The Beach Bum (2019)
A rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules. (imdb)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Switzerland, UK, USA
Directed By: Harmony Korine
Written By: Harmony Korine
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Martin Lawrence, Isla Fisher, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill, Stefania LaVie Owen
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The Beach Bum belongs to 6 collections
1. boobs (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 43 stars)
2. Drug Films (public: moderated by Spunkie - 12 stars)
3. Writers and writing (public: moderated by djross - 6 stars)
4. Feel Good Movies (public: moderated by Midaso - 5 stars)
5. -On My Radar (public: moderated by KasperL - 1 star)
6. 2019 (private: sproost)
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| Aug 17 |  |
plynthe | 90 60% |
| Aug 15 |  |
meliorism | 65 35% |
| Aug 14 | vesuvius | 78 76% |
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| Aug 14 | Kadaise | 85 59% |
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| Aug 14 |  |
CHOICECOD | 40 5% |
| Aug 13 |  |
FrancoZero | 16 85% |
| Aug 13 | skydog | 85 75% |
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| Aug 12 | areoharewhy | 6 54% |
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| Aug 12 |  |
PianoSama | 65 44% |
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Does it make any sense? Not really. Should it work? With its narrative inconsistencies, one-note characters, and protagonist who never learns his lesson and never grows at all, no. No it should not. & in some ways, it doesn't work. But in others, it somehow does. Not nearly as awful as you might expect, it features solid performances by a very talented (& star-studded) cast, some enjoyable moments, and a few genuine laughs. It's just out-there enough to be worth a watch, but it's no classic.
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| Aug 12 |  |
Grouchy | 63 18% |
| Aug 12 |  |
coolcoolcool | 74 35% |
| Aug 12 |  |
WWallce4prez | 80 70% |
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Harmony Korine has slowly crept his way into becoming a pretty stellar filmmaker. The pieces were all there before, but they were so dirty it was often hard to decipher. Let's be clear, Moondog is also dirty, but Korine's brightly colored photography distracts from it. This is aggressively 2019.
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| Aug 12 |  |
sebby | 70 68% |
| Aug 12 | lang95 | 26 4% |
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| Aug 11 | sandman248 | 90 81% |
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| Aug 11 |  |
silent disco | 95 96% |
| Aug 11 |  |
Not-the-One | 4 20% |
| Aug 11 |  |
NhanLa | 73 65% |
| Aug 10 |  |
Guernica | 77 89% |
| Aug 09 | ethsings72 | 85 77% |
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| Aug 09 | 10kfilms | 43 38% |
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| Aug 09 |  |
filmaffinity | 58 39% |
| Aug 09 | knives | 82 84% |
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| Aug 07 |  |
Mehmet Mert | 80 66% |
| Aug 07 |  |
jagarnyfiken | 71 60% |
| Aug 07 | Y6cNYf | 80 % |
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| Aug 05 |  |
CinematicESP | 73 21% |
| Aug 04 |  |
korbenPL | 33 26% |
| Aug 01 | awolff1990 | 95 96% |
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| Aug 01 |  |
Icarus | 60 27% |
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Two questions: 1) Would a documentary about McConaughey's life look much different from this? 2) Isn't this Korine's exploration of his own artistic process and ethos a la Fellini's 8 1/2? I watched his appearances on Letterman again after I finished this--so much about Moondog seems manifest in Korine's (public) persona.
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| Jul 31 |  |
DMCrimson | 78 48% |
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“This shit only grows in an isolated pond in Jamaica”
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| Jul 31 |  |
sproost | 45 18% |
| Jul 30 | damil | 60 43% |
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This was more or less what I expected from Korine. It fits in well with his other films, and especially Spring Breakers. I had a fairly good time with it. I didn’t expect too much from it, and that’s what I got. I though it was well shot, and it was funny, and the performances from McConaughey, Efron and Lawrence were all great. So, yeah, even though it felt familiar being from Korine, it still felt fresh and unlike most films out there, especially ones starring big Hollywood actors.
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| Jul 28 |  |
outTake | 50 9% |
| Jul 25 |  |
tom20 | 80 71% |
| Jul 25 | merderein | 75 37% |
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| Jul 25 |  |
Asm Nabil | 50 14% |
| Jul 25 | bones_r | 40 6% |
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| Jul 24 |  |
feublo | 85 77% |
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Should be a routine to watch this weekly, specifically at the end of the week.
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| Jul 24 | kjones77 | 30 2% |
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| Jul 22 | elhenzo | 89 43% |
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| Jul 22 |  |
Torgils | 86 77% |
| Jul 19 | Philosofem | 74 60% |
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| Jul 19 | slatenf | 77 50% |
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| Jul 16 |  |
Judo Koala | 75 56% |
| Jul 16 | josefknecht | 65 78% |
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| Jul 09 | CrazyJim9380 | 84 82% |
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| Jul 08 |  |
deaddilly | 90 94% |
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Harmony's 8½
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| Jul 05 | Delek | 90 20% |
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| Jul 05 |  |
punpun | 53 20% |
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I want back to the real Harmony.
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| Jul 05 |  |
kendell | 4 19% |
| Jul 05 | AchwellFoley | 49 32% |
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| Jul 03 | seenmany | 69 18% |
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| Jul 01 | samada.gray | 72 44% |
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| Jun 29 |  |
Licio | 65 4% |
| Jun 29 |  |
christof | 88 89% |
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Transcendent nihilism that evolves into profound and rich allegory, plus Snoop Dog.
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| Jun 28 | Scene_It | 6 59% |
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| Jun 27 |  |
muratkrks | 70 59% |
| Jun 27 | Crusty | 8 54% |
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| Jun 26 | Krafty | 80 53% |
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| Jun 26 |  |
Daisoujou | 80 60% |
| Jun 26 |  |
emreco | 55 7% |
| Jun 25 | CiEmPank | 52 18% |
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| Jun 24 |  |
pirsu | 55 19% |
| Jun 22 | Letterdief | 78 45% |
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| Jun 22 |  |
Iamdwg | 59 16% |
| Jun 22 | danialinho | 70 71% |
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| Jun 21 |  |
IDYmilkshake | 75 75% |
| Jun 21 |  |
paah | 80 83% |
| Jun 20 |  |
capodelnulla | 60 40% |
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mcconaughey harika.
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| Jun 20 |  |
xinet | 40 27% |
| Jun 19 |  |
PDM.82 | 59 10% |
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Matthew McConaughey is the life of the party in Harmony Korine's "The Beach Bum". It's just too bad the rest of the movie is a real bummer. Korine's stoner character study is interesting at first but gets old really quick. McConaughey is Moondog, a role unlike any other he's ever played. There's only so many times you can put up with Moondog, a very unlikeable character. The cast is good with memorable performances by Jonah Hill, Snoop Dog, Zac Efron and Martin Lawrence.
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| Jun 19 | am4 | 75 51% |
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| Jun 18 |  |
daniel | 25 35% |
| Jun 18 |  |
Mikadzuki | 62 36% |
| Jun 18 |  |
fat!h | 60 41% |
| Jun 18 |  |
Archeologian | 65 51% |
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I've been anticipating something like this, and not surprised to hear it from Korine. Kind of like a feature length MTV styled fever-montage; there's no straight exposition, it comes across as bits and pieces in an expert arrangement. Which further sounds to me like Neon Demon, if it was a stoner comedy. I'm not satisfied that Korine has pushed any further from Spring Breakers, and this feels like another - fluffier and less inconoclastic - movie from the same world.
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| Jun 18 |  |
Yiannos | 60 43% |
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Arguably both a continuation and a refutation of Spring Breakers. Korine focuses on an aging slacker rather than young college kids, but there is no obvious critical dimension, as if he is rebelling against the interpretations of Spring Breakers that positioned it as social critique. This appears to valorise the life of its slacker character, played well by McConaughey. The possibility that it might be a commentary on the freedom that charm and wealth affords cannot be ruled out entirely though.
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| Jun 17 |  |
Bown | 87 84% |
| Jun 17 |  |
Vokalbum | 50 18% |
| Jun 16 |  |
JohnSandwich | 85 90% |
| Jun 16 |  |
M_A | 72 65% |
| Jun 15 | Nacho353 | 40 36% |
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| Jun 15 |  |
I am prowler | 57 37% |
| Jun 15 | TheBreather | 70 46% |
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| Jun 15 |  |
guvolefou | 60 21% |
| Jun 14 |  |
Uatu | 2 40% |
| Jun 14 | CatScandal | 73 76% |
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| Jun 12 |  |
Kebapche | 50 10% |
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Great cinematography and style, the same like "Spring Breakers" (which I loved), but still a pointless and ridicilous movie. You haven't lived if you haven't had a 'Moondog' friend at least for a while, but c'mon hedonism is overrated, selfish and stupid ! ... unless you are talented hack like Moondog
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| Jun 12 |  |
eb_mohsen_ | 81 66% |
| Jun 11 |  |
neurophate | 54 22% |
| Jun 10 | bizort | 85 89% |
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A gorgeous movie about the burnout guy you see in every coastal bar in Florida but portrayed as a mad genius... and it works. Matthew McConaughey absolutely nails it as this creature and should garner Best Actor consideration for it, but won't. The story is unpredictable but not manic. The side characters are not very well acted, and you kind of don't care much about them as a result and that's a bit of a downer. The whole thing feels like a dream, much like Spring Breakers.
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| Jun 10 |  |
buddhalou | 70 52% |
| Jun 10 |  |
comepelicula | 30 12% |
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Style over substance
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| Jun 10 |  |
knuth | 75 64% |
| Jun 09 | Cronos | 60 58% |
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| Jun 09 |  |
Darkling | 65 52% |
| Jun 08 |  |
Iconoclast | 77 75% |
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fzycow | 80 32% |
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FreddieQuell | 93 94% |
| Jun 08 | craziballr | 71 59% |
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| Jun 08 |  |
moss piglet | 7 81% |
| Jun 07 |  |
AFK (afksinemada.com) | 9 93% |
| Jun 07 | lp_hakensen | 87 71% |
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| Jun 07 |  |
b4con | 90 84% |
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scott.mcc | 50 17% |
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skinnylegend | 53 30% |
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kate_p | 80 75% |
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HKi | 45 7% |
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ibodirector | 80 83% |
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xmoffx | 3 42% |
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jackgretz | 86 43% |
| May 05 | YBkZGB | 87 46% |
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bridggedale | 76 60% |
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Stewball | 10 1% |
| May 03 | judeclapton | 7 38% |
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hulot | 80 80% |
| May 02 | bmmello | 71 29% |
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| Apr 28 |  |
peyrin | 85 88% |
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The best part of being rich is you can be horrible to people and they just have to take it
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| Apr 27 | lethias | 90 92% |
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Stoner comedy? Hedonistic, nihilistic art movie with fun elements in it? Not sure, but even though it lacks identity and that it sometimes looks half of the movie was improvised, movie has quite some charm. Story is poor, but it has great characters and madhouse-like scenes. Very likable, especially if you appreciate eccentric, off the planet people and their 'another dimension' acts. This is what you get when you put a Beatnik in a 2019 Hollywood movie. High rating because theme talks to my h
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| Apr 27 |  |
tracy | 6 64% |
| Apr 22 |  |
frederic_g54 | 6 35% |
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The best Asylum movie ever made.
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| Apr 20 |  |
igormachete | 28 2% |
| Apr 18 |  |
Karr | 70 22% |
| Apr 17 |  |
avgcrtckr | 59 63% |
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JakeAesthete | 27 27% |
| Apr 13 | bITs4R | 72 10% |
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| Apr 12 | Old_Spriggan | 65 25% |
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| Apr 11 |  |
MetaCritic2 | 55 34% |
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fakesenator | 91 91% |
| Apr 11 | mattnawrocki | 80 71% |
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| Apr 10 | Averman004 | 80 69% |
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| Apr 10 |  |
STFUDonny | 8 78% |
| Apr 10 | bigoomp | 10 20% |
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| Apr 09 |  |
JimiAntiloop | 80 69% |
| Apr 09 | xacviant | 80 54% |
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| Apr 08 |  |
bad_juice | 75 94% |
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TraverseTown | 65 56% |
| Apr 07 | impossible | 83 83% |
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| Apr 07 |  |
kuzronk | 70 76% |
| Apr 07 |  |
medium pizza | 90 87% |
| Apr 05 |  |
Alex Watkins | 5 91% |
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Korine imbues The Beach Bum with a poetic sense of pathos that belies the fact that it is nonetheless as pure a stoner comedy as exists. His various ethos ("there is beauty in all shit," and "to accomplish greatness, live life like a criminal") are exemplified utterly by Moondog's uncompromising, yet typically harmless, hedonism. He seems like the flip-side of the Spring Breakers leads, having washed up on the wrong side of a lot of hard living, without it having dulled his spirit even slightly.
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| Apr 04 |  |
Ocelot | 80 89% |
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"you know what I like the most about being rich?" the drifter as a grifter. more than anything, this reminded me of Homer's Enemy. Moondog is Homer, and everyone outside of his orbit is Frank Grimes. the mythos of the "free spirit" is pulled back, and though there is some level of admiration for the Good Time Ethos, this movie isn't subtle about what kind of person the title character is, and that he isn't punished for it might alienate a lot of people. it is also very, very funny.
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| Apr 04 |  |
Moribunny | 78 87% |
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Harmony Korine re-demonstrates his capacity to go all-out with a fantasy, this time with a more well-defined main character. And it's an incredibly colorful (and at the same time - dark) character, splendidly realized by McConaughey. It's also quite funny, probably Korine's funniest movie.
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| Apr 04 |  |
Hofschneider | 64 21% |
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A failure. Because it lacks the melancholic gesture and social fundament of Spring Breakers to create the disturbing and emotional disconnection to the world. Here, we are suppose to enjoy the nihilism because we tell ourselves that we know that it's nihilism. In Spring Breakers the enjoyment came first and we were surprised to find sadness within us, our taste and values. Basically, it feels like Korine gave up on the world. Before the Beach Bum, he just pretended he had done that.
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| Apr 03 | dracular | 30 12% |
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| Apr 03 |  |
Merc | 75 62% |
| Apr 02 |  |
FancyMike | 4 57% |
| Apr 02 | Midaso | 5 48% |
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| Apr 01 | estragon | 60 52% |
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| Apr 01 |  |
inmate | 90 93% |
| Apr 01 |  |
EricDSnider2 | 75 25% |
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TrixRabbi | 86 91% |
| Apr 01 |  |
Roz | 80 65% |
| Mar 31 | shanebarlow3 | 63 39% |
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| Mar 31 |  |
natebarrios | 80 83% |
| Mar 30 |  |
Darren | 93 93% |
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Jesus already died for our sins
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| Mar 30 |  |
Dumptruk4Lif | 100 98% |
| Mar 30 | blucthulhu | 80 79% |
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| Mar 30 |  |
Seethruskin | 6 94% |
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It probably has less to say (ugh) than something like Gummo or Spring Breakers. There’s less in your face poetic moments than like Mister Lonely but there’s some top quality, very Korine esque moments in this (destroying his house, the whole wedding scene, the scene where moondog skateboards with the homeless people, Zac Efron!!!!, etc) Loved all the scenes set to the Cure. Also, The fireworks scenes at the wedding was definitely giving me nu-malick vibes for sure. Exceeded my expectations
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| Mar 30 | skb2933 | 60 19% |
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| Mar 30 |  |
wokelstein | 98 97% |
| Mar 29 | filmcricket | 53 39% |
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| Mar 29 | GFoster | 62 60% |
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| Mar 29 |  |
Obdurate | 100 99% |
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Korine didn't let up here. It is one thing to make a stoner comedy, it is another to completely lean into it as hard as he did here. Whether it's the acting (McConaughey is brilliant but everyone is a joy), the dialogue, the music or the way it looks, it's awesome. Korine again perfectly realized his vision of something with breezy, intoxicating kinetic energy. This has some great laughs, even has some heart, but ultimately it is what Moondog wanted from life: a hell of a lot of fun.
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| Mar 29 |  |
Warren | 84 73% |
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This continues many of the same things Korine played with in Spring Breakers: a genuine love and nostalgia for trashy hedonism, the Malick-esque intuitive editing and of course the gorgeously shot weed-filtered shimmer of Florida dusk. There's not quite as much to dig into here (this is more or less just a stoner comedy) but I'm just so happy that Korine's been able to carve out his niche and populate it with genuine movie stars willing to follow his bizarre muse to the ends of the earth.
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| Mar 26 |  |
wetwillies | 80 35% |
| Mar 26 |  |
Detox | 85 78% |
| Mar 25 |  |
Argion21 | 86 85% |
| Mar 23 | eliasm | 54 10% |
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| Mar 22 |  |
thewire | 93 94% |
| Mar 18 |  |
tenant | 35 23% |
| Mar 10 |  |
Actionberg | 90 92% |
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Beautiful, sugary concentrated chaos. Comedies don't usually get the benefit of the iconic, poetic imagery that permeates this film, nor do such images often appear so hilarious. In a film where every supporting character vibrantly competes to top one another, Martin Lawrence steals the show. In terms of legacy, once the recency bias wears away, I feel fairly confident this will remain the best stoner comedy ever.
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| Average Percentile 52.95% from 173 Ratings |  |
