Nearly bargain bin and surprisingly flavorless, even with Qualley disco dancing.
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Private Benjamin 1980
She references An Unmarried Woman and says “I’d have been Mrs. Alan Bates so fast!!”, to which I must say: get in line, sister!! The back half of this blows and also fumbles the return of Eileen Brennan (immaculate performance).
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The Witches of Eastwick 1987
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I simply love movies about hot people. Movies used to just be set in New England. Best cinematic barf.
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North Star 2023
Sienna Miller’s character is introduced with the caption “famous actress in America”
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Closer 2004
Replace both uses of “The Blower’s Daughter” with “F2F” by SZA. Fun to imagine in the last scene that Portman’s character is leaving a matinee of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Nichols and cast, with the otherworldly might of a mother lifting a semi to rescue a baby, elevating this soggy dirge of a script to the very best it could possibly be