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Mr. Hollywood Collections of shorts goes nowhere but I guess thats the point of a collection of shorts. They are all their own unique story. The main story of the author writing the short stories does not add much but acting is good. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/21/24 Full Review Beth Loved it! I am a fan of Flannery OConnors work and somewhat familiar with her life. Not sure how someone unaware of her would rate the movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/12/24 Full Review Roy J This movie isn't for Flannery's fans or for novices to learn about her. This movie is a weekend project between Ethan Hawke and his daughter. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/06/24 Full Review Wendy H In a Q &A with Writer/Director Ethan Hawke after the movie, he described O'Connors attempt to reconcile her faith and her work as a writer in the question "Can I be in service to the form rather than what the form can do in service to me. "Can I be in service to the form rather than what the form can do in service to me." He seems to also son to satisfy this goal himself. The film is an homage to the writings of Flannery O'Connor, and also a sort of the love, appreciation, and inspiration both he and his daughter, Maya Hawke, have for the author. A beautifully crafted film that weaves imagination and reality together until they become one and the same, subtly daring us to question our own faith in what we believe to be real. After all, what reality can there ever be if we don't first imagine it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review Bjorn S Writing is a creative process-the movie builds an arc by going back and forth from Flannery O'Connors real life to the stories she writes. We see her determination, fierce authenticity and bravery through her mother's parenting, a love interest, the prejudices, difficulties and limited knowledge of the times and O'Connor's efforts to both get published and stay true to her own voice, pushing the medium of writing itself. The issue (for my friend too) was not being able to catch all the sentences-sometimes the intimate voices got lost in mumbling, and I believe every word is important here. Still got a lot even though I thought captions would have allowed the words and literary aspects to shine even more. It has a fantastic ending as well, bringing many things home. I like movies that give me a lot to ponder and talk about, so I'm really glad I saw this. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/02/24 Full Review C K I give this a 5 with the qualifier that I am a Flannery Fan Boy. I have taken a week to travel to her Georgia sites, been to the churches she haunted in NYC, not been to Iowa yet. So, I loved it and I think the Hawke family did a great service to the Flannery world. If you are not a Flannery fan you may be very much lost. But I hope the movie will have you reading. Amendment: I wrote the above review immediately after watching the movie in an attempt to boast the movie's numbers, ever so slightly. I now want to add, one might just enjoy the movie without Flannery knowledge and I think you can watch the movie and not be lost - maybe. But, being a Flannery Fan it was a delight. I really liked the small playing out of the short stories as Flannery is creating them. All the actors were great. Laura Linney was excellent. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/30/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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