Sunday, October 14, 2018

Bad Times At The El Royal

Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman & Cynthia Erivo
The Movie Slut had a love/hate/love relationship with this Coen Brothers-meet-Quentin Tarantino movie.

She loved the first and last thirds of the flick. In the middle, she contemplated walking out.

The story revolves around seven strangers who arrive at a run-down hotel on the California/Nevada border. They share one thing in common. They all have dark pasts. Except maybe John Hamm, who's a federal agent investigating who knows what? Hamm is the only actor with a comic edge in the movie and MS thinks it would have benefited if others were equally quirky.

Still in the end, it all comes together quite beautifully, and is greatly enriched by the soulful performance of Cynthia Erivo, a British singer, actress, and Tony Award winner. Also in the excellent cast: Jeff Bridges, Dakota Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth.

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