I’ve been waiting for this movie to be released for months now! This move is a Comedy, starring Lil Rel Howery, Aubrey Plaza (2021’s “Best Sellers”), Alison Brie (Adult Swim’s “Rick and Morty”), Debby Ryan (Disney’s “Jessie”), and Tricia Helfer (Amazon Prime’s “Lucifer”). This movie was released on August 19th 2022. It was directed by Jeff Baena. This movie has a runtime of 1h and 44 minutes.
Onto the premise: A woman wins an all-expenses trip to a company’s gorgeous “institute” outside of Florence, and also the chance to meet the restaurant chain’s wealthy and charismatic owner. She finds a different adventure than the one she imagined.
My expectations were sky high for this movie. The twisted humor was evident in this movie.
The assembled cast is filled to the brim with folks who have proven comedy chops, and much of the film takes place in gorgeous Italy.
The scenery was so beautiful and I really enjoyed that aspect of this movie. There is a creepy element to the film, which we could see in the trailer and THIS is the me of the reasons why I was intrigued to watch this movie.
In the second act, this movie has a turning point and becomes a…. murder mystery. It’s all a bit chaotic, but never quite as funny or tense as we hope, unfortunately.
Alison Brie has a wonderful screen presence as she bounces from naïve to hopeful to confused to concerned.
The contrast in the story is as distinct as the two books mentioned, Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love”, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “News of a Kidnapping”. Few movies combine the blandness of Bakersfield, the romance of Italy, near slapstick comedy, the suspense of a thriller, the lameness of corporate America, a kinky sex party, and a pack of stampeding wild boars.
It’s a lot to take on, and some parts work better than others.
Overall I really liked this movie and would highly recommend it to anyone who likes a fresh yet not so fresh approach to a Summer movie. Therefore it is “worth a watch”.
For more information visit here -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14596320/
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