Hey! I’ve read that book. The Cloven Viscount?
The Man Without Gravity. Marco Bonfanti. 2019. ☆☆☆★★★
Fourth movie of the night!
Wow. An Italian movie? I think this is the first Italian Netlix Original? There’s a buttload of Indian ones, and a handful of Spanish, but other than that it’s mostly American.
But no, this is exactly like an Italian movie.
Hm:
If you don’t like this movie, you are a monster. The Man without Gravity is very touching and poetic.
*rowr* (Monster sounds.)
This is a cute movie, but it drags. The performances are pretty weak and the storyline isn’t really there. There’s humour, but it’s just not that funny. And it’s really difficult to buy the central character’s conundrum: OK, he has an overprotective mother, but he veers between seeming stupid and clever in a way that’s just… convenient for the plot. I just lost interest.
I realise that this is probably meant as a parable and stuff, but it’s just unbelievable. Not the flying part, but that anybody would give a fuck. “Oh yeah, he’s like the Blue Man Group. Whatever.”
But I did enjoy the last third of this movie, when it’s just simple romantic thing.
This post is part of the NFLX2019 blog series.