Review of Last Night in Soho (2021) by Calvincrack — 07 Nov 2021

I'm between a 6 and a 7 on this after one viewing. It seems like a movie that will improve upon re-viewings (as all Edgar Wright's films do). Then we will not rely on story twists for enjoyment, but enjoy the film on a scene by scene basis for what it accomplishes. The points I subtract are mainly due to flimsy plotting. I think it needed one more twist, or one more....something... to deliver that second act. 2/3 into the movie I didn't know where I was in the story, which is both a good and a bad thing; on one hand that means I was immersed and uncertain of where things would go; on the other hand it means that I felt a de-synchronized from the flow of the story.

There is a lot of cruelty in the film which caught me off guard and left me not feeling that great walking out. It's more of a straight ahead genre picture than I expected from Edgar Wright who is one of the great comic directors. I missed his satirical touch here in the writing and film. But what he does deliver is an entertaining movie, which I would still recommend to fans and non fans alike.