The 4:30 Movie

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, a história é fraca, os personagens sao fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes para fazer o filme ser bom.

I got ‘Movies make life make sense’ tattooed on my arm when I heard it in the trailer for this, and I’m glad I did because they do. Perfect Smith flick which, whilst not as sharp as Clerks or Chasing Amy, gave this ageing fella a cinematic hug. I’ve made my film with my wife and kid, which is something 20 year-old single, solo double-bill viewing me could never see happening.

This highly personal film is Kevin Smith’s thinly fictionalized portrayal of his adolescence and the joy he derived from going to the movies and hanging out with friends. It’s funny, entertaining, and a very tender-hearted film. It’s an American ‘Cinema Paradiso’.

Straight cheese, but still adorable and worth watching if you catch it on Saturday afternoon TV sometime. Really nailed the feeling of watching an old 80s film. Like if you told me this movie was made in 1986, I'd believe it.

I loved that the movie was set in the 80s and that it was like a POV of teens loving movies 🎬. 5 stars for sure the guy legit sounds like me and can't stop talking about movies

I liked it. As a middle school teacher myself, it was “good” to see it’s basically the same everywhere. I thought the teacher was a hypocrite. She felt compelled to catch am adult thief but was very weak on giving boundaries. The students should face consequences for bad behaviors.

This was a great movie really enjoyed it definitely recommend it 7.5

Kevin Smith has made a masterpiece of 80s teenage comedy nostalgia. The film brilliantly captures pieces of his (our?!) teen years in a long missed era, manages to make it feel like it was every 80s teen’s childhood of that decade, inject it with vibes of the classics like Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer, summons John Hughs’ spirit for inspiration, and delivers the audience a ‘24 Karat Case of Love’. Smith is a master craftsman of film - a writer and director that Hollywood needs to start taking more seriously for consideration in the Academy Awards. Smith has come a long way and his experience in film-making is clearly in near perfect form here. How has this film not been nominated for an Oscar??? Hollywood, take note…there is something here you’re missing!

More than a little self-indulgent, but ultimately charming. Great ensemble cast and radiating with Kevin Smith energy.

I don't want to say "a return to form" for Kevin Smith because I personally feel he's never lost it but this movie was such a great throwback to Mallrats and Chasing Amy style of Kevin Smith film. The clever conversations that happen to the side of the main story make the situation feel lived in rather than choreographed. Everything was so well casted as well; the actors being able to bring the writing to life in a believable organic way. Beyond the nostalgia mentioned of the time the movie takes place it's even more apparent in the 90s feel of a Kevin Smith film. Some meta jokes felt a little shoehorned in but with an amusing payoff. This is a movie watcher's movie for the sake of just enjoying a fun movie.