Review of Café Society (2016) by Rossi163 — 15 Jan 2017

I was appalled at how bad this movie was. After the first 30 minutes I knew it wasn't going to get any better and it only got worse. Nothing but a pretentious Hollywood writer's puff piece...the kind of film that those involved in the creation of it are all too self aware and smug in their "prose". It was beautifully shot, and every scene was a visual work of art, but nothing in this film rang true. The performances were superficial and phony, the storyline was lame and uninspiring, and I didn't care a rat's ass about any of the characters. Not one. Jesse Eisenberg displays talent, but he plays the exact same character in every film in which he appears. The hunch-backed, neurotic, talk-y, jew. I can't stand him anymore. Why does he keep getting cast?

And the really grating aspect of this farce of a "serious" film is that they somehow were able to render Kristen Stewart as bland and visually unappealing.