Licorice Pizza

Volt egyszer egy... Hollywood sztárszereplők nélkül. És nagy finálé nélkül. A hetvenes évek Los Angeles-i korszakát ugyanolyan bravúrosan ábrázolja, mint Tarantino, sőt a filmzene rádióbetéteket is használ, de a forgatókönyv közepes. Egy fiatal pár több mint két órás lógása, akik között szikrázik a levegő, de úgy tűnik, nem tudnak összejönni, nem elég aranyos, humoros, sem romantikusan szívmelengető. Ego-excentrikus Bradley Cooper kisebb szerepe az egyetlen, ami kiemelkedik, és érzelmeket, sőt feszültséget vált ki. Sajnos csak rövid ideig. (2022.04.21)

Such a nice stylistic exercise, though P.T.A. won't put the script behind a frame. But I had fun and Anderson knows how to work with music as well as Tarantino. And Cooper Hoffman is an acting revelation, man. (2022.04.19)

For some, a happy return to Wes Anderson's roots; unfortunately for me, just a return to Anderson's roots. I would much rather see an ambitious drama that the academy has been serving up in regular doses for the past fifteen years than a hesitant trip to the beloved valley. Just like I was once confused by subjectively unpleasant Punch-Drunk Love, I feel the same here, with a series of episodic stories with a conditional alienation effect that lacks a solid foundation. I don't know why I need a psychopath on a motorcycle or a maniac at a gas station. They throw in an image of the times that does a disservice to the seventies and only increases the frequency with which we circle the main couple, who do not fit together at first or even second glance. There is no comparison with the proven storytellers of wandering youthful tales. (2022.03.25)

Paul Thomas Anderson has a made an inconspicuously brilliant fresco of the fringes of the show-business world of 1970s L.A., where the glow of the really big names is seen only from a distance, but is thus all the more enticing to all possible bizarre characters comprising washed-up stars, dilettantes, grown-up child actors, fallen showmen and over-aged talent scouts. Thanks to the brilliant directing and meticulous casting, every character gives the sense of a full life lived, even if he or she only flashes by in a single scene or shot. Mainly, however, Licorice Pizza is a perfectly observed ode to the ambivalent relationships and promises of young love. (2023.01.06)

Licorice Pizza is a pleasant two hours of nostalgia looking back to the crazy seventies. It follows the development of a young couple's love story told through a mosaic of mutliple different events, which I enjoyed. (2022.04.18)

Another one of Anderson's films telling the story of complicated characters to whom he adapts his optics of perception. If you’re not already capable of developing the empathy needed for the film (even beyond your sympathies), you will absolutely not understand what he is asking you to do and will probably find the film maddeningly irritating. But fortunately for you, there are those other films. (2022.06.20)