A timid, idealistic and naive teenager desperately desires to become a hero, but those who surround him warp his own perceptions along his journey for approval.
The gentle, emotional nuances of Evan’s coming-of-age story would have been so beneficial to have incorporated into the life of a POC character. Showing a Black, Asian or Latino young man that is afforded the space to be vulnerable, flawed and sensitive while driving a compelling and widely-loved narrative would have been a game changer.
The newest in a long line of Cinderella adaptations, Amazon’s Cinderella (2021) prizes girlbossification above the very story it tries to adapt.
"His Girl Friday" set the bar for romcoms and gave us a feminist heroine before feminism was cool.
'The Invisible Man' triumphs in tension even as it drops the ball on genuine surprise for the audience.
Its predictability shouldn’t distract from the enjoyment that the pure cinematic imagination behind the camera elicits. It is a movie of crises both moral and mortal, oozing with CGI, and thoroughly enjoyable.
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