u/Mundane-Inspector-52

My goodness that was a really good movie. Robert Aramayo absolutely deserved that BAFTA win and honestly kinda deserved to be nominated for an Oscar as well. This movie had me laughing, crying, and at times, quite tense, especially during any scene where John was out in public by himself or meeting someone for the first time. On a side note, Maxine Peake deserved just as much recognition as Robert for her portrayal of his "2nd mother" Dottie. All in all, this film was funny, sad, and very educational.

This was definitely the most fun I've had at the movies by far this month. I won't go into spoilers but there were a lot of surprises that I didn't expect in this one. The acting was pretty great all around and the story, while somewhat conventional, was still really fun and entertaining. So I was honestly a little surprised to see it only has a 65% on Rotten Tomatoes and checking the official discussion of r/movies, I was a little surprised to see that a lot of people were saying they found it disappointing. I feel like maybe I watched a different movie than everyone else. I just thought it was a great time.

His performance in Pig is very good and in my opinion, quite different from anything else he's done. He gives a much more subdued and quiet performance than his usual work. Sure there are a few moments where he gets loud and his Cageism comes out but it's few and far between. I think he would have been a much better nomination than Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos or even the winner of that year, Will Smith in King Richard.

I thought, on a technical viewpoint, the movie looked great. The cinematography, the editing, the score and soundtrack, and the acting were all very well done. The problem I had was with basically everything else. Beyond the barebones plot of a major popstar reuniting with her former stylist to create a new dress, nothing else in this film made any sense to me whatsoever. I don't know if I'm just stupid or what but I genuinely don't know what this movie was trying to say, if it was trying to say anything at all. I feel like a lot of this film was supposed to be a metaphor for something, but what exactly that is, I couldn't tell you. And unfortunately, as a result, I found the film visually nice but otherwise dreadfully boring. It almost came across as pretentious in a way. Which is a shame because I had been looking forward to this one.