and less on CGI.