★ 6 / 10
Good watch, probably won't watch again, but can
Kamurai
Good watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend. This, a Nickelodeon production, is obviously targeting younger kids, but is a surprisingly watchable…
Good watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend.
This, a Nickelodeon production, is obviously targeting younger kids, but is a surprisingly watchable "teen angst over traumatic event" coming of age story with a really good preternatural twist to it.
It does lend into "no one will believe me, boo hoo", but this movie has a subtle message of empowerment to kids, and (I think) women: the ladies out stage the guys easily throughout the entire movie.
Victoria Justice is a proven entity in leading and carrying a movie, which she manages to do until she bumps into the older women would rightly steal the focus. Brooke Shields does a great "foreign lady that is either about to kiss or hit someone, but does neither" type of role here, and Brooke D'Orsay gave a confident and consistent enough performance that I honestly thought it was Eva Green essentially doing her character from "Dark Shadows".
I think this is better for younger audiences, but good enough that an older audience can still appreciate it.
★ 7 / 10
It's actually good
NicoLodge
Going into this on a rewatch, I wasn't expecting much especially since this is a Nickelodeon TV movie and at best, it's okay, and at worse, it's kinda bad. But…
Going into this on a rewatch, I wasn't expecting much especially since this is a Nickelodeon TV movie and at best, it's okay, and at worse, it's kinda bad. But this movie was better than I remembered, though it's not flawless.BTW, I have no nostalgia for this movie cuz I first watched it on Netflix back in 2021 or 2022 during the night and barley remembered anything, so this is completely a nostalgialess review.The things I liked was the acting was solid for the most part (though some places were not that good), the story (while pretty generic and simple) was entertaining enough, the characters are decent, the effects were fine enough and the pacing was surprisingly very well done.The cons were they were some cringy, annoying and predictable moments, some clichés and the writing could've been better.Honestly, I would say Brooke Shields as Madame Varcolac carried this movie hard honestly, she probably had the best acting out of everyone else.Also 2 things, the constant howling effects when any of the characters what Madame Varcolac was MAD annoying and how did Paulina survive at the end when she clearly was burned by the sun?!But overall, good solid movie to pass the time, but could've been better.
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I love this. Different Brooke Shields here, so funny.