It: Chapter Two Review: An Ambitious, Worthwhile Sequel
This is ambitious horror filmmaking, and in a lot of ways, I fully admire its ambitions. For me, the film’s sloppiness defines its overall quality.

Matías, an introverted young man and rock music enthusiast, agrees to go out with his roommate, Hugo, unaware that they'll end up at a gay nightclub. There, he tries to connect with Gloria and fit into an environment that feels foreign to him, but his insecurities, prejudices, and social awkwardness lead to a series of uncomfortable situations. When Celine confronts him about his attitude toward women, Matías is forced to confront an image of himself he had never questioned.
This is ambitious horror filmmaking, and in a lot of ways, I fully admire its ambitions. For me, the film’s sloppiness defines its overall quality.
The power to function. As people, we are richly blessed to have the wide ranging scope of what we can accomplish…physically and mentally…that aid in everything we desire to strive for and, ideally, accomplish. However, what if someone was experiencing daily life with these elements….only in a more muted manner?
The documentary depicts the indigenous people of Mexico with sublime reverence, highlighting a generational harmony with the land.
The film didn’t have to be as long as it is. It just dragged on and on with scenes that had no substance. Every so often we get an action scene, and even those isn’t that fun.
Perhaps the most amazing and groundbreaking quality about The Birdcage is how removed it is from both illness and insensitivity. Whereas films preceding it were often somber stories about the tribulations of being gay in a conservatively straight world, Nichols and screenwriter Elaine May expose the fallacies of conservatism as traditional values are thrown into a more open-minded space. They don’t care how far the community has fallen so much as how high they can rebuild themselves.