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User Reviews for: Don't Look Now

SkinnyFilmBuff
4/10  9 months ago
Like most younger audiences, older movies have a disadvantage in trying to win me over. Filmmaking styles/techniques evolve, tastes change, fresh stories become stale, and of course special effects improve by leaps and bounds. Despite all this, I still enjoy giving old movies a chance and finding a 50+ year old movie that overcomes these hurdles is always incredible. Unfortunately, this movie is not one of those. There was nothing wrong with it technically - it was very watchable - but the style and story were just odd. So many scenes felt random and unnecessary, with odd interactions and characters that never rise to the level of a B- or C-plot, but for some reason get attention anyway. Most screenwriting advice is to have every scene be critical to the story, but that certainly isn't the case here. Perhaps they were trying to build mystery with red herrings and non sequiturs, but it ended up feeling more aimless. The performances at times hit a naturalistic quality that I liked, but it wasn't enough to save a story that I wasn't invested in. Add to that a head-scratching ending and the end result is a big misfire - too weird and art house for me.
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