1. Keeper: 6.5/10. Woman knows she's a husband's side piece, but she sincerely believes he's in love with her so she tolerates it. Husband is quite convincing in his professions of love for her. They go to an idyllic cabin in the woods, things start to get weird.
I liked this movie for several reasons. It's well shot, acted, written and delivers feminist themes that don't bash you over the head. I think that even if a viewer doesn't get that these themes are present, it's still enjoyable. I'd like to discuss this more, but if anyone reading this wants to watch it, I don't want to provide spoilers. Suffice it to say that when horror delivers a message well, it can be powerful. This movie is what Men (2022) wishes it was.
The problem is that the third act feels rushed, gets muddied, and fails to stick the landing. It feels like it was edited differently and less competently than the first two acts. It's a tight 95 minutes, but this was one that could've likely been better with an extra 5-10 minutes.
2. The Brady Bunch Movie. This one gets an 8/10 for the nostalgia factor. But if a person who wasn't alive during the 70s saw it, they'd be justified in thinking it absolutely sucked. During the time it was released it was talked about a lot, but the attempt to contrast Brady values with 1995's cynicism is flat out godawful. There's only one thing way in which this was done well: the girl with the crush on Marcia and Marcia's bubblehead lack of awareness is super charming, but that's pretty much it.
I have the sequel set to watch later because I remember it being better than the first.
Overall it's a 5/10 and that's probably too generous.
