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ryano1076

Surprisingly entertaining. Like watching a play on screen. Great short story and execution.

7 months 2 weeks ago

Earring72

GREAT cast in this fantastic short based on Roald Dahl story. Visually striking

7 months 1 week ago

If the only thing Netflix still is useful for these days is bringing us four exclusive Wes Anderson short films back to back, of which this first one is of featurette length and marvelous, well then - they are still damn useful.
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7 months 2 weeks ago

Siskoid

Wes Anderson returns to Roald Dahl with The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (and three other tales), and not by half. These shorts (Henry Sugar at 40 minutes, the rest at under 18, one wonders why they weren't combined into an anthology film) seem to be Dahl's stories verbatim, which is to say narrated (by Ralph Fiennes as Dahl, and then various characters) word-for-word, even as the action unfolds. Henry Sugar - the story of a rich gambler who tries to teach himself clairvoyance - has direct lineage with The Grand Budapest Hotel, being a story within a story within a story within, yep, another story. Impeccable production design create a world of stagecraft. The strong cast speak in a mile-a-minute deadpan (the actors are reused in different roles over the several shorts, adding to this theatricality). And while I can't be sure if this would work as full-length feature - it's a full meal as it is, so that might answer my previous question about anthologies - it's one of my favorite things Anderson has done. Which is something I've said of EVERY ONE of his movies, except Asteroid City, so good on him for sneaking it in the same year.

7 months 2 weeks ago

heat_

Theatre play style of visuals are kind of entertaining. Can be a watch for a mild, vagabond movie time.

6 months ago