Thought it was really good.

This was awesome

Wife and I enjoyed the film last night. Had me curious all the way to the end

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The first 30-40 minutes or so are a little goofy, and the whole thing is more subdued than I was expecting, as the trailer seemed to promise a bit more pep and hijinks. IMO, overall, it's not quite as good as the reviews are making it out to be, and the professor asides almost feel like a different movie

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I saw it last night. It was "alright."

The quote above reminding me of a '80's movie called "Something Wild" starring Jeff Daniels, Medoly Griffith, and Ray Loilta. It starts out as a comedy and turns a bit dark halfway through.

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I was a little afraid they were going to go The Last Seduction route and make him a horny naif, but was pleasantly surprised he wasn't taken advantage of despite his taking advantage.

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Not to mention it was shot in Texas and is inspired by a true story/Texas Monthly article wherein "a hit man meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities."

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Wanted to film in Houston but Louisiana offered tax incentives that Texas did not.

https://www.businessinsider.com/hit-man-houston-to-new-orleans-because-tax-incentives-2024-6

I think the early, overly rave reviews were due mostly to two factors...

1) Most of the initial reactions were from Sundance, where the film first premiered, and festival reactions almost always over do it in the hype department. There's just a certain buzz in the theater, the cast and filmmakers are all there, and often it's the first time anyone's laid eyes on any footage from the film. No one's seen any trailers, or has been exposed to months of marketing, so it's all incredibly fresh and exciting. Also, we're all watching this one from our couches, and I bet it does play better with a packed, engaged audience.

2) It's a dark(ish) comedy for adults, which is an increasingly rare experience these days, featuring an exciting, up-and-coming movie star in Glenn Powell. It's kind of like when two parents, after having a newborn, go on their first date in months, and even an average meal at a good restaurant feels like the greatest night/experience ever, simply because they're out and alone and doing something normal again. In other words, I think film nerds were simply starving for something like this, and thus overhyped it in the process.

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If you like Linklater films then you will like this movie.
I thought it was really fun

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I'm not quite sure I agree, at least for myself. Linklater is my favorite director but this doesn't feel anything like a Linklater film outside of the philosophy portions, although even that felt a bit ham-fisted and disjointed from the rest of the movie.

I separate his films (as I'm sure most of his fans do) into "slice of life" and "traditional story" categories. And among his traditional story movies, I'd rank this near or at the bottom (with School of Rock and Bernie at the top). That's not to say it's bad, it's just not great.

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So you liked it?

More like indifferent to it.

Watched this one last evening. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Ending was kinda meh. Good acting, though. Good script. Adria Arjona was smoking hot.

Linklater is so damned consistent. Dude doesn't miss. Fun movie, my favorite of this summer so far.

Just finished watching and loved it.

Just watched it. I thought it was really good and entertaining! What a fun movie!

I thought it was damn entertaining. I have not seen any trailers or anything, and so I expected it to be ANOTHER movie about some dude going John Wick on everybody. I was pleasantly surprised that it was nothing like that. I especially like the cat and mouse game between Glen Powell and that slimy cop.

I'm also always on the lookout for when a movie defames a real life dude. But this movie right at the end said "except murder, we made that up." I'm glad they did that.

I went and read up on the real guy. I guess in real life, he did talk a lady out of killing her abusive husband, instead he convinced her to run away and start a new life. He didn't date her, though. Honestly, I feel like that's what a good cop should do. If you can convince the person to not go through with the contract, without arresting them, that's the best case scenario.

Watched it last night, didn't love it. Second act was so slow, and I felt like the ending was kind of anticlimactic. One of those where you're surprised that it's the end of the movie because it feels like there should be more.

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I just started watching this but the Patrick Bateman impression is ****ing spot on

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thank you for reminding me! I meant to comment on that but a lot happened after he did it.

I was worried about the moral message-

but if you hang around to the credits it makes everything okay.

Powell did a great job with the acting in different characters

her ex should never be in a movie- he was apocryphal.

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I was worried about the moral message-

but if you hang around to the credits it makes everything okay.

Powell did a great job with the acting in different characters

her ex should never be in a movie- he was apocryphal.

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You talking about where they said they made the murder part up? Or something else?

Very very meh. Love Linklater but I'm not completely sure what to make of it. I didn't dislike it, but it also left so much to be desired. That ass on Adria Arjona tho...

I too would kill for her

I thought she was super sketchy and it never really decided to dispel any of that. Kinda ambiguous weird ending.