The Laundromat

Netflix | Release Date: September 27, 2019

5.5	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 68 Ratings

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eagleeyevikingOct 21, 2019

While "The Laundromat" starts at the right foot, it soon devolves into a wildly disjointed mashup of unrelated scenes.

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amheretojudgeOct 19, 2019

A heist? More like robbing you in front of your eyes. And by you, I mean you. Reading this.

The Laundromat The director Steven Soderberg is famous for sugar coating a bitter script into a magical bean. That's sort of his resume. He directs.A heist? More like robbing you in front of your eyes. And by you, I mean you. Reading this.

The Laundromat

The director Steven Soderberg is famous for sugar coating a bitter script into a magical bean. That's sort of his resume. He directs. And just as some famous directors (only directors) he relies, obviously, a lot on the writer. Unfortunately, tonight's not the night for Soderberg. That is not an excuse or defend for the director. I am not lawyer-ing for him, since he chose to work on the script with a big star in his pockets. I am defending him for I am with him, completely on his work. Usually while reading a script, something clicks and you see those words in a certain way. Hopefully, no one has ever seen.

Now you want to put your personal spin on that storyline and characters that will hook the audience lickety split. And if I was in his seat, I would too struggle a lot to hone this based-on-real-events crisis. But then maybe that's why he is Soderberg and I am.. Anyhoo, this brings back to where we started. The film doesn't stay true to anything. It never reaches the "Oh! This is that kind of a film" moment. And when it does and it does, late, right before the last act. It is clearly too late.

Despite well edited so called "small talks" and hilarious scenarios, the film doesn't capture the humor as it needed to. It is referred to, as being a wannabe Adam McKay's The Big Short, but it actually isn't. McKay's bibliography might as well be thrown out since it's not going to be useful for anyone but him. His unique touch is not Midas but a McKay's touch. The gold that Soderberg digs here had a wrong map, motivation and might I dare, even the hosts. And I mean, every actor present in The Laundromat.… Expand

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FilmreactiviewOct 18, 2019

THE LAUNDROMAT
Unfocused plot execution makes it a mess!
Release October 18th, 2019 on Netflix Audience REACTIONS at its North American PREMIERE:

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BHBarryOct 24, 2019

“The Laundromat” stars Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas and a host of other “A List” actors in cameo roles that I’m sure all of them wish they had never filled.
This movie, written by Scott Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh,“The Laundromat” stars Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas and a host of other “A List” actors in cameo roles that I’m sure all of them wish they had never filled.
This movie, written by Scott Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh, is simply not a good film and ranks among Ms. Streep’s lowest endeavors, almost equaling her disasterous participation in Mamma Mia (except here at least she doesn’t sing).
In an unnecessary and very patronizing narrative, Messrs. Oldman and Banderas talk and walk us through the film as they explain to the audience the basics of economics and the skill of creating and maintaining off shore corporate entities. Mr. Oldman in particular, portraying a German born lawyer with a bad hairpiece, is an annoying distraction as he wanders in and out of the accent he has so much difficulty in trying to maintain. Both Mr. Oldman's make-up person and dialect coach should have been replaced since neither did their job well. This, coupled with so many other flaws, adds to the viewer’s general discomfort. To make matter worse, there are many inconsistencies and plot problems in the film all supporting the fact that it simply does not work. I give the film a rating of 4.0 and suggest that the writer and director “clean up” their act (pun intended).
Since the film is concurrently being exhibited both on Netflix and theatrically, I suggest streaming it in order to save lots of time and expense.… Expand