Tangerine

sean baker is fucking great at making films so real and authentic, and the final, man… 10/10

incredibly funny, wildly entertaining, and strangely endearing. a multitude of stories from absurd city-dwelling characters of all walks of life, shot on iphone with off-putting electronic music and absurdly strong cinematography. an early success from genius sean baker

Such a perfect Christmas movie. It was so fun. Not the best start but that’s why I’ve been “watching” it for months. I’m so glad I finished it

My new fav Christmas movie

4/5

I feel much the same about this film as I do The Florida Project - a deeply personal story filled with a bunch of entirely unlikeable characters.

I know not every character in a film needs to be liked, but I hated all of them. They’re all utterly obnoxious, as a result leaving the whole film feeling tedious. You can say the same about Anora I suppose, but there it feels far more balanced with likeable moments, and importantly comedy. Comedy which was lacking here in every way, I think it was meant to be - but perhaps it’s just not my humour.

Big fan of the whole aesthetic, being shot on a phone, the colour grading etc. it all looks incredibly unique and stylised. Music choices worked often also which was great. I came to like it toward the end, but everything that came before was too uninviting.