Essential Exhibition
5.5
2022
1 hr 42 min
Documentary
An independent documentary about the unprecedented struggles of movie theaters and the film industry as a whole during the COVID-19 pandemic
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- Cast：
- M. David Mullen
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Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
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It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
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The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
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While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
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