Review of Looper (2012) by Guiffre — 28 Sep 2012
In short, this is not a bad film it is just not a very good one. The first twenty minutes of the film had me completely engorged by it's style, understated tone and intriguing if not completely original plot line.
By it's second act, however, it begins to run out of steam. It becomes distracted by sub plots that are never realized and characters that lose their initial promise of depth. By the end of the film I felt like I was deprived of the breath of fresh air it could have been had it managed to focus more on its core characters, central story lines and themes.
Instead it asks the audience for the all to generous courtesy of ignoring its plot holes, shallow characters and abrupt and underwhelming ending. Given the critics and audience response especially, I was mostly unimpressed.
Save it for a rainy day when your Netflix queue feels stale.
This review of Looper (2012) was written by Guiffre on 28 Sep 2012.
Looper has generally received very positive reviews.
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