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There She Goes (2018)
Genuinely amazing
I adored this. It has a brutal honesty to it, and moments of great pain, but leavened with very realistic wins that give the family reason to find what happiness they can. The acting is wonderful, particularly Jessica Hynes, who probably has the most demanding role, but there's not a duff one amongst them.
I really loved it.
Super (2010)
Astonishing film - not what you might expect.
This is the best superhero film I've ever seen, and it's a genre I enjoy a lot.
The film is funny, exceptionally sad, incredibly violent and manages to be both simple and complex.
Superficially, it has similarities to kick ass, of course, but it beats that film into a cocked hat. Whereas kick ass was entertaining enough, it did turn into what it parodied to a certain extent - SUPER doesn't waver in its commitment to finish what it started, and the effect is mind blowingly good. It's one of those things where the low rotten tomatoes score isn't because the film is average, it's because not everyone has the brains or stomach to process a film that has this amount of respect for its audience.
I won't even say any more about it - just go see it. And if you've nicked it off the internet, buy or pay for it when you can in some form. Gunn and the cast deserve every penny.