PennTraffic Reviews

The Cathedral (2021)

Liked it

[8/10 · 25 September 2022]

Some terrific acting in this movie. I liked the format more than I expected I would. A lot of realistic relationships. Some of the stills could've been eliminated or shortened, but that was only occasionally. I also had a little trouble following who was related to whom. So pay attention in the beginning as best you can.

I particularly liked the acting by the father Richard. You could just see the tension building up within him before he would explode. Also the elderly grandmother/great grandmother was portrayed in such a human way. It was actually scary as it makes you realize how vulnerable older people can be.

The young actors are also excellent.

Hanna (2011)

Why all the hype?

[1/10 · 21 April 2011]

This was definitely one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I can't understand how people can write praising reviews at the same time they say that the characters weren't developed, the plot had many unclear points (like most of it). In fact I came onto the IMDb website to see if I could find out why these people were doing what they were doing, which was mostly beating each other up and killing gruesomely.

(I'm sorry I had to mark this as a spoiler as people will waste money on it as I did, if they don't read my review. But this is my first IMDb review and I'm not sure if this review is a spoiler or not, but I didn't want to take any chances and get blacklisted.)