No Sudden Move (2021)
Steven Soderbergh directing an incredible cast: Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Jon Hamm, Matt Damon, Ray Liotta, Brendan Fraser, Kieran Culkin. 1950s Crime caper where a simple job goes terribly wrong, leading to double and triple crosses. 2 hoods (Cheadle, DelToro) are thrown together as reluctant partners and try to stay one step ahead of disaster.
I haven’t been into Soderbergh’s output and style for quite awhile. Oceans 11, (12, 13) was nauseating. When he decided to write, direct, operate the cameras, and edit his own movies, it really became an example of someone getting high on their own supply. Seemed like he had given up the craft in favor of making films with all the heft of car ads.
Anyway, enjoyed this one. He’s improved as a director and his camerawork was very inventive and stylish. (I think he’s still operating using a pseudonym.) He used anamorphic lenses and shot on film, it gave the film some interesting artifacts, like the spherical distortion in wide shots looked almost psychedelic at times. I liked how full the shots were. Like a scene in a bank office had about 50 costumes extras, none with dialogue, and a scene on a residential street must have had 30 immaculate period vehicles in driveways and on the streets.
Soderbergh basically made a Coen brothers movie, like a Miller’s Crossing + Fargo adventure. Some good surprises, well-paced, good music. Feel like I might have been selling ol’ Soderbergh short. The cast is really good. Cheadle was57 55 in this but looked 70.
About the rating: it’s weird giving a movie a 9/10 but it is exactly what you hoped you’d see after watching the trailer. They pulled off what they were attempting flawlessly. There are no weak performers or scenes that should have been cut. The only minor qwibble (ahem) is that the female characters almost don’t exist, they are plot devices. I feel dirty praising a film, but this is the world we live in now.
9/10
Steven Soderbergh directing an incredible cast: Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Jon Hamm, Matt Damon, Ray Liotta, Brendan Fraser, Kieran Culkin. 1950s Crime caper where a simple job goes terribly wrong, leading to double and triple crosses. 2 hoods (Cheadle, DelToro) are thrown together as reluctant partners and try to stay one step ahead of disaster.
I haven’t been into Soderbergh’s output and style for quite awhile. Oceans 11, (12, 13) was nauseating. When he decided to write, direct, operate the cameras, and edit his own movies, it really became an example of someone getting high on their own supply. Seemed like he had given up the craft in favor of making films with all the heft of car ads.
Anyway, enjoyed this one. He’s improved as a director and his camerawork was very inventive and stylish. (I think he’s still operating using a pseudonym.) He used anamorphic lenses and shot on film, it gave the film some interesting artifacts, like the spherical distortion in wide shots looked almost psychedelic at times. I liked how full the shots were. Like a scene in a bank office had about 50 costumes extras, none with dialogue, and a scene on a residential street must have had 30 immaculate period vehicles in driveways and on the streets.
Soderbergh basically made a Coen brothers movie, like a Miller’s Crossing + Fargo adventure. Some good surprises, well-paced, good music. Feel like I might have been selling ol’ Soderbergh short. The cast is really good. Cheadle was
About the rating: it’s weird giving a movie a 9/10 but it is exactly what you hoped you’d see after watching the trailer. They pulled off what they were attempting flawlessly. There are no weak performers or scenes that should have been cut. The only minor qwibble (ahem) is that the female characters almost don’t exist, they are plot devices. I feel dirty praising a film, but this is the world we live in now.
9/10
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