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The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter (2021)
6/10
Good drama for parents
2 March 2022
Outstanding performances by the great Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, who portrayed Leda's present and past, respectively, creating a certain connection that made us feel that it was the same character at different stages of her life.

The feeling of confusion and the hostile environment like a horror movie that Leda's discomfort conveys to us at certain moments of her vacation were splendid.

Personally, I didn't get very attached to the plot, maybe because I haven't had children and that feeling of guilt for the things you didn't do so well at the time is not present in me. However, the doll and her kidnapping help to give some notion of the obsessive degree to which the memories reached and the need to assuage her guilt.

The images did not captivate me as much, they were repetitive scenes of the beach environment, very close to the shot. However, that change of capture point to give it a documentary style at times, quite captivated me in scenes like when Leda gives Nina her hair tie.
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Sleepers
Sleepers (1996)
7/10
Immersive and indulgent street story
25 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The plot in general kept me hooked from start to finish, a friendly atmosphere that could perfectly be the setting for a comedy or a thriller. Interesting proposal for the staging of the suffering of children in the reformatory, very good at the acting level, but not very explicit, perfect as for a general public.

Robert as the father makes an important connection with the boys and in each scene that appears he gives more realism to the story by making us understand the reality of the Devil's Kitchen, having a father who plays basketball and dares so much for some boys from the parish.

Brad Pitt kept his character with an impeccable performance, from my point of view, having been the protagonist of the entire plan, and being able to come out victorious after intentionally losing the case. His performance reflects in every gesture the helplessness fused with joy that the character should be feeling in the face of the silence at court.

The ending is a bit predictable, so it was my least favorite part of the entire movie. In addition, certain ways of acting bothered me, such as Nokes being murdered directly in the bar, being able to carry out a less obvious revenge at the criminal level.
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The City and the Dogs
The City and the Dogs (1985)
7/10
The real kennel in a movie
23 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The reality of the time in the Leoncio Prado as a military school is accurately recounted, and despite not having all the resources used in the book to give the viewer greater empathy, such as the life of the boys before entering school or disturbing scenes of the explicit sexual and violent content, it manages to generate a connection in the short time of the film.

The miniplots, by revolving around several students, can connect perfectly in the school environment and manage to make you feel immersed in the history during the whole movie and in the normality of the system that prevails in the military school, both the formal one and the one they have in secret the cadets and dogs.

The final intrigue about the death of 'The Slave' adds a lot of reality to the uncertainty of the veracity of each different version of each character.
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The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch (2021)
7/10
Anderson's movie for the French was good
23 February 2022
Three characteristic stories that make deep empathy with journalist's job, evoked through the enriching shots obtained from the portrait of France at the time, as well as animations between scenes with humorous touches. Anderson's joy in making this film, in intensifying each scene with cinematic tools, goes beyond simple ego in exploiting these resources, but generates an immediate artistic impact on the viewer.

On the other hand, references to the French historical environment are abused, minimizing understanding and empathy on the part of an average viewer with the stories told.

The film goes from more to less, Moses and Simone fill us with a strange sensation combining passion, tension and delirium, and ends with a murderous chef in scenes that, for me, are closer to the ridiculous than to the fanciful.
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