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HerickDienerFeb 19, 2022

"Licorice Pizza" é um compilado de cenas irreais e caóticas que causam vergonha alheia ou um sorriso de canto.

E apesar de soar fresh todo o tempo e de sua interessante reta final carregada de drama, o filme ainda parece uma montanha russa"Licorice Pizza" é um compilado de cenas irreais e caóticas que causam vergonha alheia ou um sorriso de canto.

E apesar de soar fresh todo o tempo e de sua interessante reta final carregada de drama, o filme ainda parece uma montanha russa em movimento que nunca chega a lugar algum. É até cômico ver os críticos se desdobrando para chamar de perfeição mais um filme do superestimado Paul Thomas Anderson, que há muito tempo não chega sequer perto do que foi o ótimo "There Will Be Blood".… Expand

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benjanzenFeb 28, 2022

Licorice Pizza was not really for me. The aimless and often plotless nature of this film felt off-putting and strange, and I was never able to fully get invested in the story, nor the characters. It's really well helmed by PTA, creating anLicorice Pizza was not really for me. The aimless and often plotless nature of this film felt off-putting and strange, and I was never able to fully get invested in the story, nor the characters. It's really well helmed by PTA, creating an authentic and raw 70s world that was fun to be immersed in, but I kept being pulled out of the story by some of the plot decisions. I do believe that this was PTA's intention, it just didn't really work for me!… Expand

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everettFeb 15, 2022

Who are these people, and why should I care about them? This isn't "young love," either; it's an inappropriate relationship, and if the genders were reversed, it would be seen as a much more problematic issue. Why isn't it here? Is PaulWho are these people, and why should I care about them? This isn't "young love," either; it's an inappropriate relationship, and if the genders were reversed, it would be seen as a much more problematic issue. Why isn't it here? Is Paul Thomas Anderson pulling a fast one on us? Is he the one laughing, at everyone who's looking the other way and falling all over this film because of his reputation? That kind of dynamic is worth examining.

I barely managed to get through it. Despite all the running these two protagonists did, it was very slow! And the female lead was so difficult to root for, so unlikable. I just don't understand the adulation for this film; if an unknown director/writer had come up with it, I wonder if it ever would've been made. The joke's on us, I'm afraid.… Expand

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MarkHReviewsJan 14, 2022

In the initial scene of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” fifteen-year-old Greg (Cooper Hoffman, son of frequent Anderson collaboration Phillip Seymour Hoffman) meets mid-20s Alana (Alana Haim). She is an assistant for the companyIn the initial scene of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” fifteen-year-old Greg (Cooper Hoffman, son of frequent Anderson collaboration Phillip Seymour Hoffman) meets mid-20s Alana (Alana Haim). She is an assistant for the company taking school pictures on site. He is immediately smitten. They create a quirky connection. Alana is intrigued because Greg has been a child actor on an “Eight is Enough”-style sitcom (featuring a profane Christine Ebersole as the matriarch). Alana acts as chaperone for a trip to New York City, then follows Greg into a series of business ventures and receives his help when pursuing her own acting ambitions. The setting is familiar territory for Anderson – the early 1970s in the San Fernando Valley, a Los Angeles suburb dominated by the porn industry and populated by middle-class families who long for Hollywood and Beverly Hills but can’t seem to make their way there. In several of Anderson’s previous films, this time and place have been used to explore the dark side of suburbia and themes like loneliness and alienation. Here, Anderson offers a lighter touch. His only apparent point in this coming-of-age tale is that first love can be exhilarating and exasperating.

Act One of the film, which centers on the burgeoning friendship/relationship between Alana and Greg, is charming. When it focuses on the rapid-fire banter, sarcasm, incessant teasing and the growing chemistry between the two, this film is endearing and fascinating. Unfortunately, the final two-thirds of the film are a series of unrelated digressions that offer an homage to ‘70s Hollywood, while doing nothing to tell us more about Greg, Alana or their relationship. When trying out for a movie role, Alana captures the attention of a motorcycle-riding William Holden character (Sean Penn), deftly renamed Jack Holden. While selling waterbeds, Greg and Alana meet Jon Peters (real guy, played by Bradley Cooper), a borderline psychotic hairstylist/movie producer and then-boyfriend of Barbra Streisand. Alana works as a volunteer for a closeted city councilman (one of the Safdie brothers) who is filled with vague, idealistic goals for his constituents but has no shred of sympathy for his gay companion. It’s a time and place Tarantino has already covered, much more effectively, in “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood.”

As first-timers, Hoffman and Haim are both appealing. Some of Hoffman’s facial expressions and mannerisms are wistfully reminiscent of his father. Haim compellingly vacillates between coltish late adolescence to burgeoning young adulthood.

Anderson’s impeccable scene composition and unusual camera angles are on full display here. But the film, while kinder and gentler than his frenetic earlier work, has chosen to substitute random vignettes over a meaningful storyline or actual character development. Because of its technical excellence, it’s a film that critics adore. But for regular moviegoers, “Licorice Pizza” lives up to its name – an unusual set of ingredients that leave an odd aftertaste.… Expand

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JayQuirozDec 26, 2021

Look it's shot very well and acted but that's about it. I hated every character one way or another, the story was non existent and boring, and I can kinda forgive that.. but this is one of the most uncomfortable and plain wrong movies you'llLook it's shot very well and acted but that's about it. I hated every character one way or another, the story was non existent and boring, and I can kinda forgive that.. but this is one of the most uncomfortable and plain wrong movies you'll ever see. Gary is 15 and Alana is 25 (maybe 28 but it's not confirmed) and throughout the whole movie a romance is building between two toxic and horrible people and by the end the finale is simply undeserved and almost demands audiences to love it and cheer and yet all I can think is "... He's 15"

And that's just it, I can forgive some movie sins but glorifying pedophilia? I draw the line there, I regret ever watching this. I give it a 4 because it truly is masterfully made and acted and there is some entertainment here but the negatives definitely outweigh the positives.… Expand

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davidsonmoviesDec 29, 2021

First PTA movie that disappointed me. -cringey WTAF moments played for comedy or character context that fall flat (gay stereotype scene; multiple scenes with a purposefully, painfully bad and racist Japanese accent). -two unsympathetic leadFirst PTA movie that disappointed me. -cringey WTAF moments played for comedy or character context that fall flat (gay stereotype scene; multiple scenes with a purposefully, painfully bad and racist Japanese accent). -two unsympathetic lead characters
-languid pace let down by weird editing and multiple scenes where people are just..running?
-flip the genders: would you like a movie of a 25-29 year-old man pursuing a 15-year-old girl?

The whole thing is pointless. If it is illustrate first love, this story is so idiosyncratic and strange it's hard to relate with at all let alone be emblematic of most budding romances in a person's teens.… Expand

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SamiIsidorioJan 4, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Im sad, awlful film, PTA foi trevas aqui viu. O tom leve do filme funciona mas a história é um tanro básica.… Expand

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ScraperMar 6, 2022

I was a little confused why the characters were made to be so grating. As if they were defying you to like them. They kept each other at arms length the whole time as if they knew no one else could stand them. And I can't explain whyI was a little confused why the characters were made to be so grating. As if they were defying you to like them. They kept each other at arms length the whole time as if they knew no one else could stand them. And I can't explain why sometimes I like characters like that and why I didn't this time. Maybe because they were never self-effacing in their faults or were enriched by any back story. This movie will win awards because the awards people ignored PTA's awesome stuff. This will be a make-good.… Expand

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JunoCalaminoNov 28, 2021

A very unimpressive film depicting the dysfunctional relationship between a 15 year old and a 25 year old. A Screenplay devoid of any emotion, Paul Thomas Anderson’s oeuvre this time let's him down.

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AvuvuDennisNov 27, 2021

Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza left me somewhat starved. Expertly crafted yet felt like an auteur version of Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird. The characters left me cold, and as beautiful as the script is, I wanted more.

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NightCheeseDec 6, 2021

PTA continues his run as the most overrated director of his generation. Cooper Hoffman is one note and extremely unlikable.

The production design is a 10/10, but the rest is just boring. I always want to like his movies, but for the mostPTA continues his run as the most overrated director of his generation. Cooper Hoffman is one note and extremely unlikable.

The production design is a 10/10, but the rest is just boring. I always want to like his movies, but for the most part they are just not good.… Expand

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DinesVermataNov 28, 2021

A meandering attempt at portraying first love that leaves you frustrated and wanting more. The characters feel manufactured with no backstory, no real sense that the audience should care about them or what they are doing.

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EludiumQ36Mar 9, 2022

"Licorice Pizza" is a coming of age story set in 1973's Los Angeles-Encino. A pudgy, pimply-faced yet over-confident 15 year old Gary Valentine falls for a barely average looking 25 year old year-book photog. She's firm that they can't be a"Licorice Pizza" is a coming of age story set in 1973's Los Angeles-Encino. A pudgy, pimply-faced yet over-confident 15 year old Gary Valentine falls for a barely average looking 25 year old year-book photog. She's firm that they can't be a thing and his many, many attempts to impress her enough fuels the film's 2hrs. Look it's not a bad film but it's a low-budget affair that in yester-year would be straight-to-video. Some will love the authenticity of the moment, the attraction between two unlikely unattractives. Alana Haim as Alana Kane is new to mainstream Hollywood but her very plain looks and equiv acting won't advance her from this. This is Cooper Hoffman's first film credit and would've fit in well in the '80s "Porky's".… Expand