Review of Brainstorm

Brainstorm (1983)
3/10
Natalie Wood's Beauty
22 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
and the memory of her in other good-to-great films, is the ONLY reason to watch this rubbish. It was extremely disjointed, as if the director/writers were going in one direction and then would stop take a holiday or something and come back with a different idea altogether. One other reviewer mentioned the son being disturbed and yet Walken and Wood never are seen with the son or even mention him again after his "psychotic break" as it is called due to him playing with Dad's toys.

I also agree with the reviewer who said that Louise Fletcher's chain smoking looked like it was done by someone who has never smoked. Really, it isn't any one gripe that stands out, the story-lines just aren't fleshed out, the script is mediocre, and the whole thing doesn't make sense. Slapping on a romantic ending to a sci fi/futuristic film without a strong ending to the sci fi is another poor choice.

I was impressed by how Natalie Wood continued to be a knockout, perfect hair and make up, and a good actress even in this lousy film, till the day she died.
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