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Information
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 97 min.
- Director
- Jesse Peretz
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy, Music
- Rating *
- 8.3
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 612
- Favs
- 26
- Dislikes
- 7
- Favs/checks
- 4.2% (1:24)
- Favs/dislikes
- 4:1
Top comments
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pegs404
A profoundly sweet movie that focuses less on a passionate romance and more on the messy, chaotic journey we call life.
Overall, a wonderful experience - funny yet slightly profound, fantastic cast, no cheesy fix-its, and a deviation from most boring rom-dram clichés. 3 years 2 months ago -
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Siskoid
You can't have Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke and Chris O'Dowd in a movie and not have it come off as watchably charming. Juliet, Naked throws in the cute kid from Marriage Story for good measure, so yeah. But watchable as it is, the story feels unfinished and unsatisfying. One the one hand, the fact that we're denied closure on many of its threads could work as slice of life - life is messy, and so is these characters' lives, so don't try to force them into shape - but at the same time, it is very clearly a romcom, and its plot conveniences means that yes, plot is a thing that must be dealt with. Tapping into tropes, then not following up (which isn't the same as turning them on their heads) doesn't quite work. Similarly, I wish Juliet, Naked had more control over its themes. Byrne has been kept back by her daughterly duties and a boyfriend (O'Dowd) obsessed with a has-been rock star, and neglectful of her needs. She quite accidentally makes contact with said rock star (Hawke) who has abandoned music after screwing up the first half of his life, and so it goes. And I guess ultimately it's the loser fan who has the lesson to teach? (While clownishly learning none.) Or is it the random old woman captured in a photograph? Or are different characters learning different lessons? It can probably all fit under the umbrella them of following one's passions, but in that case, everything about Hawke's extended family becomes a distraction or complication and never really arrives at the same destination. Lovely to see these folks together in a movie, but the parts are stronger than their sum. 3 years 4 months ago