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| title | date | draft | rating | imdb | image | summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The French Dispatch | 2022-08-17T17:18:04+09:00 | false | 5 | 7.2 | https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmQxZTNiODYtNzBhYy00MzVlLWJlN2UtNTc4YWZjMDIwMmEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_SX300.jpg | A new film from Wes Anderson styled after a magazine |
Synopsis
The french dispatch follows several different stories and perspectives surrounding the authors of a magazine based in kansas, but about a small town in France. The film is framed in sections similar to how a magazine like The New Yorker is divided and each section is stylistically different from the last to reflect the style of the author.
Review
I found this movie very charming. I am a sucker for Wes Anderson films and this, like The Grand Budapest Hotel, strikes a perfect cord with me both stylistically and substantively. The movie is very funny without many outright spoken jokes. It is visually pleasing in the standard Wes Anderson way. Each individual story is also engaging and the binding narrative about the death of the magazine's editor pulls things together just well enough that the movie as a whole feels coherent.
Recommendation
I would recommend this to anyone who is already a Wes Anderson fan, but I wouldn't necessarily suggest this if you are new to Wes Anderson. It is very stylized and if you don't like the style you would hate the film. It also has a lot of absurdist humor which is not for everyone. As my rating reflects, I really enjoyed this film so it gets a general recommendation from me as long as you consider my hesitations about style. I think I might recommend watching another Wes Anderson film first and then, if you liked that, watch this one next!