ChuckFlixs: ROMABy Chuck VanHoose December 21, 2018Roma is Netflix’s first real Oscar contender and was suppose to be one of the best movies of the year. But to me it was not the one of the best movies of the year. It’s about a Mexican family in the 1970’s and their live in maids. The film is directed by Alfonso Cuarón who is a great director. I think the hype and the expectations ruined the over all quality for me.

This movie is not for the casual movie watcher. The movie is slow, in black and white, and you have to read subtitles. The typical Friends and Office only Netflix subscribers should not watch this movie. Also this movie is over 2 hours long and it feels longer.

Positives
This movie has some of the best cinematography of the entire year. Roma is just overall a beauty film. It’s amazing how beautiful he made the film when shooting in black and white. I enjoyed all of the performances and thought that they did a good job. There really wasn’t any performances that I didn’t like. But I don’t think they any of the performances will win an Oscar. The final act of the film is my favorite part. It was extremely well done but it took to long to get to the end product.

Middle of the road

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the script. I think it held back some of the performances. I didn’t hate the script but I wasn’t in love with it. I just thought that it was okay.

Negatives

I was bored during the majority of the film until the final act. I don’t know that if I will watch it again. It just takes to long to get interesting and for me to get invested into the movie. I’m fine with slow movies but this movie was almost to slow for me. If I didn’t love the final scene of the movie then I would give it a much lower rating.


Rating: 6.5/10

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