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Mr. Wrong (1996)
Surprised it's rated so low.
At the time of this review this movie has a really low rating of 3.8. It's really not that bad. I'd say on average it's a 6/10 movie (maybe 5 or 5.5/10 at worst - and it could even go as high as 7/10 if you're an Ellen Degeneres/Bill Pullman fan or a fan of darker comedies, Ellen's sitcom, or humour).
At worst, this is an average comedy, though at times refreshingly darker (with a wacky edge) than most traditional rom-coms. It's almost an anti-romcom if anything, which I think is important to keep in mind when viewing it.
I really don't understand why it's rated so low and reviewed so poorly. Not a great movie, but it's decent in its way, far from bad imo.
Sick (2022)
Fun, tense ride for the first 2/3 but the reveal fell flat. While they provided an eerie setting, I think overall the covid elements weakened rather than elevated this.
I really enjoyed the first half - the isolation, the chase scenes. I thought the opening scene was good too (though they could have done more with it - we need a supermarket-set slasher sequence or one in one of those huge warehouse discount stores).
But (MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS, DON'T READ THIS MIDDLE PARAGRAPH UNLESS YOU'VE SEEN THE MOVIE) the motive/reveal fell flat for me. I'm not a fan of making grieving family members into murderous monsters. I know this is a classic trope from Friday the 13th and it worked well in Scream 2 as well but given the covid situation is relatively recent, it felt a bit in poor taste. I suspected the person who's revealed might be involved when I saw their scene in the trailer, though they could have easily just been someone who got involved by helping them out, I suspected this person but wasn't fully sure. I'd avoid the trailer for this reason (as it might spoil the reveal) and just watch the movie itself.
Overall, I think the first half or 2/3 of the film was great and a fun, tense ride - but the reveal and ending didn't work for me. I also think anchoring the movie to covid and building so much of it around it will date and hurt the film. It gave it a unique and great setting but the girls could have just as easily been on a weekend away from university, etc. Or covid could have just been kept in the background. All in all, I think I would've just preferred no explanation or another one, though I understand it's the theme of the movie.