Yara (2021): An Unfocused True Crime Narrative
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.

A camera roll. Forty years celebrated in four-thousand frames.
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.
Telling a story about the French and Indian Wars from the perspective of the British prioritizes the perspective of the colonizers.
Everyone needs a BFF and a "wing person" like Yumi (Chloris Li). Li brings the "straight person" persona, literally and figuratively balancing James Aaron Oh's perfectly timed comedic delivery as the unlucky-in-love.
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
The most impressive aspect of this film is the honest and natural performances given by the on-screen duo.
A complete ranking of every Godzilla movie, including shared universe films.