The best prison movie of 2017, or... You'll Believe a Bear Can Cry
I went to this movie with a mindset of pure hate, intending to mock it relentlessly here, demonstrating my sophistication and dark, wry, humor. But I'm afraid that will be impossible. This is a very fine movie, fully deserving its 100% rating (184 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes. It's Metacritic score of 88 is, if anything, a bit stingy.
Key points:
- This is a nice movie for nice people. It pitches the idea that there is a little good in all of us, and keeps pitching it, and then pitches it some more. I mean, they just will not shut up about it.
- It is beautiful throughout, with visual interludes so dynamic and creative they took my breath away. Cinematographer Erik Wilson crushed this. I will be on the lookout for other films filmed by Erik Wilson.
- Hugh Grant, whom I've hated in everything I've seen him in, plays an evil washed-up actor and completely redeems himself.
- Several fine dance numbers.
- Celebrates diversity.
- Makes you miss London. Make you wonder why the world can't be a tolerant loving family place like London. Makes you wonder why we can't all find just a little more love in our hearts and have the whole world be more like London.
- Double plus good prison scenes, including the best escape scene since Papillon.
- Encourages us to be kind to immigrants.
- Best train fight scene since Skyfall.
- Knuckles McGinty:
Full TVTropes assessment here.
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