Giuppi's Movie Reviews

When it was released in 1997, My Best Friend's Wedding was generally well-received by critics, it was a global box-office hit and it played a vital role in reviving Julia Roberts' career. Today, the film is still held in rather high esteem and it is regarded as one of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s. The movie's appeal is quite obvious: its leading stars are rather charismatic and the basic idea of the plot is fun and engaging. But it's also a dated film with various problems - its gender politics first and foremost.  Julianne (Julia Roberts) is a successful and renowned restaurant critic. Her best friend is Michael (Dermot Mulroney), a handsome sport journalist with whom she had a brief fling during college. Julianne and Michael had promised each other that, if by the time they were both 28-year-old neither of them were married, they would marry each other. Shortly before Julianne's 28th birthday, Michael calls her all of a sudden to tell her that ...

The representation of LGBTQ+ characters has improved significantly over the last fifteen years, spreading through a variety of remarkable films. Films like Brokeback Mountain , Blue is the Warmest Colour , Carol , Moonlight and Call Me by Your Name are all masterpieces in their own, unique ways and they represent excellent achievements in both style and substance. There is one thing common to these movies: tragedy. Whether it is death, a painful separation or a bittersweet reunion, all of these characters must bear overwhelmingly aching consequences of their sexuality. This does not take away from the quality of the pictures themselves: as I said, they are all brilliant and deservedly recognized as such, and the tragedy is perfectly coherent to the setting and context of each movie. Love, Simon is certainly a far less ambitious movie than the previously mentioned and it does not reach their technical brilliance nor their raw power. In its style and its execution, Love, Simon ...