Sunday, 11 May 2025

Nonnas (2025 Stephen Chbosky)

Chbosky has two broadcasters in his name - HBO and Sky - what does that tell us? I don't know, but there must be something wrong with the way Netflix is streaming its content - there's no way Florian Ballhaus would have shot something so dark and murky that in places you just can't see what you're looking at.

A fairly predictable film, based on a true restaurant in Staten Island where nonnas do the cooking (shown at the end).

Vince Vaughan is the restaurateur, and the nonnas are an unrecognisable Lorraine Bracco, Brenda Vaccaro (Death Weekend / The House By the Lake), Talia Shire and Susan Sarandon, who, despite their differences, become blah blah.

So it was OK despite vision problems, quite entertaining but predictable. With Joe Manganiello, Linda Cardellini (that stupid Dead To Me thing), Drea de Matteo, Campbell Scott (the food critic, Big Night appropriately enough).

The car magically comes back at the end. Yeah.

Liz Maccie wrote it. Google thinks Stanley Tucci is in it, for some reason (maybe the Big Night connection). Edited by Anne McCabe.

Is this what cinematography now looks like or is it the way Netflix is streaming it?


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