A young woman (Liza Lorentzou) lives with her father (Lykourgos Kallergis) in a lighthouse on an island in the Aegean. The arrival of a fisherman (Kostas Gkousgkounis) changes her life when they become sexually involved. A yacht with three English women complicates the situation. In the end, the daughter of the lighthouse keeper chases the English women away from the island in order to be alone with her lover.
After the 2018 surprising hit "A Quiet Place" brought something fresh to the horror genre, the announcement of a sequel may have been disappointing to some. A lot of the time, a sequel to an already successful movie is no where near as good as the original. Yet, John Krasinski once again shows that he's much more than Jim from The Office.
When diverse representation is featured on-screen, it oftentimes comes with strings attached that undermine the message they were trying to send. This can be attributed to the fact that behind-the-screen, the industry primarily does not reflect the breadth of diverse difference that is present in daily life. That’s why when something as powerful and authentic as Minari comes along, it is both incredibly wonderful and needs a large audience to witness it.
The problem isn’t that it’s bad. It's good. But it fails to stand out from a crowd of similar films.
One young woman with an unusual background tries to find and establish herself in the real world, which isn't exactly as festive as she hoped it would be.
Disney has hopefully learned some lessons since 1994. Are those lessons reflected in the 2019 remake of "The Lion King?"
