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Licorice Pizza on tarina Alana Kanesta ja Gary Valentinesta ja siitä, miten he kasvoivat, viettivät aikaa yhdessä ja rakastuivat San Fernando Valleyssa vuonna 1973. Paul Thomas Andersonin käsikirjoittama ja ohjaama Licorice Pizza seuraa ensirakkauden petollisia polkuja. (SF Studios Fin.)

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POMO 

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englanti Once Upon a Time in Hollywood without the star power of the lead actors. And no grand climax. The period of 1970s Los Angeles is portrayed as brilliantly as in Tarantino’s film, even with the inclusion of snippets of songs on the radio in the soundtrack, but the screenplay is average. More than two hours of a young couple hanging out, generating sparks but never getting together is neither sufficiently cute, funny nor romantically gratifying. The ego-eccentric Bradley Cooper’s minor role is the only one that stands out and evokes emotion to the point of tension, though unfortunately only briefly. ()

Lima 

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englanti Such a nice stylistic exercise, though P.T.A. won't put the script behind a frame. But I had fun and Anderson knows how to work with music as well as Tarantino. And Cooper Hoffman is an acting revelation, man. ()

novoten 

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englanti For some, a happy return to Wes Anderson's roots; unfortunately for me, just a return to Anderson's roots. I would much rather see an ambitious drama that the academy has been serving up in regular doses for the past fifteen years than a hesitant trip to the beloved valley. Just like I was once confused by subjectively unpleasant Punch-Drunk Love, I feel the same here, with a series of episodic stories with a conditional alienation effect that lacks a solid foundation. I don't know why I need a psychopath on a motorcycle or a maniac at a gas station. They throw in an image of the times that does a disservice to the seventies and only increases the frequency with which we circle the main couple, who do not fit together at first or even second glance. There is no comparison with the proven storytellers of wandering youthful tales. ()

JFL 

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englanti Paul Thomas Anderson has a made an inconspicuously brilliant fresco of the fringes of the show-business world of 1970s L.A., where the glow of the really big names is seen only from a distance, but is thus all the more enticing to all possible bizarre characters comprising washed-up stars, dilettantes, grown-up child actors, fallen showmen and over-aged talent scouts. Thanks to the brilliant directing and meticulous casting, every character gives the sense of a full life lived, even if he or she only flashes by in a single scene or shot. Mainly, however, Licorice Pizza is a perfectly observed ode to the ambivalent relationships and promises of young love. ()

Goldbeater 

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englanti Licorice Pizza is a pleasant two hours of nostalgia looking back to the crazy seventies. It follows the development of a young couple's love story told through a mosaic of mutliple different events, which I enjoyed. ()

Othello 

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englanti Another one of Anderson's films telling the story of complicated characters to whom he adapts his optics of perception. If you’re not already capable of developing the empathy needed for the film (even beyond your sympathies), you will absolutely not understand what he is asking you to do and will probably find the film maddeningly irritating. But fortunately for you, there are those other films. ()