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Lucky Louie (2023)
One word best describes this movie: forced
Don't let the other reviews fool you. If this is a theater quality production, then I'm a world class pianist.
Actually, hold that thought. It is a theater quality produciton in a sense, but not a movie theater. Its acting reminded me of a youth theater play production: full of energy, but not very natural.
The writing is also quite unnatural at times, and some the characters seem unrealistic, partly I guess because the writers wanted to add some cheap jokes which I believe came at the expense of said characters believability. It feels like the movie doesn't know whether it wants to be funny or serious in many scenes, so it just ends up failing at both.
The overall plot is also underwhelming, and there were some strange choices including one point where the townspeople all get together to reenact the crime that is the focus of the movie, and there was really no sensible reason why they would decide to do that. The plot twists in the movie are either predictable or far-fetched, but mainly just uninteresting.
In short, I can't recommend this movie because of its poor acting, writing and overall plot.
Access Control (2022)
Bad story, bad acting, mildly funny dialogue
This movie doesn't feel like it really does anything. Most of the conversations feel forced, although there is a little humor in the interactions between the two main guys, but it's pretty childish, and that might not be a big problem if the actors had the over-the-top energy to sell it. It feels like it was written for kids, but even my seven-year-old sister was bored. Plus, every other minute you are bombarded by an on-the-nose rap verse about what the main character is thinking, which is very cheesy. It also has some Christian marriage values shoe-horned in between the lead and his wife, with whom I didn't feel he had much chemistry, and their whole relationship felt like a joke. This movie is not much to write home about, but at least it looked like the actors had fun.