At the Video Store
NR
7.2
2019
1 hr 12 min
Documentary
Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape.
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- Cast:
- Bill Hader , John Waters , Gus Van Sant , Todd Haynes , Abel Ferrara , Alex Ross Perry , Thelma Schoonmaker
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Reviews
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
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Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
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All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
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One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
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