6/18/2023 0 Comments Serenity movie reviewsFrom his very first scene Jason Clarke astounds with his hammy, over-the-top acting as Frank. We have the collected performances of two Oscar winners, two Oscar nominees and Clarke, a generally good actor, all attempting to outdo each other for who can be the worst. It's hard not to laugh at Serenity even before we learn 'the shocking truth' about the story. As such, we all kind of don't need to bother with anything in Serenity as it has done itself in by revealing what it thought was brilliant but is really laughable. Once we are led to 'the truth', Knight makes the curious decision to plug away at the A plot when the B plot has removed any tension or suspense. Serenity went out of its way to be idiotic on so many levels, and that's before what the film mistakes for a 'twist' that really ends up deflating what little suspense the film had. Yes, I am aware I used 'nonsense/nonsensical' three times in one sentence, but given how whacked out writer/director Stephen Knight was in both departments, why not throw in more nonsense? It's curious that if not for this 'twist' Serenity could have been a hoot, a collection of nonsensical pseudo-noir nonsense that twists itself into more nonsense. Elsewhere's series finale and tried to shape this blob into a psychological thriller. The best way to describe Serenity is as if someone attempted to combined The Truman Show, The Matrix, Lost and St. When Dill asks Miller who he is, he replies, "I am The Rules", and from here, Serenity manages not just to go way off the deep end but to become more incoherent and idiotic, not to mention insulting and apparently trivializing very serious issues involving spousal & child abuse as well as child killers. Eventually he does, introducing himself as Reid Miller (Jeremy Strong). She offers him $10 million to lure him to the Serenity and get him to sleep with the fishes.Īs Dill equivocates on this, there is a mysterious man forever trying to find Dill. She tells Dill/John that her current husband, Frank Zariakas (Jason Clarke) has been violently beating both her and Patrick (Rafael Sayegh), her and Dill's son. He also is forever chasing his Minor Dick, a large tuna named 'Justice', and in his down-time he drinks and screws Constance (Diane Lane) while occasionally yelling at Duke (Djimon Hounsou), his second mate.Įnter femme fatale Karen (Anne Hathaway), his ex-wife whom she calls 'John'. With that, my enjoyment crashed faster than Serenity at the box office.īaker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) scrapes a living in bucolic Plymouth Island hiring out his boat, Serenity, to fishermen. However, as I thought about its 'twist', I became angered that such a serious subject as domestic abuse could be used as so much filling. I was, despite how idiotic it is, disposed to not be so harsh on it, one of those 'so-bad-it's-good' flicks. Serenity is a terrible film made more terrible by the fact that it thinks its brilliant.
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