Comments on: ‘Licorice Pizza’ Can’t Carry Weight Of Its Parts (FILM REVIEW)

By: BeBe

BeBe — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 06:05:14 +0000

I finally searched “bad reviews”, as all reviews I read previously only said great things, and did not reflect my mixed experience. Nice to see this.

I agree, performances were excellent, many scenes were excellent. It was 20-30 minutes too long.

Trying to prove the age difference and quirky personalities could make it, was a waste of focus.

I see they were trying to say this is different and possible. I was rooting for each to eventually want someone else. The tension between them was ok. Not a problem. Being an age back then, between the two, it just seemed silly. A possible weekend indulgence maybe, or teen boy fantasy, more than that? NO!

By: craig muranaka

craig muranaka — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 02:22:28 +0000

I agree. Plotless. I long for characters that I give a rip about. They’re nice but untested. I’m old enough to remember these late 70s early 80s cultural touchstones. It’s nice wallpaper but I would have preferred some story too.

By: Jacek Gutorow

Jacek Gutorow — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:35:46 +0000

I’ve just seen the movie. I’m sorry but Licorice Pizza is basically a visual stream of consciousness and I’m pretty much astounded by the many positive reviews (much as I like Paul Thomas Anderson).

By: gregory tellis

gregory tellis — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 02:56:37 +0000

Thanks for the contrarian opinion…there’s very little to justify the art swoon perpetrated
by other film critics.

greg