Speaker 1: All right, folks, here we are on Oscar Sunday. Last
Speaker 1: movie for you sentimental value. We got a lot to
Speaker 1: say about this one, but it has nine nominations.
Speaker 2: Robes, was this the last one we watched?
Speaker 3: This was the last one we watched?
Speaker 2: Okay?
Speaker 3: Yes, And I understand these nominations because there are so
Speaker 3: many acting nominations in this movie, and when you watch
Speaker 3: it you will understand why. So yes, nine nominations Best Picture,
Speaker 3: of course, but get this Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor,
Speaker 3: Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director,
Speaker 3: Best International Feature Film, and Best Editing. That's impressive.
Speaker 1: They have four four actors nominated in acting categories. Correct,
Speaker 1: there are only four acting categories.
Speaker 3: It's incredibly impressive.
Speaker 1: Doubled up in the Supporting actress category. And Rhodes. I
Speaker 1: don't know these actors at all. Stellin Scarsguard of course,
Speaker 1: and el Fanning that we know El Fanning?
Speaker 2: Who was I didn't recognize her?
Speaker 3: Really, Yeah, she's all grown up, you know. And in
Speaker 3: one point, at one point in the movie, she turns
Speaker 3: her hair brunette, so yes it is, but I recognized her.
Speaker 3: She's got that sweet little face we all.
Speaker 1: Know a lot, and she was really impressive in this
Speaker 1: movie as well. But scars Guard, who what do you
Speaker 1: call him? The head of a acting dinery?
Speaker 3: Or yes, he is the head of an acting dynasty.
Speaker 3: It's a really good way to put it.
Speaker 1: But I love watching him, loving in all he does.
Speaker 1: I'll never get to see him really in a lead role.
Speaker 1: He's always in a supporting actor in some way, but
Speaker 1: he is fantastic. But he leads this thing up. This
Speaker 1: one made twenty two million at the box office, not
Speaker 1: didn't do Gangbusters there And how would you will read
Speaker 1: the synopsis, but I'm just gonna put your spot and
Speaker 1: challenge you. How would you describe this movie if you
Speaker 1: had to say, what is.
Speaker 2: This movie about?
Speaker 3: It's about family trauma. It's about relationships, like fractured relationships
Speaker 3: and healing. I mean, you see the relationships between the
Speaker 3: two sisters between and each sister has a different relationship
Speaker 3: with her father, and it's and it's all messed up
Speaker 3: based on life, and you chose who he chose at
Speaker 3: different parts in his life. And then this American who
Speaker 3: comes in and her acknowledgment of just kind of pushing
Speaker 3: her way into something that maybe where she didn't belong.
Speaker 3: I feel like there was some interesting themes that were
Speaker 3: going on that could be applied in a lot of
Speaker 3: different ways. But it's it's a story about trauma and
Speaker 3: healing and love and relationships.
Speaker 2: And the way they put it.
Speaker 1: One synopsis robes an intimate exploration of family memories and
Speaker 1: the reconciliatory power of art. That nails it. And it
Speaker 1: is really really well written. After you've seen it, you go, wow,
Speaker 1: that's it. If you haven't seen it and you hear that,
Speaker 1: it doesn't tell you a whole lot.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I wouldn't understand the reconciliatory power of art, But
Speaker 3: when you understand what happens in this movie, it's really cool. Actually,
Speaker 3: I see this anopsis. This really gets into the meat
Speaker 3: of it. Yes, sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their
Speaker 3: estrange father, the charismatic Gustav, a once renowned director who
Speaker 3: offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes
Speaker 3: will be his comeback film. When Nora, his daughter, turns
Speaker 3: it down, she soon discovers he has given her part
Speaker 3: to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters
Speaker 3: must navigate their complicated relationship with their father and deal
Speaker 3: with an American star dropped right into the middle of
Speaker 3: their complex family dynamics. Yeah, that is exactly what the
Speaker 3: movie is about. And I just thought the acting, I
Speaker 3: can't say enough it was. It was remarkable. This was
Speaker 3: like a masterclass in acting.
Speaker 2: Was there any action in this movie?
Speaker 1: Now, I'm trying to think even like any type of
Speaker 1: action scene, not like an action movie type thing, but
Speaker 1: anything that was high paced or intense or anything like that.
Speaker 1: I'm saying that to think the acting you're talking about
Speaker 1: conversations carried.
Speaker 3: This entire movie in Swedish.
Speaker 1: Yes, there were not even there weren't very many situations
Speaker 1: even to figure out you're reading this whole movie about
Speaker 1: the complexities of relationship and it.
Speaker 3: Works with some red Yeah, I really Again, I forgot
Speaker 3: that I was reading subtitles and when el Fanning parts
Speaker 3: came in and she then of course they would switch
Speaker 3: over to English. I didn't even realize that it switched
Speaker 3: to English. That's so cool. So I'm watching a movie
Speaker 3: in Swedish with English subtitles and then it switches to
Speaker 3: English and I don't even know the difference between the two.
Speaker 3: I had to stop and go Oh wait, they're actually
Speaker 3: all now in English. Oh didn't even realize that was happening.
Speaker 3: I was transported into that world. That to me is
Speaker 3: a sign of a really good movie.
Speaker 1: You forget, Robes. I got lost in this movie because
Speaker 1: it was another very heavy movie with some very heavy themes,
Speaker 1: not just about dynamics of a father and his daughters,
Speaker 1: but very heavy themes of suicide, correct very heavy themes.
Speaker 3: And yeah, we forgot to point that out. That's something
Speaker 3: to actually know before you think about watching this, because
Speaker 3: that's not for everybody. But yes, and oh my goodness,
Speaker 3: there is a twist at the end.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a central theme and it's a powerful theme,
Speaker 1: and it plays throughout almost the movie, and it's central
Speaker 1: to really what is weirdly to say, the payoff at
Speaker 1: the end of this movie that is almost just gutting
Speaker 1: and beautiful.
Speaker 2: It is.
Speaker 1: It's a hell of a movie. But Robes, these converts,
Speaker 1: they I am. I am floored at the level of
Speaker 1: acting in this movie.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Same, I don't think I've seen anything quite like it.
Speaker 1: It is stunning and well, I know, my god, this
Speaker 1: I'm not taking away from anybody else's performance. I just
Speaker 1: do not understand how it's possible for an artist to
Speaker 1: produce what I saw on film.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and this is up to your points original screenplay.
Speaker 3: So this is something this came from someone's mind. And
Speaker 3: you know you're watching this as you point out a
Speaker 3: non action, really relationship conversation forward movie. That so the
Speaker 3: conversation and the emotion are what drive the energy of
Speaker 3: this movie to the end. But then there's this twist.
Speaker 3: I did not see it coming, but it was so brilliant,
Speaker 3: it was so clever, and you are actually holding your
Speaker 3: breath at at least I was at the end of.
Speaker 1: This movie really really well done. At the same time,
Speaker 1: do I say, do I consider that I did? I
Speaker 1: enjoy the movie watching experience. You're not supposed to write
Speaker 1: this is different.
Speaker 2: You weren't.
Speaker 1: Are you entertained? I was in awe of these actors.
Speaker 1: I was in awe. I do not know how they
Speaker 1: do this.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And you know another thing I would say about
Speaker 3: this movie, I was in the moment. I was not
Speaker 3: thinking about what I had to do later that day
Speaker 3: or tomorrow, or whose texts I hadn't returned. Like I
Speaker 3: was in the moment, even though and I think it's
Speaker 3: pretty cool for a movie to capture that kind of
Speaker 3: attention when you don't have bullets flying and explosions or
Speaker 3: saw a masked man on the loose, like, actually, this
Speaker 3: was just a compelling, a compelling drama.
Speaker 2: You know, it felt really quiet.
Speaker 3: It was.
Speaker 2: It was a quiet movie.
Speaker 1: It was quiet because even the actors their personalities, they
Speaker 1: aren't overwhelming, and they're not a loud They're and not
Speaker 1: even I just not allowed.
Speaker 2: They don't emokee that much.
Speaker 3: No, there's Scandinavian. Yeah, yes, it read. And the funny
Speaker 3: thing is we had just this year we for the
Speaker 3: first time, we went to Sweden, and so you kind
Speaker 3: of get a feel for the culture. So when you're
Speaker 3: watching this movie, you get it. You're like, yes, all
Speaker 3: even like looking at this set, the design, the Swedish architecture,
Speaker 3: the Swedish way of having no clutter, it was actually
Speaker 3: visually pleasing to see all of those clean lines that
Speaker 3: the Swedish are known for all incorporated in the movie.
Speaker 3: It fit with everything.
Speaker 1: But should you want you to should you skip it?
Speaker 1: I don't know if Robes and I are going to
Speaker 1: see eyed eye on this one. All right, we continue here,
Speaker 1: Robes just worry we're about to get into an argument
Speaker 1: over sentimental value. We I do not think we are
Speaker 1: sentimental value. Hour and forty two, No, scoot. This one's
Speaker 1: two hours and thirteen minutes long. This is an emotional ride.
Speaker 1: I don't think I felt Robes as some of the
Speaker 1: lowest lows that I felt in some of the other movies. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that were gutting. This was emotional and sweet and kind
Speaker 1: of sad. It wasn't painfully gutting like some of the others.
Speaker 3: Correct, there wasn't massive loss of life. There was the
Speaker 3: threat of it, there was the fear of it, there
Speaker 3: was the emotion behind depression, and definitely some heavy topics.
Speaker 3: Yet there was so much love and connection and there
Speaker 3: was redemption and there was support, and so it ended
Speaker 3: up making you feel kind of warm and fuzzy after
Speaker 3: all of that darkness. But isn't that what all of
Speaker 3: us feel in our lives and how relationships can help
Speaker 3: us heal. And that That's where I liked this movie,
Speaker 3: because there was redemption, there was hope, It was hopeful,
Speaker 3: even just Elf Fanning's character, how she came in and
Speaker 3: and made made us all feel like there is some
Speaker 3: humanity in the world. You know, you see she was
Speaker 3: so good by the way the table was thinking about it,
Speaker 3: and it was subtle, but it was. It was so
Speaker 3: real and I think every single person watching those scenes
Speaker 3: with el Fanning and then between the you can put
Speaker 3: yourself in those shoes. You can imagine feeling what they're
Speaker 3: feeling and saying what they're saying. It just was so good.
Speaker 3: And two hours and thirteen minutes, I don't think is
Speaker 3: a huge I guess I'm just now thinking of it
Speaker 3: relative to the longer movies on this list. I thought
Speaker 3: it was absolutely worth a watch. I think I would
Speaker 3: love to watch this with my daughters, with my mom,
Speaker 3: like just kind of this family feel of just recognizing
Speaker 3: we all have strained relationships here and there, we can
Speaker 3: all do better at communicating and understanding one another. I
Speaker 3: just I felt the love in this movie. So yes,
Speaker 3: I absolutely say watch it.
Speaker 1: I do too, for no other reason than the acting.
Speaker 1: The acting is a must see. I don't know who's
Speaker 1: been winning the Best Actress awards during the.
Speaker 3: Awards, so she so and I feel so bad because
Speaker 3: I'm not good at pronouncing these Swedish names, but Renate
Speaker 3: Rensive she has one. She has won in a couple
Speaker 3: of the award ceremonies, certainly a lot a lot of
Speaker 3: eyes are going to be on her.
Speaker 2: Stellan Jesse Buckley is the front runner for this.
Speaker 3: Yes, so I would say she is probably right behind
Speaker 3: her in terms of expectations what people think or who
Speaker 3: people think should win Best Acting.
Speaker 1: This lady was unfrick and believable. The relationship between her
Speaker 1: and her sister, how they pulled that off, that was.
Speaker 1: I love the acting in this movie. I absolutely say
Speaker 1: check this one out if it is the best. If
Speaker 1: we had to give out an award for the best acting,
Speaker 1: this would ensemble acting, this would have to be it.
Speaker 3: Yes, so she yeah, and by the way, so she's Norwegian,
Speaker 3: So I mean, it was just remarkable to see what
Speaker 3: these actors were able to do and what they were
Speaker 3: able to pull off. And yes, I hope everyone runs
Speaker 3: out and sees this one.
Speaker 1: Well, y'all cut up now, folks, you're ready for Even
Speaker 1: if you didn't spend the twenty three hours and ten
Speaker 1: minutes like we did watching every single one of these movies,
Speaker 1: give or take a few minutes there, Marty Supreme, I
Speaker 1: was gonna say, maybe.
Speaker 3: It was only twenty two hours and thirty five minutes.
Speaker 1: We gave it the college try point being yeah, we
Speaker 1: just wanted to. We thought this would be fun. Maybe
Speaker 1: get you caught up a little more excited about the
Speaker 1: Oscars if you knew a little more. And we're a
Speaker 1: little more invested in some of these movies. But that's
Speaker 1: number ten for us. What you got on you? You're
Speaker 1: about to say.
Speaker 3: Something, Oh well, no, do we want to pick who
Speaker 3: we think is going to win Best Picture?
Speaker 2: Not in this episode.
Speaker 3: Oh all right, we'll save it for later.
Speaker 1: Folks, we always appreciate hanging with us. We will talk
Speaker 1: to you soon.