
Yo Kitayama, Kentaro Eda, and Kentaro’s older brother join Sekine Shogo, Atsushi Yukihiro, Tetsuo Baba, and Shione Kobayashi in an attempt to fly once again an airplane that had previously failed to take off. Carrying each of their hopes and feelings with it, will the propeller finally turn?
Tara Thorne’s film is equal parts emotional and comedic, illustrating the beauty and the pain of long term relationships.
Magnolia focuses on how one’s childhood and trauma relate to their confidence and self.
Overall, “Dark Fate” is a run-of-the-mill flick. Together, Reyes and Davis have excellent chemistry, but their characters’ story is nothing new, lacking surprise and deep emotion. During the middle points, the film drags considerably, and when the action hits, it feels consistently tight, eliminating the rhythm and fluidity of conflicts.
This current year, as well as the past several, has seen a slowly building increase in something the horror genre has required for quite a while in this critic's opinion...originality. I've stated before that I am very hard to please when it comes to this vein of the film industry's offerings, always leaning more towards that which sends chills through my very being in lieu of buckets of blood and gore.
In Tall Girl, Jodi learns to stand tall and find confidence within.