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dajuice3 t1_j23spv4 wrote

I suspect you also needing new things to watch over the holiday weekend.

I was floored about 45 minutes into the movie. It is so great and I can't really tell you why. If I tried to describe it to my friends they'd think I was out of my mind.

Only reason I heard of the movie was it was on the recently added on HBO max.

It was absurd yet somehow I love it hit all the right notes. Somehow I found parallels to my personal life and relationships with this movie.

This probably the best movie I just kind of came across and tried out on all of the streaming services over the years.

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Rick-burp-Sanchez OP t1_j23uf9x wrote

Absurdism at its best, imo. Everything was just right.

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dajuice3 t1_j23vfq5 wrote

REading some of the other comments here I get but kinda confusing.

I thought it wove together a story about life and the chances we have and what we do with those chances. You got to see it from about 7 or 8 different perspectives. Yes the main story was about the friendship but it had this ripple effect that was true to life in a way most movies can't do smoothly.

  • You have the guy who wants life to be more than what it is.
  • That same guy has been struggling with depression and doesn't know what to do about it.
  • The kid who knows more about life than he thinks but succumbs to it just the same.
  • The sister who doesn't seem to have ever loved but wants something for herself but is scared to pursue it because she feels obligated to take care of her brother.
  • The regular guy who just simply carries on in life not assessing anything until something forces him to look up.

There are so many Archetypes of people and mini-stories about life in this movie I don't see how you couldn't find something enjoyable about it. I know nothing about Irish conflict I think the movie would still work even if set in another country. You don't need the background of Irish civil war for it to be a good story. Truly it's just a funny story that exposes a ton of angles and nuances of life.

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