Dani, a poor 15-year-old boy, hates women, loves the gym and cryptocurrencies, and, despite his family, idolizes Leonidas, a controversial social media guru who constantly promises methods to become a millionaire, win over the girl of your dreams, and, most importantly, get out of San Blas.
The biggest highlight of the film is easily the performance of Andrew Garfield. In his days since hanging up his Spiderman suit, Garfield has routinely churned out great performances, and Mainstream is no exception. He proves that he is willing to try anything and go anywhere in a character.
But what many do not know is that in 2019, a Wonder Woman film was released that had all of the positive qualities of WW84, and remedied many of the negative ones. Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, a direct-to-video animated movie in the DC Animated Movie Universe, perfectly balances the campiness and seriousness of the character.
When it comes down to it, The English explores what happens when power is unchecked and how those who seem powerless, have more strength than most through their convictions for justice.
The film exhibits a respect for the craft and an empathy for human tribulations that have historically been ignored.
So do I recommend that people see this movie, yes 100%, but do I think they are going to come out of it with 80 hot takes, yes 100%.
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