Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Beautiful Boy (2018)

Genre: Biographical / Drama
Directed by: Felix van Groeningen
Starring: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney
Running time: 120 minutes



New York Times writer David Sheff has a very difficult relationship with his teenage son Nicholas, who is battling through sessions of therapy and relapses of a severe addiction to methamphetamine. The father stands by his son and fights for him constantly, though it might look from the outside like a losing battle. This film is based on the memoirs published by David Sheff and Nicholas Sheff.

I so wanted to love this movie, but I had a hard time getting into it. Over the first half, the story kept jumping back and forth in a way that I would not call seamless. Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet did their best to carry their roles through, and they were quite good, but the storytelling felt very muddled and confusing.
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