i think cooper hoffman and alana haim are brilliant in their first starring roles.it. well, no... some of that i agree with. i think the two leads, we just saw them there, are just fantastic, just fantastic. both of them. and so captivating. the first 45 minutes to an hour i was loving it. i was loving it. and then it dips in the middle and i have spoken to a lot of people who do agree with me they think it's too long and could have done with some editing and you see the fundamental problem with that central premise of a 15—year—old boy and a 25—year—old woman. who aren't having a relationship. just doesn't work. who aren't having a relationship. yeah... but i'm trying not to say anything without doing sort of plot—spoilers... it's not a plot—spoiler, it's not a plot—spoiler. she says, we are not going out. she does say that several times. she has to get him off the phone and he phones her up and doesn't talk down the phone, and that's a really scary thing to do. let me ask you a question. did you like punch—drunk love? i can't remember enough about it, i'm afraid.

i think alana haim and cooper hoffman are brilliant in their first starring roles.. some of that i agree with. i think the two leads are just fantastic. both of them. and so captivating. the first 45 minutes to an hour, i was loving it. and then it dips in the middle, and i have spoken to a lot of people who do agree with me they think it's too long and could have done with some editing. and the fundamental problem with that central premise of a 15—year—old boy and a 25—year—old woman. who are not having a relationship. who aren't having a relationship. but i'm trying not to say anything... it's not a plot spoiler. it's not. she does say that. she has to get him off the phone and he finds her up and it's a really scary thing to do. let me ask you a question. did you like punch—drunk love? i can't remember enough about it, i'm afraid. punch—drunk love is that adam sandler movie after having made magnolia, they said what will you do now and he said "i'll make a 90—minute comedy with adam sandler" and he did. it has turned out to be a marmite film — it's currently in t

and it stars cooper hoffman, who is the son of philip seymour hoffman, of course, who's worked with paulsed away. and this young, cheeky guy, gary, is 15 years old and he thinks it's a good idea to chat up a woman of 25, who is played by alana haim, so that's the basic premise is there's this kind of "will they, won't they?" unconventional friendship develops over time and it's a kind of episodic structure. as you can see, there's a lot of kind of cameos from the likes of bradley cooper. some of the characters are based on real life and some of them aren't, but there's a lot of a kind of hollywood personality in there — sean penn pops up — so it's got an unusual structure, but it's a very light touch for paul thomas anderson — i think it's one of his lighterfilms. it's one of his lighter films, but i feel really mixed about this. 0k. because that central premise of 15—year—old boy, 25—year—old woman — it just doesn't work! that doesn't work! and that central conceit doesn't work, even though there are lots of other things about the film that are terrific, particularly just the way it fee

director writer, paul thomas anderson's licorice pizza 70 said coming of age drama comedy starring cooper hoffman, the son of the late philip seymour hoffman and singer alana haim as a 15 year-old in 25 year-old respectively in a flirtation romance. it's my 5th favorite of the year. doing. >> mixed up with her at number 4, it's the netflix western drama. the power of the benedict cumberbatch kirsten dunst and newcomer kodi smit-mcphee star in the story about a domineering charismatic rancher, which is a war of intimidation. >> and his brother's new wife and her teen son the most talked about film at festivals around the world this year is the kenneth branagh directed belfast this black and white and 3 is his semi autobiographical telling of his own upbringing, terry family and friends apart and it's the violence in the northern ireland town during the 1960's and the 1970's. it's my number 3 pick for the best of 2021. and number 2, it's the steven spielberg adaptation of the classic stage and movie musical west side story. and although this is another example of moviegoers not ready yet to go to t

of a friend he was a child star and they went on to become active in a producer and it starts cooper hoffmanworks with paul thomas anderson a lot before he passed away, and this young chick he got gary is 15 years old and he thinks it's a good idea to chat up women of 25 who is here played by alana haim alana haim so the basic premise of will they want they came a conventionalfriendship premise of will they want they came a conventional friendship developing over time and it's a kind of episodic structure as you can see with a lot of cameos from the likes of bradley cooper and some of the characters are based on real life and some are not. there is a kind of hollywood personality in this, sean penn pops up, so it's got an unusual structure but it's a very light touch for paul thomas anderson i think is one of his lighter films. one of his letter feels but i feel really mixed about this because that central premise of 15—year—old boy chemically five—year limit, that this does not work. that central conceit does not work even though there are lots of other things about there are lots of other

and it stars cooper hoffman, son of philip seymour hoffman who worked with paul thomas anderson a lote likes of bradley cooper and some of the characters are based on real life and some are not. there is a kind of hollywood personality in this, sean penn pops up, so it's got an unusual structure but it's a very light touch for paul thomas anderson. i think it's one of his lighterfilms. one of his lighter films, but i feel really mixed about this because that central premise of 15—year—old boy and a 25—year—old woman — that just doesn't work. that central conceit does not work, even though there are lots of other things about the film that are terrific, particularlyjust the way it feels and the way you feel. like, i was very young in the time it was set, but you feel everything you see and read about the '70s is that you're totally back in that period. it's very vivid, but i agree it is set up as a romantic comedy but it's not romantic to me because i didn't really believe in this relationship. you can't believe in it. this plays into stalker tropes as well because this boy who is a pe