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[adamwatchesmovies]

Let Him Go (2020)

Giving a familiar story even just a little bit of a twist can do wonders. If you only pay attention to the broad strokes, Let Him Go sounds like something you’ve seen before but when you’re watching, it doesn’t feel that way.

In 1961 Montana, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Kevin Costner, basically made for this role) and his wife Margaret (Diane Lane) are surprised when they discover their newly re-married daughter-in-law, Lorna (Kayli Carter), her husband Donnie Weboy (Will Brittain) and their grandson Jimmy have packed their bags and left without a trace. Fearing for their late son’s widow and - most importantly - their grandson, they begin searching for the Weboy household, where rumors say they’ve moved to.

A beloved child taken away. An elderly grandfather who used to bust bad guys. A legal system either powerless or too slow to do anything about it. Sounds like Kevin Costner is following in Liam Neeson’s footsteps. Not quite. Parts of "Let Him Go" edge towards the action genre but ultimately, this is a family drama-thriller. Margaret is the film’s main character. Her love and determination are what are pushing the story forward. She may not be the toughest physically, but she’s no weakling. That would be Lorna, who you can tell has been through one too many bad ordeals and was just recovering from them when her new husband died. Now, she’s easily manipulated and constantly terrified. If the boy’s safety is left up to her, Jimmy will grow up to be the same kind of living, breathing turd as his step-father and uncles.

When it comes to the villains, this movie does so much with so little. Most of the Weboys barely have more than a few lines but just looking at them makes you uneasy. You can just tell what they're like from the way their mother enters the room. As the Weboy matriarch, Lesley Manville is a powerhouse. Instantly, you hate her. You keep watching, hoping George will take a tire iron out of his trunk and reduce her face to a pile of bubbling goo but there’s no way this problem could be solved that easily - even in this neo-Western setting. We're on the edge of civilization. Best to attempt reason first. We’ve got to let Blanche say what she has to say and smile... but your instincts won’t let you. We all know her words are laying out this delicate maze whose walls are lined with razor-wire. Maybe George and Margaret can navigate it delicately enough to get to the end and settle this peacefully. That's assuming she built an exit for them.

There are many nice touches throughout, such as the inclusion of a kind loner (Booboo Stewart as Peter Dragswolf) the Blackledges meet along the way, the beautiful but desolate scenery of the Northern States, and the sudden bursts of violence. These give the movie appeal to the 50+ audience members, and the younger as well. You completely believe Costner and Lane as a couple who have this long-spanning history and this unspoken something-something that might be a little bit scary to anyone else but to them just cements how much they belong together. Let Him Go would be a great pick to watch with your parents, particularly if mom doesn’t mind a little blood here and then. (March 27, 2021)

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[theenthusiasticcinephile]

Monte Carlo

1 hour 49 minutes

Rated PG (Brief Mild Language)

Directed by Thomas Bezucha

Starring Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith, and Andie MacDowell

2 out of 4 stars

THIS IS A 2011 MOVIE. ON DVD NOW.

I just watched Monte Carlo? What? Well like I've probably said in past reviews I'm trying to catch up on 2011 movies that I didn't get to see last year, and Monte Carlo is a 2011 movie on HBO right now so... I clearly didn't pay to see this last summer because the trailer makes it look like a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen TV movie without the twins. Well, Monte Carlo isn't horrible. It's a harmless little romantic comedy for young teenage girls with attractive guys and girls and beautiful European locations like Paris, and of course, Monte Carlo (which according to wikipedia is in Monaco, which is a country? Except it's in the southeast of France? Whatever, geography). Yet it's also an unrealistic depiction of how girls can go to France and fall in love and live happily ever after for the rest of their lives.

In the movie, Grace (Selena Gomez) graduates high school and goes to Paris with her older best friend, Emma (Katie Cassidy), and her stepsister, Meg (Leighton Meester). So they go and then their tour guide leaves without them. The three then discover that Emma looks exactly like Cordelia Winthrop Scott (also played by Gomez), a snotty rich British heiress. Cordelia leaves the country so Grace decides to pretend to be her so that they can have a fun time and live in an awesome hotel for free. Then Meg meets a cute Australian named Riley (Luke Bracey) and Grace meets a cute French guy named Theo (Pierre Boulanger). Oh yeah, and Grace and her boyfriend, Owen (Cory Monteith), got in a fight before she left for Paris so then he hops on a plane to come visit her and apologize. Hmm. I wonder how this movie will end?

Ok ok so this is an innocent little girl's movie. It certainly makes meeting attractive people look super easy. Just walk up the stairs of a famous building in France (I forget what it's called) and then accidentally bump into somebody and then that person will keep running into you throughout the city and then absolutely nothing will go wrong and you'll start dating. God I wish life was that easy. Unfortunately, this is just too frustrating for me to watch. Director Thomas Bezucha made a much better comedy/drama in 2005 called The Family Stone. It gets a little predictable by the end but overall it's a very effective (if not dark) Christmas movie. Plus there's a huge cast.

I do like Selena Gomez a lot, except for her horrendous choice in dating Justin Bieber at the moment. She's pretty, cute, and easily likable. I also had an urge to watch this movie because I've had a huge crush on Katie Cassidy ever since I saw her in that horrible remake of Black Christmas in 2006. I enjoyed watching Cory Monteith play somebody other than Finn, whom I can't stand on Glee. Monte Carlo certainly made me feel a little depressed about my nonexistent dating life and made me wanna go to Paris and Monte Carlo for summer vacation, but this is just too cutesy girly for me.

[amittarora]

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