The 40-Year-Old Version (2020)
The 40-Year-Old version is a New York comedy about a down-on-her-luck playwright who thinks the only way she can salvage her voice as an artist is to become a rapper...at 40 (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Radha Blank
Written By: Radha Blank
Starring: Reed Birney, Welker White, Imani Lewis, Antonio Ortiz, Peggy J. Scott, Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Haskiri Velazquez, T.J. Atoms, Oswin Benjamin
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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The 40-Year-Old Version belongs to 12 collections
1. Female Directors (collaborative: moderated by djross - 90 stars)
2. Directorial debut (collaborative: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
3. New York (collaborative: moderated by djross - 10 stars)
4. Black Cinema (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 7 stars)
5. Director/star combination (collaborative: moderated by djross - 6 stars)
6. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
7. Black Women Filmmakers (collaborative: moderated by anacaona - 4 stars)
8. Movies with Black leads (collaborative: moderated by PerryStroika - 3 stars)
9. African-American protagonist (collaborative: moderated by Moribunny - 3 stars)
10. Netflix Sverige (collaborative: moderated by Jakobostgren - 1 star)
11. The AV Club's 25 Best Films of 2020 (public: TychoCelchuu)
12. Films Watched 2021 (public: knoroz)
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| Sep 04, 2022 |  |
christof | 88 89th |
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The line "this ain't dangerous minds..." had me in stitches and after that I was totally sold. Rap culture is often about authenticity (which is why there are never any cover versions in the genre, right?) and Radha explores and satirizes the impossibility of striving for authenticity in equal measure, and its hilarious!
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| Aug 05, 2021 |  |
Darren | 68 46th |
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Not as corny as some would have you believe but definitely not as profound as most would lead you to believe. It has a couple decent jokes.
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| Jul 26, 2021 |  |
Seethruskin | 4 52nd |
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Charming enough if a little on the nose and simplistic. The black and white photography does nothing for me. Reviews harkening to Allen and Spike makes sense wrt it being an authentic piece of New York storytelling. Unlike them, she needs to work a lot more on the visual element.
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| Jul 21, 2021 |  |
glumpy_99 | 73 42nd |
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Overlong, uneven character study is too forced and didactic, leaning heavily into "woke" tropes, but is almost compensated by Blank's impressive multi-hyphenate work - as a performer, she delivers a pleasingly relaxed and likable performance, while her direction reflects a fresh and vibrant take on the backstage/artistic struggle (the B&W cinematography is outstanding). With some tightening, and more subtle writing, this could have been great - and hopefully serves as a marker of things to come.
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| Feb 26, 2021 |  |
AAAutin | 40 29th |
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"I heard it from the hallwaythat shit was corny."
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| Jan 29, 2021 |  |
peyrin | 60 32nd |
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Had a fair bit of secondhand cringe watching this. Some of it seemed intentional, others not so much.
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| Jan 17, 2021 |  |
bof | 78 77th |
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How the hell can you be "authentic", whatever that means? How do you tell a story about yourself without making it about those you're telling it to? And why would they listen? Well, because it's both funny and clever and dodges a lot of holes lesser movies would stumble into. Might be slightly overlong, but even those bits are there to tell a story.
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| Jan 11, 2021 | Malcym | 6 55th |
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It misses the mark at times and could have used some trimming, but Blank is a charismatic and naturally funny centre and there is plenty of charm and sharp observation to balance out the longueurs.
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| Oct 21, 2020 |  |
psim | 82 82nd |
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This was really good! Funny, insightful, and filmed in a very nice black and white.
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| Average Percentile 58.03% from 88 Ratings |  |