Luce

Neon | Release Date: August 2, 2019

7.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 44 Ratings

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KenRSep 18, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Stylishly produced and very well acted, with the makings of ‘some’ good writing – yet somehow Luce trips over its own cleverness. There are so many ‘statements’ on life lessons, history (both modern and past) political correctness, complex relationship issues and just about anything else that could be crammed into its running time. So much so, that it seems writers/producers/director, JC Lee and Julius Onah appeared to have a little difficulty tying it all together, failing to convey a satisfactory understanding of all the issues. The situations in question are all way too serious to gloss over, deserving a far more solid resolution to justify the disturbing end results.

Naomi Watts gives her usual sterling performance as Luce’s mother and there’s excellent support from all those around her. The Music score, while interesting, at times tends to come across as overbearing. Some will say they understood all the convoluted characters and their various activities but if questioned, will probably find they missed an important thread or two. It’s also doubtful a teacher would use four-letter words when talking to a parent about their son! Some of the content is interesting, but let down by a somewhat overly open ending - that has obviously left many of its audience unsatisfied.… Expand

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lovelyltFeb 8, 2020

What a disturbing movie!! Coming from an Asian woman’s perspective, I give this movie 0 stars for its complete degradation of an Asian woman. Not only does it show how men can get away with rape but how Asian women can’t do anything about it.What a disturbing movie!! Coming from an Asian woman’s perspective, I give this movie 0 stars for its complete degradation of an Asian woman. Not only does it show how men can get away with rape but how Asian women can’t do anything about it. Completely and utterly appalled by this disgusting sexist movie. It leaves you in a very uncomfortable place and this is the kind of harmful **** that needs to disappear for good on the big screen!!! Do not watch.… Expand

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LetoAtreides82Jul 4, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The acting was great but the story is bad. By the end the force of good and there's only one good person in the movie loses out to the forces of evil. If you're evil you'd probably enjoy this movie.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariFeb 20, 2023

(Mauro Lanari)
Even in culture, art and cinema there is a difference between local and global themes: I consider the first to be nationalisms, neocolonialisms, neoimperalisms. For example, why should I be interested in everything that happens(Mauro Lanari)
Even in culture, art and cinema there is a difference between local and global themes: I consider the first to be nationalisms, neocolonialisms, neoimperalisms. For example, why should I be interested in everything that happens in the United States when some of the phenomena denounced are exclusive to them? Why should I be interested in the account of all forms of social conflict or racial issue if they are not interchangeable but follow different causal dynamics from country to country? Why should I endorse the synecdoche that any particular problem would have general value? Why should I care about Hollywood's eternal self-reflection on itself? What happened to reasoning on universal topics? Why should I be surprised and saddened if these acclaimed indie products are box office flops?… Expand

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