The Drama: A Marriage of Discomfort and Empathy
This is not a film, it’s a drop tower. A drop tower that you don’t get off of for the vast majority of its 106-minute runtime.

Chen Dali was a waiter at an old Chinese restaurant. One night, she saw a ghost. It was the spirit of a girl who used to sing there. The girl was brutally murdered. The two fell in love with each other. Shortly afterwards, Dali's colleagues died one after another and to his amazement, they died exactly like what he had dreamed of. It seemed that the ghost was using Dali to find the murderer, and Dali found himself in deep waters......
This is not a film, it’s a drop tower. A drop tower that you don’t get off of for the vast majority of its 106-minute runtime.
Netflix’s new rom-com, Voicemails for Isabelle (dir. Leah McKendrick), isn’t just heartwarming, funny, and an achievement in female directing - it’s also an instant classic. Following 20-something aspiring baker Jill (Zoey Deutch), Voicemails for Isabelle tells a story of grief, self-discovery, and fateful connections. Ever since her beloved sister Izzy’s (Ciara Bravo) death, Jill has been leaving her hilarious, extremely TMI voicemails about her chaotic love life and miserable day job as a prep cook. Little does she know that a handsome and unsatisfied real estate agent in her hometown has inherited the number and practically fallen in love with her by listening to her stories.
While this film thinks that it is diagnosing the cause, it is merely diagnosing a symptom instead.
Women have always been integral to science fiction, and these amazing women prove why.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman will be happiest if she marries a man with a good fortune, similar upbringing, matching attractiveness levels, and compatible politics.
A Christmas movie that is not about a middle-class, straight relationship but centers on a lesbian couple.