In other words: this movie spoke to me in a profound way, from its casually queer characters to its frank depiction of just how goddamn hard it is to commit to a personal project. And it's exhilarating to watch them work.Ĭan You Ever Forgive Me? is the ultimate hangout movie for depressed, bitter, lonely creative-types with pennies in their bank accounts and plenty of time to drink instead of write. Cruise and McQuarrie are master technicians who make the impossible look, well, easy. Sure, you ate a bison organ in an agonizing long shot – collect your damn trophy. By the time Cruise is flying a real helicopter in a death-defying aerial chase during the climax, you realize that so much "difficult" filmmaking and so much "difficult" acting is just a bunch of macho posturing. Emphasis on the literally – the tactile thrills delivered by the stunt work in this film is unmatched. But somehow, it's impossible to scoff at Mission: Impossible – Fallout, one of the most impressive action movies ever made and one of the most purely entertaining films of the cade? Ever? In director Christopher McQuarrie, leading man/daredevil psychopath Tom Cruise has found the perfect collaborator, a brainy and brawny born storyteller who delivers exposition with two fists, often while literally falling out of a plane. By now, surely it's stopped pushing whatever boundaries it once brushed against.
By now, surely it's started to repeat itself. It's easy to scoff at the sixth entry in a movie star-powered action franchise.