Get in losers, we're going to the movies.

My name is Ellie. I'm a transgender woman. I came out when I was 24. I'm 26 now. I still don't know who I really am. Just trying to figure it out.

I really connected with the final scenes of this movie. Margot Robbie's Barbie more or less meeting GOD and that god saying "I'm just the creator. I can't control you." And then Barbie taking the leap, and becoming something she…

Sundance 2022 #25

I'm an trans, ace lesbian. I figured out the ace part at 20. The trans lesbian part at 24.

This film was...immensely frustrating. It makes not wanting sex seem wrong, childish. Maybe even stupid. And it isn't. It's completely okay. Shit, it's okay to be both ace and a lesbian ! I'm both!

It's okay to be aroace! It would have made for a more interesting movie.

The film totally nails the sensation of feeling like you…

"There's an emotional gap."

Very rarely does a film outright acknowledge its biggest problem. For most of the runtime, The Phoencian Scheme lacks the soul and wit that is so immediately present in much of Wes Anderson's work. The first hour instead feels like both cast and director are both going through the motions, as if the film was an obligation. Even Scarlett Johansson, so driven in Asteroid City, seems bored.

The film eventually finds its soul and wit in…