Actors: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo,
Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, Chris Hemsworth
Rating: 9 out of 10, I’m not sure what
I expected but this was something new and very interesting. The film involves a
series of characters who in the late 1960s check into a kitschy hotel that
straddles the Nevada-California border. The various back stories are told by
room number and eventually they all come together for a vibrating finale with a
completely unexpected hero emerging. The cast is uniformly strong with Cynthia
Erivo as an aspiring lounge singer and Jeff Bridges as a priest/felon
particularly standing out. I think many younger viewers will miss some of the
pop culture references from that period of time but that was one of the most
interesting aspects for me. There are times when the pace may seem to crawl but
that’s an illusion and necessary to get you to the “sit up moments” and the
dizzying finale. Great flick.
MVP: Cynthia Erivo as Darlene Sweet the
singer/conscience of the group
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