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title: "The French Dispatch"
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date: 2022-08-17T17:18:04+09:00
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rating: 5
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imdb: 7.2
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image: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmQxZTNiODYtNzBhYy00MzVlLWJlN2UtNTc4YWZjMDIwMmEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_SX300.jpg
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summary: "A new film from Wes Anderson styled after a magazine"
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## Synopsis
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The french dispatch follows several different stories and perspectives surrounding the authors of a magazine based in kansas, but about
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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
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stylistically different from the last to reflect the style of the author.
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## Review
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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
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me both stylistically and substantively. The movie is very funny without many outright spoken jokes. It is visually pleasing in the standard
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Wes Anderson way. Each individual story is also engaging and the binding narrative about the death of the magazine's editor pulls things
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together just well enough that the movie as a whole feels coherent.
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## Recommendation
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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.
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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.
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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
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style. I think I might recommend watching another Wes Anderson film first and then, if you liked that, watch this one next!
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