Review of The French Dispatch (2021) by Rmckay — 06 Mar 2022
A great return to form in my opinion with Wes. With films like Darjeeling and Grand Budapest, it felt like Wes was more focused on aesthetic than compelling story and characters, and had just become a caricature.
This film doesn't stray from the now neo-classic Wes look, but broken down into vignettes, it allows for multiple stories which is totally what saves this film. Before you get consumed by Wes-isms, the story changes, and each one has it's own flavor.
If Wes continues to make films look the way they do, I might advise that he keeps going with the vignette format, because it truly paid off in this, what I consider a very formidable and fun comeback film.
His best since The Life Aquatic if we're only doing live action. Best since Fantastic Mr. Fox if including animations. The cameos weren't rubbed in one's face too hard. It all added up to quite the fun time without any of the contrived Wes-isms of the recent past.
This review of The French Dispatch (2021) was written by Rmckay on 06 March 2022.
The French Dispatch has generally received positive reviews.
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