Posts with the tag 'drama'
MARS ONE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the disappointing inauguration of a far-right extremist president. A lower-middle-class Black family, they feel the strain of their new reality as the political dust settles. Tércia, the mother, reinterprets her world after an unexpected encounter leaves her wondering if she’s cursed. Her husband, Wellington, puts all of his hopes into the soccer career of their son, Deivinho, who reluctantly follows his father’s ambitions despite secretly aspiring to study astrophysics and colonize Mars.”
1/7/23- Very good reviews by the critics and terrible ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 7th, 2023
A MAN CALLED OTTO- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside-down.”
1/1/23- Poor reviews by most critics and excellent ones by audiences. I enjoyed it very much. TRDB.
Tags: drama
January 1st, 2023
WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Discovered by record executive Clive Davis, Whitney Houston rises to fame in the 1980s to become one of the greatest singers of her generation.”
12/30/2022- The critics panned this biopic– audiences liked it. TRDB.
Tags: drama
December 30th, 2022
LIVING- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful.”
12/30/22- Excellent reviews from the critics and good ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
December 30th, 2022
NO BEARS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “NO BEARS portrays two parallel love stories. In both, the lovers are troubled by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition and the mechanics of power.”
12/30/22- Excellent reviews by the critics for this Persian language drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
December 30th, 2022
THE QUIET GIRL- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Rural Ireland. 1981. Nine-year-old Cait is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. Quietly struggling at school and at home, she has learned to hide in plain sight from those around her. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.”
12/18//22- Excellent reviews from the critics and audiences as well. TRDB.
3/10/23- I found it slow sometimes but I enjoyed the movie very much. TRDB.
Tags: drama
December 18th, 2022
LADY CHATTERERLY’S LOVER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Marrying Sir Clifford Chatterley, Connie’s life of wealth and privilege seems set as she takes the title of Lady Chatterley. Yet this idealistic union gradually becomes an incarceration when Clifford returns from the First World War with injuries that have left him unable to walk. When she meets and falls for Oliver Mellors, the gamekeeper on the Chatterley family estate, their secret trysts lead her to a sensual, sexual awakening. But as their affair becomes the subject of local gossip, Connie faces a life-altering decision: follow her heart or return to her husband and endure what Edwardian society expects of her.”
12/15/22- Good reviews- better from the critics than from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
December 15th, 2022
BLANQUITA- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Blanca, an 18-year-old foster home resident, is the key witness in a scandal involving kids, politicians and rich men taking part in sex parties. Yet, the more questions are asked, the less clear it becomes what Blanca’s role in the scandal exactly is.”
12/12/22- Excellent reviews for this Spanish drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
December 12th, 2022
THE WHALE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.”
12/11/22- Poor reviews from the critics and very good ones from audiences. Strange but I enjoyed it. TRDB.
Tags: drama
December 11th, 2022
ONE FINE MORNING- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Sandra, a young mother who raises her daughter alone, pays regular visits to her sick father. While she and her family fight tooth and nail to get him the care he requires, Sandra reconnects with Clément, a friend she hasn’t seen in a while. Although he is in a relationship, the two begin a passionate affair.”
12/11/22- Very good reviews for this French drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
December 11th, 2022
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