Review: 'Dashing in December' Exceeds Admittedly Low Expectations
Dashing in December follows the tried and true outline of a traditional holiday romance, with a less traditional middle-aged gay couple as the film's romantic focus.

SETLIST: 1 Burn the Witch -- 2 Daydreaming -- 3 Ful Stop -- 4 2 + 2 = 5 -- 5 Bodysnatchers -- 6 Climbing Up the Walls -- 7 Exit Music (for a Film) -- 8 Bloom -- 9 Lotus Flower --10 Pyramid Song --11 Identikit --12 The Numbers --13 The Gloaming --14 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi --15 Everything in Its Right Place --16 Idioteque --17 There There --18 Let Down --19 Present Tense --20 Nude --21 Paranoid Android --22 Karma Police
Dashing in December follows the tried and true outline of a traditional holiday romance, with a less traditional middle-aged gay couple as the film's romantic focus.
I understand that this would have been consistent with the language used by that generation, due to its role in the medical profession, however as someone who has family members with Down Syndrome I took it very personally.
I believe in homages, but there's a proper way to borrow a creative idea instead of making it appear as if you hit the copy and paste button. Most likely, anyone is better off simply reading the books. Or just put on Scream.
Considering the runtime, I expected each scene to hit harder as opposed to a series of montages and vignettes.
In The Women and the Murderer, directors Mona Achache and Patricia Tourancheau center women—the very demographic true crime is designed to appeal to.