The residents of Cahaya village, who all suffer from myopia, are in turmoil during the election for a new village chief. Jalil, the son of the former village chief, and Megat are candidates for the new village chief position. Che Normah, the beauty queen of Cahaya village who has red color blindness, and Senah, who suffers from photophobia, both fall in love with Megat. Thus begins a series of Jalil's schemes to sabotage Megat out of jealousy, as he also has feelings for Normah!
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.
The film basically says she was a lost cause from the start. We don't get a sense of who Marilyn was.
During the third act, the momentum stalls, largely due to the film’s obsession with Kubrick’s visual design. But all in all, Doctor Sleep is a cinematic success, defined by rich characters and high powered emotion.
This little Netflix film was very inspirational. It passes the Bechdel test, and features a different worldview with rural Indian representation.
Him is visually stunning—all concrete cathedrals and bone-rattling impact shots that look like a nightmare highlight reel. Marlon Wayans is magnetic as this legendary quarterback who's basically selling salvation with a smile that never quite reaches his eyes. But the story keeps running in circles: more tests, more cryptic pep talks, more ritualistic drills. The sports-as-religion metaphor beats you over the head when subtlety would've been more effective. The middle drags, and that finale chooses spectacle over substance. It's undeniably stylish, but left me cold. Also worth noting: despite the Monkeypaw connection, this isn't actually a Jordan Peele film—he didn't write or direct.
