On Sunday, May 19th, Horizon will screen at Cannes. The bummer is having to hear all of the opinions before any of us see the movie, which can be hit or miss. Sometimes the word can be positive and the movie flatlines, or the reverse. They trash the movie and then it gets a new life when it hits the festival circuit here. They must be confident about it or they wouldn’t take the risk, I figure.
The press release:
Kevin Costner will present the first part of Horizon, An American Saga as a World Premiere, Out of Competition. This multi-episode project about the conquest of the American West is directed by Kevin Costner, who is also the co-star with Sienna Miller.
Kevin Costner has always aim to paint a portrait of America: its origins, its flaws and its legends. As we know from Dances with Wolves, the Western has become his preferred genre for expressing his political commitment to democracy and the environment.
“I’d like to thank the Festival de Cannes for including my film Horizon, An American Saga in this year’s selection,” says Kevin Costner. “It’s been 20 years since I’ve had the pleasure of being on the Croisette. I’ve been waiting for the right time to return and I’m proud to say that this time has come. Horizon, An American Saga is a story that began 35 years ago, and I can’t think of a better place than Cannes to reveal to the world the result of such a wonderful adventure. The French have always supported films and believed deeply in filmmaking. Just as I believe deeply in my film…”.
After forays into the Hatfields and McCoys and Yellowstone series, he returns with Horizon, An American Saga to the genre that made the heyday of American cinema for a monumental project about the cost, in terms of war and violence, of the construction and expansion of the United States of America.
Horizon, An American Saga will be released in 4 episodes over several months, starring Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Jena Malone in the lead roles.
A successful and popular actor — remember Elliott Ness in Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables — Kevin Costner got behind the camera in 1990 with Dances with Wolves, a humanist chronicle in which he plays an American Civil War soldier close to a Sioux tribe. Dances with Wolves has become a cult feature and was a critical and box-office success, winning 7 Oscars including Best Picture.
Kevin Costner continued to showcase his acting talent, constantly revealing new facets of his game: He played Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves by Kevin Reynolds (1991), Jim Garrison, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the Kennedy assassination in JFK by Oliver Stone (1991), a bodyguard on the lookout in Bodyguard by Mick Jackson (1992) and a fugitive with a big heart in A Perfect World by Clint Eastwood (1993).
Here is the trailer:
The pic opens on June 28th.
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Cowboys absolutely went out of style decades ago. I always think of that episode of The Simpsons where Bart befriends an alcoholic former western star and in the middle of showing clips it just flips to the character shooting a gun in an alleyway in the 70s and the character basically goes: “Yes, westerns went out of style and cops were all the rage”. But even in general, their popularity with a white American audience made sense approximately between the beginning of cinema (stuff like The Great Train Robbery) and the 1960s when the end of the 19th century was still a tangible and relatively recent historical time period and thus the stories felt closer to a white mainstream audience and the mythos of that era probably loomed much larger in the public imagination. I would perhaps also argue (although perhaps this is just because I’ve been watching quite a lot of John Ford movies in the past few years) that even if this was not necessarily the main source of the appeal of these movies, in certain ways the western as a genre in Hollywood was perhaps this space for murky contemplations on masculinity in a way that few other movies really offered and this kind of reflection and grappling with these ideas has a certain appeal. But you can see that by the time you have these massive studio-system follies in the 60s, you have things like The Alamo and Paint Your Wagon which prove that dumping money into westerns isn’t always going to be a great idea. Then you basically run through New Hollywood which largely ignores the genres of the musical and the western and when those directors start making movies of those two genres is when the whole thing comes crumbling down. Then you have some moderately successful westerns in the 80s and the neo-western revival of the 90s (I don’t know what the official term is but this should get at what I’m going for) which makes the western popular again for a few years while often addressing the point you make here before that fizzles out again and the western lies dormant again.
The reason why I did a brief run through the history of the western here is that I think it’s useful to write it down before I get to a bigger question. This new movie is I feel already being prepared by more right-leaning outlets to be talked about this megahit that shows the left what kinds of movies people really like and more left-leaning outlets seem to discuss this project with slight bafflement at the largeness of it and gearing up for a “it appeals to people on the left and to people on the right” narrative. In other words, it seems like everyone is hoping it will be another Top Gun: Maverick. But especially concerning what seems to be the more right-leaning interest in this movie, what is the point when the western suddenly became this thing that is sacred and what is the type of western these people are hoping Costner will make? Is it just that Yellowstone seems to hold that place culturally in terms of TV (although even there I’d note that Taylor Sheridan has always seemed more right-wing-leaning than Costner’s previous directorial output)? Is it some notion of masculinity that they think the western fundamentally upholds (in my head I hear Tony Soprano yelling “Gary Cooper, the strong and silent type”)? Is it specific movies of the past or a romanticism of some kind of “true American life”? Is it that people criticize the old westerns for representational issues and thus the people who are against “wokeness” just have embraced the entirety of the western in the way they seem to embrace anyone who claims they’ve been “cancelled”?
Okay, now I’m interested.
There is a rumor that the entire saga hinges upon a lengthy, wild west chili and milkshake eating contest so you may have to prepare yourself
Yeah same, Crash is a fine looking film, the problem with it is when the characters open their mouths.
oh, I agree. I was just kind of comparing it to Parasite, Anatomy and Zone which all got huge boosts from Cannes.
Sometimes I just type too quickly!
Thank you for your time to give me explanation! I remember now that person announced that he would block me. I did not block him. He has saved me the effort.
Rather than middling, that particular film seems to have got both raves and very negative reviews. And that stuff is good for Oscar nominations – what matters is the passion, not how many hate your film.
Maybe you blocked Azzmaetrix or something? 🙂
It’s the trailer for ‘Fly Me to the Moon’.
LOL. Please don’t tell me she is the nutcracker.
imo Cowboy movies went out of style. The ones I saw, they are always the same. This is not to say the older ones are no good because I watched them to see why they were popular. They had their attractions. I only mean to say that Americans should by now have enough movies that make them feel alright about killing the millions of indigenous.
I looked up about this cast of the Horizons movie. You can see it for yourself. It stars 9000 white people and one indigenous man. Some will think I am lying. I can show the facts.
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She’s a charming little ballerina named Abigail. You’ll hear a lot about her in 10 days.
LOL. You have a style of cruelty that I come here looking for.
What trailer is it? Who else sees this *content unavailable** of your screens? Why is Italy not allowed to see it? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6dac9eb39a5485a33d3a9f086a39a060907388bb18495b3ee5111dc056c4a5a2.jpg
OMG what is it?
I haven’t seen the filmmakers’ other work, but the humour in this trailer feels very much not my cup of tea. ScarJo can get Oscars with something better.
The worst offender on that front had to be The Crown, which always felt like it was somewhat tastelessly betting on the Queen dying before the show finishes.
I understand. I kinda feel the same way. But nonetheless there was something real tender about this one and elevated by the performances. This is definitely the best of the bunch. But as a friend told me today, a biopic shouldn’t be made until at least 20 years after the subjects death …
I’m glad you liked it!
Aside from that one single BAFTA nom, has J. Michael Muro ever been nominated for anything else, ever? Like, for anything?
Has Paul Haggis ever won anything else? Like, ever?
Haggis could not even win the court case against the woman he raped, am I right?
(No need to remind anyone that Brokeback Mountain won the BAFTA for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay that year.)
In order to have been Oscar-nominated for Crash, Munro’s work would have needed to be better than:
Memoirs of a Geisha, Dion Beebe
Batman Begins, Wally Pfister
Brokeback Mountain, Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck, Robert Elswit
The New World, Emmanuel Lubezki
But it wasn’t, so that’s why he didn’t get nominated.
His cinematography looks meh and pedestrian to me.
I once made this play on words and I’ll keep doing it until somebody laughs, or at least smirks.
Crash looks like a episode of Law & Order: SUV
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I genuinely can’t deal with this onslaught of BR-esque musical biopics, regardless of quality. It can’t fizzle out soon enough. Try to make something original, people!
I think J. Michael Muro’s cinematography is one of the best aspects of Crash – alongside the direction of Paul Haggis.
Muro got nominated by BAFTA that season, and should have been nominated at the Oscars as well.
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The film was shot by J. Michael Muro. The cinematographer of the Oscar winning “Crash”…!
Oh. Well then. That explains why it’s lit like Season 2 of Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman.
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“Described as a two-part event, the film is scheduled to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2024, with Chapters 1 and 2 scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on June 28, 2024 and August 16, 2024, respectively, by Warner Bros. Pictures.”
Both parts will be eligible for the 2024 Oscars consideration, then.
p.s. The film was shot by J. Michael Muro. The cinematographer of the Oscar winning “Crash”…!
ahaha!
I can’t think how to phrase what else I’m thinking.
Something something basting the cream-filled muffins…
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She’s coming to rule the box office.
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Be amusing if she had met a cataclysmic end in all her movies. She could’ve become an 80s legend as the live action Kenny.
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Good thing this “Mary” character had access to unlimited make-up. It wouldn’t be a realistic depiction of life on the frontier if there wasn’t unlimited make-up.
But I think for foreign films it’s becoming a near essential part of the equation. Look at a film like Triangle of Sadness that got middling reviews here in the US. And yet it got nominated. Most foreign films need spectacular reviews for a BP nomination. But Cannes can be that push to lead the pack.
it actually was used to apply anti-biotics on women of a certain occupation
Best Costner Movie = No Way Out.
If only to see what’s her name get her just desserts when she has an unfortunate collision with a coffee table.
errr..OSCARS GALOR HERE! ..for MOST dramatic return for real life ‘bad boy’? (err..NOT Martin Lawrence.. the ‘other guy’ ;))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0sR29RPgHA
still looks awesome! love the concept for latest upocming chapter of Bad Boys!
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add ‘FLY ME TO THE MOON’ as serious potential oscar contender here could be Johansson’s longf overdue chance for a oscar win? for change been while really high quality looks like and light hearted yet true story of story within the story of iconic famous moon landing ! who exicted for this?
ok i in a ‘mindblowing mood’ in spirit inspired by sheer quality majestic cast in Horizon: an American Saga, i present to you (ONLY IN A PARALLEL ALTERNATE MULTIVERSE UNIVERSE STRICTLY ) the ALTERNATE proposed cast courtesy of AI generation of THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY AND wow that WOULD BE A CAST for ALL TIME “ONE CLUSTER OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES ENSEMBLE TO’ RULE THEM ALL’ EY? :p
IT a roll call of Hollywood royalty in this alternate ‘multiverse’ parallel to reality for lord of the rings trilogy ey?> by question i have for you all is which of these extraordinary hollywood A+ lister actors is most suited to ALTERNATE role to what PEter Jackson cast (honestly looking back i never EVER have changed any of his castiong choices for a split millisecond! who would?) but for the fun of it..
which in THIS ALTERNATE casting proposal for Lord of the Rings is best suited actor or actress for the role their playing?
my pick? gee it damn bloody tough:
WILEM DAFOE AS SMEGAL/GOLLUM i not think actor more suited in his astonishing talents for frrekish eery/ creepy/ friuendly / deceptive nature of Gollum /smeagol but doesnt he look the paRT MADE FOR THAT role i reckon! thoughts? whgich one in this below trailer is best suited actor/actress relative to the role their given? choose ONE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQHKGiSpDUs
ps: THAT A TREMENDOUS compliment to willem defoe acting capabilities by the way!
OK uhhm I so taken a back in light my live research now into scope of it and the intimate powerful moments in the trailer alone … this everyone is SERIOUSLY CINEMATIC and in terms of release strategy redefining IF ( as deserves to ) is successful smash hit !! But I was distracted following seeing the trailer so much so I FORGOT :O:O whether or not I let cat out for his garden morning run ! Had stop and think. Thrn light bulbs moment went off in my head ‘ oh yes I did’
Last time i so profoundly blown away from cinematic trailer was ( surprise surprise) Avengers: Endgame.. but this TOTALLY TOTALLY different level of ambition if anything this proves beybd doubt success or not film studios hunger for BIGGER not smaller cinematic projects ( clearly Hollywood didn’t get the Cord Jefferson memo on that one via his Oscars speech at all!) …
In fact since turn of the Millenium we had seismic shift to cinematic snd release ambition approaches by film studios started fittingly with mighty all conquering Lord of the Rings trilogy like this:
1. 2001-2003 THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY
2. 2001-2008 or 9? The hugely successful 9 part Harry Potter saga
3. NOLANS mega ambitious epic evolutionary DARK KNIGHT SAGA took batman origins legend to unprecedented epic level!
4. Overlapping wirh batman begins was
I think 2005’s iron Man and multi faceted sprawling enormously successful series films interwoven narrative if mcu from Iron MaN to Endgame to 2019??
5. Dune duology epic saga 2021- (atm) 2024 ( at this stage given huge success Dune Messiah is certainty so will oscar wait till pt III before it dominates oscars??)
Now… we have totally hit it out ENTIRE MULTI LEVEL STADIUM EARTH SHATTERING SHATTER ALL PRECONCEPTIONS in Costners HORIZON… my G-D simply breathtaking no people despite smattering if smaller more obscure films as oscar contenders in contrast to justified prominence if big studio big films = mega huge pay off.. it cos surely surely! Inclusion of Horizon : An American Saga that this year’s oscar lineup contenders be featuring thankfully biggest finest of big Hollywood studios we witnessed in our lifetimes well beyond 2021″s crop aet bar realky high but this is ultra high stuff …
We talking about 2 part release one each momth this year (all told bout est 5.5 hrs of film for one story across 2 films in ONE YEAR and pre – planned goal by Costner admirably wirh mega risk course has be acknowledged eso IF pt 1and 2 don’t fire at the box office , then maybe? Pt 3 and 4 won’t happen?
Given sheer budgetary cost of all 4 parts but beyond release to encompass all dramatic iconic events and capture it and timing at time film goers just thankfully and studios rediscovered during passion post pandemic for genuine big screen original ambitious cinematic stories go beyond woke / anti woke gesturing notion..to simply tell great hardly ever or Def in Costners case NEVER BEFORE told stories in their entirety… to cover such scope to capture the key moments in film reflects on high and lows of early American expansionism borne out of American West it timely it necessary and I have confidence it more likely thsn not gonna be gamble pays off..and frankly thsnk goodness New Line Cinema is involved in conjunction wirh Warner Bros on this project cos project like this ABSOLUTELY requires right balance of precision and creative freedom in hos Costner shoots presents sincere truthful historic key moments ..I lobe juxtaposition as showcased in this unforgettable trailer pf yelling story through eyes yes primarily white American family but so much more thsn that through perspective of other tribes, natives, etc.. bit of Killers if Flower Moon meets Dances wirh Wolves and Unforgiven perhaps ?
Like wow! I also learnt ut first tine Costner has writing credit to his name I stunned by that.. shamefully I not seen Yellowstone it admittedly came out at time I drowning in my own crisis ridden life I never caused or wanted where my personal crisises overshadowed timing of release back thrn of Costners Yellowstone..
But i CHANGE ALL THAT FOR SURE !! one of I argue ‘ under radar’ questions I have for u all we talk bout character actors well known and loved ( just not by oscar ..not yet ) but thst could be subject to change …cos wow..what a hell of a cast HORIZON HAS! AND I TTULY HOPE FONT MOST YOU ? THIS INNOVATIVE GAMECHANGING WESTERN TRANSCENDENT EPIC doesn’t win best picture this year ( unless if course praise and it box office profile smashes evrn studios snd public expectations in spades which case we could be looking at ‘Godfather 1 and 2’ type major oscar wins best picture repeat ).. but at conservative level I hope not until part 4 IF gets to that point let hope ot does.. thay Costner get showered with record breaking oscar haul ever! … well IF it successful AND acclaimed consistently enough…don’t underestimate evergreen Costner though…I tell you all that now ESPECIALLY with his niche in full flight here!!
But at time this year 2 character actors rose to prominence beyond what thry usually do..
Granted likes of much revered Danny Huston and Michael Rooker I think ? Are support cast in ‘ Horizon’ saga but extent of support cast role means support actor Actress roles go to whole new level given evolutionary magnitude and detail of this saga…and rh3y like Giamatti or Murphy given they started out as suppactors but ok minus murphy but Huston and Rooker are RIDICULOUSLY overdue for Oscar glory thoughts?
It’s called a ‘stache because they could stash nutritious rations of trail mix in it.
Don’t be so quick to judge!
The cinematographer shot Rush Hour 3 and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant.
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Oh wow I heard this film but my good news gracious me I had NO IDEA it lifetime project of his well look..
I just DONT see regardless it being released in Cannes this is has to be given scope the ambition , the RISK in way the film bring released the sheer magnitude I sure the love and utmost most sincere CARE to which Costner put this together while one should be mindful of trailers alone …what shown as important what is NOT.
But this really ought to be let us all hope as Costner remained the ultimate evergreen passionate already iconic western set cinema auteur of American cinema..but this really deserves be tremendous earth shaking box office phenomena..
No surprise NEW LINE CINEMA who have serious proven form in a gamble on multi part ambitious project remember just rewards and absolute globsl phenomena the at the time Hollywood’s BIGGEST EVER multi part cinematic gamble was in THE LORD OF THE RINGS?
well taking it on THEATRICAL version value ( granted bout 9.4 hrs estimated ( I should know precise totals given I seen lord of rings theatrical trilogy average of 3 times EACH chapter ) and minus the extended cuts of lord of the rings, which ( for the ( unofficial non theatrical release record, extended edition top with absolutely no disrespect in approx runtime between it 3 films of lord of the rings at just shy of 12 hrs of incredible cinematic scope for all time )..
But you gotta take at theatrical value here Costners surely surely masterpiece for the ages to be…and THIS has be said is ONE TYPE OF STORY AND SAGA along with Lord of Rings we safely say or Godfather that NEVER BE REMADE …in near or distant future given monstrous epic scope..
To cover from pre- civil to POST – civil war ages like WOW! Dune 2 I concede in light of release time frame for Horizon is by NO means certainty to sweep all HOWEVER fact that plan is staggering cinematic release record breaking 4 PARTS to Horizons film saga with 2 parts remarkably released across2 momths this year if it big hit it likely oscar likely wait till 4 part saga here..
BIGGER all going well at success level with critics that Costners alllmost certain be masterpiece to be… than Gettysburg , Gone wirh the wind and Dr.Zhivago COMBINED!!
if ironically it is huge hit won’t win this year which Def be justice for dune 2..and justice to Horizon: a American Saga as if huge success such extraordinarily detailed sprawling inspirational trailer ALONE!! It sweep all should intended 4th part come out.
But this is SERIOUSLY UNPRECEDENTED everyone to not confirmed release of story need to be as Costner has planned to tell in 4 parts over staggering 11 hrs between all 4 films to ‘ wait and see’ with pt 1 and 2 before locking in future release dates..
Who hoping this be the biggest cinematic masterpiece hit theatres since lord of the rings and gamble pays off.. key as well as to show perspective of other cultures that are integral respectfully and truthfully in event that happened pre and post civil war too ey? How hopeful are u as I am sincerely this is Costner RESURGENT here.. what film story do it in ey??
I soo impressed can’t help but be si despite bring just a film trailer I HAVE see trailer again on my 4k TV screen ! Just doesn’t do justice on mobile piasu small screen see such mammoth hopeful evrnt phenomenal epic ey?
I have said this already, but it’s worth repeating: the trailer depicts a film that is cheaply made and does not add anything new to the western genre.
I do not expect this film to be an awards player, and premiering out of competition tracks with that.
Oh PLEASE TELL ME it a cinema release HAS be when THIS epic and WATCH THIS SPACE I assume Kostner is smart enough to release this primarily in cinemas is he? It simply too big in story and concept and scope to open primarily as streaming don’t you think ?
Also thought ot was a duopoly it in fsct monstrous ( understandably 4 part ) movie cinematic release? Wow!!
Been long time coming of truly insightful epic that showcases evolution of a country particularly America in way it does .. .. no dou t Costner is master of the American Western …
But I agree Cannes by no means reliable strategy for release as we seen b3fore more films flop in public eye if Cannes ( specifically current body politic activism that control run cannes)… people outside of Cannes become increasingly cynical of Cannes reaction as NOT bring reliable barometer …for films success.
Last year Barbie and Oppenheimer gamble was not a gamble it was a MASTERSTROKE they backed their project to succeed WITHOUT festival film buzz …I sincerely hope what sure to be a Costner biggest ever American potential masterpiece is NOT gonna be another victim to Cannes overkill..
But as Mr. Meyer has rightfully pointed out too hopefully Costner film will be in the MINORITY ( lately anyway like in last decadevor so and translate into big box office not just restricted to critical acclaim and box office flop like number films through Cannes do- granted some are successful in how they translate from Cannes to broader audience but most aren’t)..in context of last decade..
But I truly hope Costners potential American masterpiece heavyweight uber evrntusl maybe? MULTI oscar WINNER.. ( maybe after pt IV? )
Actually builds momentum out of Cannes and it gamble open their before cinemas pays off.. but safer bet is to followed the Barbenheimer approach go to cinemas first.
It fantastic to see the absolutely gorgeous and equally talented Sienna Miller back on big time as un BIGGEST films she star in..
Looks damn well SENSATIONAL if you ask me MAYBE it big call to make if all comes together for Costner’s return to big time BIGGER than Dr. Zhivago? ( well least in total run time of 4 films? Let hope truly more thsn that else itl sink his waterworld as most costly sensationsl tragic flop his career !( surely not gees i hope not !)
I do know and acknowledge SOME pple love Cannes for first time long overdue i acknowledge that least I can do given 5his sote spreads beyond my preferences …HOWEVER it doesn’t change the reality thst Cannes generated LEAST as many misses for Oscar wins as HITS at the LEAST..
As Sasha says and it oh so true… film goers even insightful ones who love high brow intricate thiugh provoking stuff like Horizon, prefer NOT to hear other pples or critic reactions so publicly ..esp in this social media age where social media truly ruined more than elevated Cannes reputation publicly … I argue… broader film going public increasingly pay 0 attention to social media – film festival driven buzz last year was proof to that..
One year they got right and one was just ‘ ok’ ( shspe of waters winning year )was truly rare in last decade when Parasite went head to head with numerous nominees that keyed into festival sentiment aligning for multiple nominees ro PUBLIC box office success!! IF this can happen more , then I all for that so maybe turning point start with HORIZON ..
But film as sincere, powerful broad scope as Horizon might be too authentic for CURRENT Cannes organisers to react in a way that broader film audiences can relate to we see…I HOPE for turning point like in year JOKER became lead nominee that year out of CANNES I prefer looong overdue alignment BETWEEN CANNES SENTIMENT AND BROADER FILM AUDIENCE SENTIMENT AS I PREFER IN GENERAL NETFLIX CHOIVE OF CONTENDER TO REFLECT BROADER SUPPORT BEYOND IT MEMNERSHIP SUBSCRIBER BASE . I sincerely do..
Believe it or not..
But it should at least lend some prestige to the film, which it so far seems to have lacked (or at least I wasn’t taking it particularly seriously until now).
LOL. Here we call him Cavallo. FYI Cavallo is the same word we use for the groin of a male. You are free to make of that whatever you choose. LOL. It relates to straddle.
How did cowboys with such a mustache eat soup or drink coffee? I do not have the stomach to watch these oldtime cowboys do anything with their mouth. Including any kissing. LOL
Hopefully Megalopolis will be there also !
Always a risk to try Cannes as for every movie opening there to raves is another whose bad reactions were impossible to overcome. See which one this falls in.