Man I loved this movie. Allejandro’s attempt st humanizing the bank customer service rep was one of my favorite scenes of the year. Right next to worm ride. Great review!
More like 1927. Actually, earlier, but that's when the short story was bundled into the "Meet Mr. Mulliner" collection. (Which is a really fun collection, even a century later.)
I really enjoyed the fantastical/sci-fi elements, because it felt that they really helped to build the world and never became gimmicky. Not easy to pull off.
Haha. It's definitely Problemista. Pretty classic Vince move to spend hours writing a glowing review of a movie, rereading it six or seven times before publishing, and then get the title wrong. That being said, the fact that it's singular in the title is sort of a play on words, which I can't fully explain without spoiling the movie a little bit.
I had the opportunity through work to see his upcoming HBO series Fantasmas and it was perfectly bizarre. Tilda is always my jam, so I look forward to checking out Problemistas.
When I saw this, the entire audience was me, my husband, one of our friends, a random dude at the back, and two older women near the front. At the end, one of the women turned to us and said, in an exasperated voice, "did you all understand that?"
Didn't like it as much as you, but it was cute, creative, Tilda was incredible, and Julio Torres is an exciting semi-new voice (I didn't watch Los Espookys, but The Actress is one of my favorite SNL sketches of the last decade). I'm happy for any movie that really remembers what it's like to struggle - the Bank of America sequence gave me a PTSD flashback.
Yep, same. I remember having like $400 of overdraft fees for like $35 of purchases to the point that when I got my next paycheck I put it in a different bank.
Man I loved this movie. Allejandro’s attempt st humanizing the bank customer service rep was one of my favorite scenes of the year. Right next to worm ride. Great review!
Been wanting to see this for a while, so great to see an enthusiastic review. Torres is hilarious in "Los Espookys".
“My name is Tako, with a K. It sounds like you’re pronouncing it with a C.”
It's an update of an old P. G. Wodehouse joke!
"Sir Jasper Finch-Farrowmere?" said Wilfred.
"ffinch-ffarrowmere," corrected the visitor, his sensitive ear detecting the capitals.
Nice pull. (I still like the Girls version better, but I bet that Wodehouse one crushed in 1957 or whatever).
More like 1927. Actually, earlier, but that's when the short story was bundled into the "Meet Mr. Mulliner" collection. (Which is a really fun collection, even a century later.)
Watched it after reading your review, loved it.
I really enjoyed the fantastical/sci-fi elements, because it felt that they really helped to build the world and never became gimmicky. Not easy to pull off.
Letterboxd and IMDb both have this as singular Problemista. Then again, I trust Vince Mancini. Am now contacting IMDb and Letterboxd to complain.
Haha. It's definitely Problemista. Pretty classic Vince move to spend hours writing a glowing review of a movie, rereading it six or seven times before publishing, and then get the title wrong. That being said, the fact that it's singular in the title is sort of a play on words, which I can't fully explain without spoiling the movie a little bit.
I had the opportunity through work to see his upcoming HBO series Fantasmas and it was perfectly bizarre. Tilda is always my jam, so I look forward to checking out Problemistas.
When I saw this, the entire audience was me, my husband, one of our friends, a random dude at the back, and two older women near the front. At the end, one of the women turned to us and said, in an exasperated voice, "did you all understand that?"
Didn't like it as much as you, but it was cute, creative, Tilda was incredible, and Julio Torres is an exciting semi-new voice (I didn't watch Los Espookys, but The Actress is one of my favorite SNL sketches of the last decade). I'm happy for any movie that really remembers what it's like to struggle - the Bank of America sequence gave me a PTSD flashback.
Yep, same. I remember having like $400 of overdraft fees for like $35 of purchases to the point that when I got my next paycheck I put it in a different bank.