Movie Reviews in Five Dotpoints or Less - Part VIII

Before Sunrise (1995)

8.1/10 on IMDb
100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Chloe's thoughts: Signed, sealed and recommended by Chloe
Watch it if you: Like romance without all the cheesy cliches; Want something to watch on a sad and rainy day; Don't mind feeling a bit sad/empty after watching this

Ethan Hawke is super cute in this

The writing was great; the film had a lot of amazing dialogue and I also fell in love with the poem that was written

The actors were so convincing and natural, I felt like I was actually just following two strangers who were talking for the first time; every thing about how they moved their hands, how they laughed, and how they spoke made it seem ad-libbed

Linklater also did a great job at directing; there were a lot of amazing long takes, which just solidified how amazing the actors were at making the dialogue so natural (I am a sucker for long takes; have a long take in a film and I will most likely like it)

Overall it was a good film with an interesting premise and it was done really well


Before Sunset (2004)

8.0/10 on IMDb
95% on Rotten Tomatoes

Chloe's thoughts: Signed, sealed and recommended by Chloe
Watch it if you: Liked the first film; Want to feel even sadder than you did with the first movie

Even more heartbreaking

Ethan Hawke still looking great

Julie Delpy also looks really great here

The acting is still amazing with the natural dialogue and long takes you love from the first film; it also engages you in some really genuine and philosophical conversations

Better than the first one


San Andreas (2015)

6.2/10 on IMDb
50% on Rotten Tomatoes

Chloe's thoughts: Low-energy entertainment
Watch it if you: Like the Rock; Find amusement in watching disaster movies so you can poke a bit of fun at them

Isn't it funny that this film on an earthquake along the San Andreas fault stars Dwayne Johnson? (You know... because he's The Rock and earthquakes are just moving rocks?)

Jokes aside this was an alright film for some mindless entertainment

To me it just didn't make sense that he kind of neglected his job for the sake of his family; like I know in reality that is understandable, but not once did they really have a scene of his boss telling him like, "Yo where you at there's like 500 people here who need help?"

But in the end, it's just a blockbuster film made for entertainment, so who cares about that stuff


The Intern (2015)

7.2/10 on IMDb
60% on Rotten Tomatoes

Chloe's thoughts: Low-energy entertainment
Watch it if you: Want to watch a fun chick-flick that's not the same as your usual sappy romance; Like Anne Hathaway; Like Robert De Niro; Have your girl friends over and are thinking of watching something light

Robert De Niro stars as a retired and bored man who stumbles across the opportunity to kill some of his spare time by joining an internship at a company led by a young and ambitious boss, played by Anne Hathaway

It's a pretty interesting and light-hearted comedy; the premise is unique and it's not a Rom-com, but more like a... friend-com?

The (platonic) chemistry between Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro was pretty great, and even though it was not a serious film you could still see how great Anne Hathaway is as an actor

So I would say this is actually an enjoyable time if you're thinking of watching it maybe with a few friends during a chicks night in or something

The only huge issue was that there was one sequence that was just so ridiculous and unnecessary in the film (if you watch the film, you'd know what scene I'm talking about - it is 100% cringe-worthy ridiculous)