Not high art but


a charming little movie.

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What would have elevated it to "high art"?

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It instantly took the tone of a Disney-like approach to true stories, where you know there'll be no deep dive into these men. It's as if they wanted to maintain a certain levity by showing all those cutesy Easter eggs -- from their bits -- turning up in their actual lives. Depicting Ida and Lucille as a comic duo in their personal lives is another example of the same. And without knowing a thing about this tour beforehand, I knew we'd get a token resentment from the past, a fight in real time, and one last show where they recapture everything for a moment --i.e., paint by numbers.

Again, charming but safe -- with little insight or compelling pov. Other than their name calling spat, I don't know much about either guy. Stan was the creative driver, and Ollie gambled too much. That's it. Not much meat on the bones here.

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