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Aug 02, 2018milirick rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I really wanted to like this more especially since I loved Hugo and there are many good elements to this movie, but I wonder who was the intended audience? It is very slow and esoteric for children and teens will not like it at all. It is more a movie for older adults who will appreciate the 1970’s authenticity. It is even filmed in this yellowish tint as were a lot of movies from that decade which lends a good feel, but is also a bit irritating. The sequences filmed for the era of silent films are less convincing though. This is a bit of a time travel movie done with flashbacks, but the themes are a unfortunately overly mixed. If it had stayed a story about family history that would be one thing, but it mixes in a disability theme as well as a theme about friendship, parental estrangement, death, appreciation about history, well you get the picture. It is worth seeing if you like sentimental films, which I do, but don’t go in expecting a fast paced, funny or typical Disney type movie. Julianne Moore displays her usual overwrought performance, but Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place) gives a solid performance which pushes the needle for me to say it is worth a look.