Review of By the Sea (2015) by The3Academysins — 13 Nov 2016
When I first saw the trailer for "By the Sea" I was excited to see this movie! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in a hard hitting drama? AND Jolie is directing and writing? Sign me up! I expected an extremely personal narrative about a married couple going through a rough patch.
Instead, I got an embarrassing mess. Jolie tries WAY to hard to mimic the ennui that French art films are known for. What she fails to realize is that ennui DRIVES the action, whereas in By The Sea, it kills the story.
The plot is laughably easy to guess. The pacing makes this two hour lifetime drama feel like four hours. The color palette is atrocious and incredibly ugly to look at. Who was Jolie trying to impress in making this movie? Why was this movie made? Was Brad Pitt high the entire time it was filming? WHY WAS THIS MOVIE MADE? No wonder Brangelina fell apart two months after this was released.
This review of By the Sea (2015) was written by The3Academysins on 13 Nov 2016.
By the Sea has generally received mixed reviews.
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