Every once and awhile a movie comes out that captures the praise of critics while the rest of us are left wondering why, and I think what it comes down to is a bunch of not-so-smart people making what they think is a "smart" movie. But this is not smart, it's a nonsense vanity project.
Licorice Pizza is the perfect title for a movie that's made up of familiar things that make no sense when put together; it's a series of disjointed vignettes revolving around a precocious 15 year old boy and a 25 year old woman with anger issues and no purpose in life.
The stories are nonsense, because what 15 year old doesn't become obsessed with waterbeds and start their own business? There's no character development, nothing endearing or moving about the people or the story, famous actors come and go leaving no lasting impact and the viewer has wasted their time.
Licorice Pizza is the perfect title for a movie that's made up of familiar things that make no sense when put together; it's a series of disjointed vignettes revolving around a precocious 15 year old boy and a 25 year old woman with anger issues and no purpose in life.
The stories are nonsense, because what 15 year old doesn't become obsessed with waterbeds and start their own business? There's no character development, nothing endearing or moving about the people or the story, famous actors come and go leaving no lasting impact and the viewer has wasted their time.
