13 February 2025.
BRIDGET JONES – MAD ABOUT THE BOY ***
On this very troubled world of ours, it by no means hurts to be taken away from actuality and are available again into the colorful, chaotic world of Bridget Jones. That is her fourth and possibly final sequel following her romantic adventures for the reason that first movie in 2001.
Our heroine is now a widow with two vigorous kids who’re truly fairly cute. Among the many utter mess that’s her specialty, she’s been residing a lifetime of full devotion to those two children, whereas nonetheless mourning her beloved husband (performed by Colin Firth as a recurring presence) after 4 lengthy years. One thing’s gotta give!
And it does – she’s urged to return to work, her girlfriends get her on Tinder, and she or he meets the cutest toy boy. Her nook of London is beautiful, life is starting to be much more pleasurable, particularly now that one other girlfriend has discovered her the proper nanny. Renée Zellweger is again in full kind, nonetheless the ditsy, bumbling cutie, at occasions a shy wallflower, different occasions good as a whip.
It’s all fairly predictable, however oh such enjoyable within the fashion of the everyday British comedy, with extra romance thrown in to assuage our Bridget.
What provides it its added pizzazz is the renewed presence of that dastardly charmer, Hugh Grant. Intelligent, hilarious, terribly naughty however lovable, he’s growing old fantastically.
MON GATEAU PRÉFÉRÉ (My Favourite Cake) *** (vo Persian)
It is a tender, very totally different movie from Iran. An aged lady in her seventies, who has been very lonely since her husband died, decides to take issues into her personal arms. She actually picks up one other previous geezer and invitations him to her house for the evening. All this feminist brazenness with no scarf should have shocked the Islamic authorities, for they didn’t enable the filmmakers (Maryam Moghadam and her husband Behtash Sanaeeha) to go away Iran when their movie was invited to the 2024 Berlin Movie competition.
However the censors couldn’t snuff out the delicacy of a night between two solitary, needy individuals solely wanting some companionship of their barren lives. It is a daring revelation from such a restrictive society and its bittersweet message is certainly one of hope, nonetheless brief lived.
CAPTAIN AMERICA – BRAVE NEW WORLD **
Effectively, it appears Hollywood has learnt its range lesson – Captain America is now a black man (performed by the good-looking Anthony Mackie), his contemporary new sidekick is a Latino (Danny Ramirez), and as heroes they each get invited to the White Home the place Harrison Ford performs a troubled President of the U.S. There are additionally a smattering of Orientals in bit elements (don’t inform me that phrase is offensive – the Orient is a gorgeous place and concept, and I don’t play Woke).
Trump should be seething in any respect this range and equality of races. However possibly he’s too busy turning the Kennedy Middle right into a on line casino.
Anyway, it’s the same old action-packed blockbuster from Marvel Comics that its followers – primarily the ten to twenty 12 months previous testosterone crowd – can admire most. The plot is a bit convoluted and sometimes erratic in its sequences of a faked assassination assault, two previous vengeful ex-cons, some political conferences, worldwide mishaps like an almost-war between Japan and the U.S., and a few silliness with an enormous Hulk destroying the White Home. You don’t actually need to know….
Excellent **** Very Good *** Good ** Mediocre * Depressing – no stars
By Neptune
Neptune Ravar Ingwersen critiques movie extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to eight movies per week and her goal is to kind the wheat from the chaff for readers.
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