![]() ![]() Reid is that curious fellow that might be confused for a butler that is seen whisking this way and that, always 20 seconds behind on getting to talk to Baker. But we’ll just to see what happens on this front. But it might be their boy, Patrick, that Baker might be swayed by the most in this equation. And so Karen needs Frank to die, and who better to make that happen than her ex-husband Baker? And so she attempts to rope him in however she can. A rich douche, but a douche all the same. Why? Because Karen’s current husband, Frank Zariakas (played by Jason Clarke, from Knight of Cups), is a total and complete douche. But along comes Karen Zariakas (Anne Hathaway), Baker’s ex to enlist him in the role of schmuck. He is even turning tricks for Constance (played by Diane Lane) to make ends meet. Then what is it? Well, McConaughey, playing the role of Baker Dill (anagram for ‘Bad Killer’, yes, seriously) is a very nearly broke fisherman. Serenity is a different movie from that entirely. You know, the kind where the schmuck thinks she’s fallen for him and they’ll live happily ever after, but doesn’t movies? Yeah, that’s the kind of movie we are talking about here. This is your standard, vengeful wife – stuck in a bad marriage, finds a poor schmuck to off her husband movie. So let’s bang out the basics of this film. There has GOT to be more to this movie than meets the eye. Which is what alerted me to a twist coming right out of the gate. It seems like a trite, kitschy, paint by numbers movie that is too cookie cutter for even Hollywood’s standards. (Including, I might add, the movie Unfaithful which Diane Lane acted it – making her part in this movie all the more mind blowing.) And that is what this movie is playing off of. There is an entire cottage industry of films, made mainly in the 90’s and early aughts that seemed to rest firmly in the noir film space. But this thing is cratering so hard, you will need to see it three times to make a difference. I just texted someone after leaving the theater and I said, “Hahaha! It was such a bad movie! And then it was so so good, and then it was so WHAT THE Bottom line, we need to encourage Hollywood to make more what the hell is happening here movies. Right – so, with that, seriously – go see this movie. Got it? (Don’t make me fire you as my best friend.) Just be sure you are going in blind to this one, OK? Which means, don’t read any further until you’ve already seen it. A very big twist that will catch you off guard. Because this movie? As it stands, is so horrible, there has to be a reason for it. And very soon after that you’ll have five possible ideas of what me going on. Let me put it to you this way, because you are a discriminating audience, you will very quickly surmise that something else is going on here. OK, well, outside of that, I just can’t say more because I do not – I repeat – DO NOT, want to spoil this gem for you. And then his ex-wife Karen (played by Hathaway, of Interstellar fame) shows up to ask Baker to kill her husband by getting him drunk and throwing him overboard. ![]() What is the spoiler free rundown? Basically, Baker Dill, a freelance fisherman, up to his ears in debt is having trouble keeping his life together. Just.wow- James Shotwell January 25, 2019 A wacky, perplexing flick that makes BOOK OF HENRY look pretty okay. What we have here is top level, batshit insane, total wtf writing that puts any m night shyamalan twist to shame. SERENITY (2019): An amazing bit of ill-conceived cinema that does not disapppoint. I will say this, this movie does have such a crazy twist to it, people on Twitter are actually just dropping everything and heading to the theater to find out what everyone is talking about. ![]() (Don’t believe me?) But, who cares, if the movie’s great…but is it? That’s why we are talking about it. So, Alessandro, thanks for bringing this movie to our attention!īut this movie definitely has some serious controversy attached to it. It’s the rare unicorn of a big budget, mindjob movie that swings for the THiNC. Why? Because Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway have somehow signed up on this crazy movie. And today I’m completely and totally blown away. ![]()
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