dingram-1
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Absolutely delightful farce about the titans of cereal (Post and Kellogg) duking it out to be the first on the shelf with a revolutionary breakfast treat.
Like the brilliant Bill Forsyth film, Comfort and Joy, there are kernels of reality - but in the end it is simply a paean to Saturday morning cartoons and bowls of sugary cereal.
Weaving in not-so-subtle jabs and send-ups of politics (old and new), a milk cabal, advertising, management and labor strife, Dickensian kids who are often wiser than their adult counterparts, and 60s cultural icons, the movie breezed by.
Great cast and cameos. The jokes move at the pace of films like Airplane, but might be lost on the younger generation. Especially if the satire and cultural Easter eggs aren't familiar.
Like the cereals it depicts - it's a sugar rush, not deathless Art. But a great way to pass the time with a bowl of your favorite and a delicious trip down memory lane.
Like the brilliant Bill Forsyth film, Comfort and Joy, there are kernels of reality - but in the end it is simply a paean to Saturday morning cartoons and bowls of sugary cereal.
Weaving in not-so-subtle jabs and send-ups of politics (old and new), a milk cabal, advertising, management and labor strife, Dickensian kids who are often wiser than their adult counterparts, and 60s cultural icons, the movie breezed by.
Great cast and cameos. The jokes move at the pace of films like Airplane, but might be lost on the younger generation. Especially if the satire and cultural Easter eggs aren't familiar.
Like the cereals it depicts - it's a sugar rush, not deathless Art. But a great way to pass the time with a bowl of your favorite and a delicious trip down memory lane.
Yes, Watergate was the crime of the century (until the recent TRE45ON trumped it) - but casting Hunt and Liddy as clandestine keystone cops (think of Peter Falk in the In-Laws or Kevin Klein in A Fish Called Wanda) was an unexpected delight.
I half expected a mini series in the vein of all the president's men - but this was straight comedy, and it is comedy gold. Yes, a bit over the top. But unapologetically. If you are looking for historical drama, Redford and Hoffman are still your best bet. But if you need political comic relief to take your mind off of real-world political stress, it's five hours well spent.
I half expected a mini series in the vein of all the president's men - but this was straight comedy, and it is comedy gold. Yes, a bit over the top. But unapologetically. If you are looking for historical drama, Redford and Hoffman are still your best bet. But if you need political comic relief to take your mind off of real-world political stress, it's five hours well spent.
The first two episodes were entertaining enough, albeit quite derivative of Stephen King and Lost. I hoped it would gather momentum as the story unfolded, but it never did. It might be unfair to pan this outright, since I have no intention of watching season 2, but the lazy writing and poor acting is too much to overcome.
The overall conceit is ok, and could have succeeded in the hands of a better writer, cast and director. But so far it is an unsatisfying journey to nowhere. Still, if you are a fan of movies that hint at horror and sci-fi - it's ok for a rainy day. The only thing that made it truly compelling was the same thing that kept people watching Lost until the end: what befell the characters? Vampires? ETs? Death? Another dimension? Purgatory? Well, you won't find the answer in this review. And you might not find it in From either.
PS - I hate writing negative posts about kid actors... but the scenes with Simon Webster were cringeworthy.
The overall conceit is ok, and could have succeeded in the hands of a better writer, cast and director. But so far it is an unsatisfying journey to nowhere. Still, if you are a fan of movies that hint at horror and sci-fi - it's ok for a rainy day. The only thing that made it truly compelling was the same thing that kept people watching Lost until the end: what befell the characters? Vampires? ETs? Death? Another dimension? Purgatory? Well, you won't find the answer in this review. And you might not find it in From either.
PS - I hate writing negative posts about kid actors... but the scenes with Simon Webster were cringeworthy.