Everybody
Knows 8/10
I was
gonna do a long ass review of this movie Everybody Knows that I saw
at AFI with Koko this week but after seeing that it does not come out
until early next year I'm gonna write a short one that does not spoil
anything really. This stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem as Laura
and Paco. Laura goes to visit her home town for her sister's wedding
along with her other sister and two kids. As soon as they arrive and
the daughter is let loose I was like “This girl gonna end up dead.”
She isn't like a stupid teenager like in most films, but she is
dangerous and thinks everything she does is cute and funny. I shit
you not, at one point she hits this boy with a dead, dusty ass bird
and giggles. I was like “That ain't cute!” A few days later
during the evening of the wedding she ends up being kidnapped and
shit gets super real from that point on.
I'm
starting to become a fan of suspense films. I normally do not watch
many of them and tend to lean towards movies where things explode or
fights happen with cool effects. I was wrong maybe five times while
trying to figure out where the daughter was and who took her. These
movies prove I'm the worst detective ever. I am also paying more
attention to things that are filmed in real locations and not on sets
and taking advantage of the beautiful landscape which this movie did
greatly. I was invested in these characters and no one had a small
role. Each person had a character and was important to the story.
This is the kind of movie I'd love to watch again to see if I notice
more things the second time around Shalamar style.
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