Departure 

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. 

This 2024 musical film is based on the Broadway show and the 2004 film of the same name with major differences.

It is up to the community to decide if this film is a force for enlightenment or not.  

A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.

Pressure is an unambiguously great movie, lead by convincing performances, a well-crafted script, good direction, and at least some social awareness.

The problem isn’t that it’s bad. It's good. But it fails to stand out from a crowd of similar films.