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National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985)
I watched Clueless recently and was impressed by how well Amy Heckerling directed it, so vowed to give a second look to many of her films. This is one I remember fondly from my childhood but was puzzled by critics hating it. On second look, it's a string of skits with mostly dated, ignorant humor and some pretty bad acting from the kids, despite a bit of interesting direction.
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
The promise of seeing Aubrey Plaza as Robert DeNiro's wild fling was too much for me to resist this bomb. Those scenes are indeed great, but most of the rest of the film is a big, played-out, gross-out comedy with far too long spent on unfunny supporting characters.
Encanto (2021)
Wow, the hype for this was real but it totally lived up to it. This is the kind of fresh spin on these all-ages films that packs some surprising depth and emotionality into what works as an entertaining and inspiring romp for lil' ones, a la old skool Pixar. Also, it's been funny to read how many people are in total denial that his film has a villain because they can't conceive of a tiny old grandma as an outright antagonist. Facts.
I watched Clueless recently and was impressed by how well Amy Heckerling directed it, so vowed to give a second look to many of her films. This is one I remember fondly from my childhood but was puzzled by critics hating it. On second look, it's a string of skits with mostly dated, ignorant humor and some pretty bad acting from the kids, despite a bit of interesting direction.
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
The promise of seeing Aubrey Plaza as Robert DeNiro's wild fling was too much for me to resist this bomb. Those scenes are indeed great, but most of the rest of the film is a big, played-out, gross-out comedy with far too long spent on unfunny supporting characters.
Encanto (2021)
Wow, the hype for this was real but it totally lived up to it. This is the kind of fresh spin on these all-ages films that packs some surprising depth and emotionality into what works as an entertaining and inspiring romp for lil' ones, a la old skool Pixar. Also, it's been funny to read how many people are in total denial that his film has a villain because they can't conceive of a tiny old grandma as an outright antagonist. Facts.