French Exit
Michelle Pfeiffer shines in French Exit, the focus of this week's Popcorn Podcast review. Plus, Avatar reclaims its place at the top of the box office; fresh looks from Disney's Cruella; and Popcorn Podcast's Two-year Anniversary Giveaway launches with tickets to see The Father in cinemas
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FRENCH EXIT MOVIE REVIEW
Leigh: I like that the French Exit story kept us guessing. What are the characters going to do next? You just never knew. And then they threw a curveball, and things came out left of centre. She's moving to Paris. She's not taking a plane; she's taking a cruise ship.
Tim: I know. I loved that so much.
Leigh: It was so random. Everything about this movie feels so random. In a good way!
Tim: Oh, absolutely in a good way. It went to places I wasn't expecting. For the majority of the film, I was so on board with this. When we saw this together, I was sitting next to you and I was constantly and consistently laughing out loud. And also, still sniggering and giggling about something that had happened 30 seconds ago. I just couldn't let go of some of this incredibly witty comedy, and it's my type of bag. I love it.
Leigh: It's very dry comedy. Isn't it? Very acerbic.
Stylistically, did you get flavours of a Wes Anderson film here? A stylistic, idiosyncratic kind of story.
Tim: Yes, absolutely. I did get flavours of Wes Anderson. I do feel like Wes Anderson is more like: come in, deliver dialogue, and move off. It's more like a stage play in that sense, and framed and staged – if that makes sense? Those who are familiar with his work visually will understand that. This one? I think in how they framed the story through its cinematography, it did feel very like Wes Anderson. It was stylised in terms of how it was lit, which was dark and moody, but incredibly beautiful.
Leigh: But without the colour of Wes Anderson films because he uses colour very heavily to frame his films, doesn't he?
Tim: Yeah. I think also in likeness with Wes Anderson is how he writes his characters – peculiar and strange human beings. There was a mix of strange, wonderful personalities in this film, not just Michelle Pfeiffer's character, but all the supporting cast along the way.
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