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The Maltese Holiday (2021)
Not very Maltese
None of these locations look anything like Malta. Not the airport at all. I wanted to see limestone buildings. At least film in Florida or CA. And teach the actors how to pronounce things correctly.
If you're gonna have a film set in Malta the location is half the film! I used to live in Malta and was so excited to see locations like I've seen in other films. What a let down. I saw nothing. And even the insides of buildings in Malta don't look anything like these ones. Unless you're maybe in Sliema or St Julian's. Maybe.
It's also slow paced and predictable.
There are few films set in Malta as it is, but this is a huge disappointment.
Yummy Mummies (2017)
Is this really for real?
How on earth do these women exist? Maria is awful. The most absolute nastiest most judgmental human being on the planet. So spoiled and selfish. And the things she's says to people and how she thinks people are jealous of her? Lol. She's ridiculous. I can't imagine how someone would want to be in a relationship with her or her friend when she calls people fat and makes fun of people the way she does.
The blondes seemed fake, but at least they're polite.
Yet somehow I kept watching.
On Pointe (2018)
Teens will like it
The main character is a beautiful dancer, but the acting is awful. The characters who don't have to dance were horrible actors which doesn't make sense because they didn't need to compromise on that. I guess it's the directing too. It's very slow moving and I almost shut it off. I also didn't like how the character doesn't eat. That should have been addressed. I expected her to faint or something, but nope. Not cool.
Also the mother makes no sense. If she never had a job or did anything with her life then why on earth didn't she watch her daughter dance? You'd think she'd want her daughter to have opportunities-the whole fear of failure thing on the mom's end made no sense to me. The mom also seemed super young. 36? Real enough but wow my mom was like 50 when I was that age. Anyhow I feel like teenagers will like it. It's like a step up from the American girl movies and it's clean enough.
Music and Lyrics (2007)
It had it's moments
I'm surprised how many people really like this movie. I love Drew Barrymore and I still do. I think she gave her all in the part, as she usually does. However the rest of the movie was lacking. This girl who plays Cora was plain awful. I couldn't believe she was cast. She's supposed to play a teen pop star who is on par with Shakira and Britney, but she had absolutely no energy. No emotion. Her acting was just embarrassing and blase, like she was reciting lines. And her "dancing" was just moving her hips which I guess was supposed to look seductive and somewhat like Shakira? Didn't work for me. Not a bad singer though, and I was surprised at how good Hugh Grant's voice was. I did however like how it made fun of the industry and I guess that was the point with this girl. The plot was not too bad. The whole plant waterer thing is a little unbelievable, but not as unbelievable as the chemistry between Hugh and Drew. It worked for awhile, but as their relationship in the storyline was developing I didn't see it grow between the two of them. It was like Barrymore was trying, but Grant wasn't. They seemed like good friends who perhaps had a one night stand, but it would never develop into something more. Which according the scenes that play during the credits it was a romantic relationship. So if you're looking for a light fun movie and want to end up with a catchy tune in your head you may enjoy it. But if you like quality go see something else.