Opening Night

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Chelsea C @Tuzinelda Jan 28 I saw this movie at Alamo this week. I checked the reviews here before I went and I am so perplexed how its reviews are so high. Opening Night is sloppy and lazy. Most of the characters are very poorly written, and there were many missed opportunities to explore anything substantial. The older female playwright was given a very disrespectful amount of creative attention. This movie wishes it was about an actress aging, it sure says it is. But it isn’t. It’s more about alcoholism and it isn’t saying anything interesting about that. The play we are asked to believe was being produced had minimal thought given to it, and we suffer through multiple rounds of meandering off tone improv. It’s unclear what the play even needed to be from the beginning, because I think Cassavetes didn’t make those choices. Perhaps, the main character, like Cassavetes, can get away with doing bad work because they are or were beautiful. And the emperor can have no clothes as long as they once were a star. See more Rare T @RT00283363 09/10/2024 Very well filmed and acted out. See more Charles B @RT57688612 07/13/2024 fell asleep in parts of the movie so I had a hard time following the plot. but it was quite intense. The movie projects lots of authentic emotion which is more than can be said for most movies See more Jodi G @RT98084648 03/09/2024 NOT a brilliant movie. Definitely a confused & tedious one. Everything seems dated, and of course I can think of a zillion other much older films that are not dated & remain fresh & endlessly rewatchable. Gena Rowlands is absolutely BRILLIANT and not in the least dated. With the ghost element could reimagine as rather more mischievous,fun, & genuinely complex inquiry into creative process. Give me Bergman, Fellini, Truffaut, any day of the week. See more Alec B @Alec97 01/10/2024 A tense examination of an artist in freefall. Rowlands is obviously dynamite here and I appreciate how often the movie plays like a horror film. See more Donald A @TheRealAckervold 01/08/2024 Transfixing, captivating, moving: what more can a film strive to be? All of these adjectives describe the soul of Cassavetes' picture. It is essential viewing, especially for any actor of theatre. Cassavetes himself is fantastic, more than normally, but Rowlands is the star of the show. She's wonderful, the film won't work without her. Take her out of the equation and substitute in any actress, and the movie won't function as well. In every scene, Rowlands has the (for lack of a better word) hurt needed for the role. See more Read all reviews

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