A House of Dynamite

I liked the rhetoric; if this happened, nobody would really have any idea what to do. There are not “adults” in the room or stalwart protectors who have it all figured out. No gods, only men. The ending still feels like a huge blue ball after retelling us the same story 5 times. I recognize the ending drives the point home, unmitigated uncertainty is all we’d have in this situation. But also a verbal “what the fuck” from everyone else in the room told me I wasn’t alone in my general dissatisfaction. Not bad, kinda wished I’d watched something else though if I’m honest.

Great build up..but to what? I won’t lie I might just be the wrong audience for this I will completely accept that. Honestly “meh” might be too harsh because I was gripped for a solid 30 minutes. It’s just that the movie replays the same scenario from different perspectives but still attempts to build the tension on the stuff we have already seen. Then like I said it leads to nothing, there is no pay off, it’s like anti Chekhov.

I was completely absorbed, and when it suddenly ended..well, I was still picking my jaw up off the floor. The film builds tension through every character, only to leave us with unanswered questions that hit harder than any explosion. Performances are fantastic and perfectly cast.

Weak ending

Riveting for about half of the movie. Kept my attention all the way through but did find it a bit repetitive

It’s very well made with great production value, but it just felt like a massive tease with no payoff. A slight restructure to bring some finality in the 3rd act would’ve made the movie a lot better.