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- 2020
- R
- HBO Max
- 1 h 53 m
- 2020
- R
- HBO Max
- 1 h 53 m
Summary A celebrated author (Meryl Streep) takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent.
Directed By: Steven Soderbergh
Written By: Deborah Eisenberg
- 2020
- R
- HBO Max
- 1 h 53 m
- 2020
- R
- HBO Max
- 1 h 53 m
Let Them All Talk
72
6.3
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Summary A celebrated author (Meryl Streep) takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent.
Directed By: Steven Soderbergh
Written By: Deborah Eisenberg
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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84% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
72
84% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
There’s a lot more going on than meets the eye in Steven Soderbergh’s wise and deceptively breezy new film Let Them All Talk.
If you haven’t left your house since March, this movie counts as a legitimate vacation.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 40 User Ratings
6.3
60% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
25% Mixed
10 Ratings
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15% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 40 User Ratings
6.3
60% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
25% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
15% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
How many things can happen on board a cruise ship? Quite a lot. In the absence of action, the cast is the one that gives appeal to a story that, despite its quiet development, knows how to arouse the viewer's curiosity.
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Glad I did not read reviews on this film.
True, it is not for everyone.
Young people will not get it, most probably.
3 college friends meet after so many years. They all have changed, of course.
Some of them developed into talented professionals.
Some descended into the misery of their lives.
Can they see their common past similarly?
I will be quite cautious to recommend it but I genuinely enjoyed it.
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The result is something refined, naturalistic, specific, enigmatic and funny — not unlike an Eisenberg story, for one thing — but also akin to any trip one might make in a reflective yet anxious state of mind, with people you think you know but might be unsure about.
It’s a wonderful film to experience as an acting and filmmaking exercise. Just take the trip.
When Let Them All Talk finally reaches its destination, it feels like another Soderbergh experiment. He literally took his cast on a cruise for the flick – shooting for two weeks with his cast improvising whenever they could. The journey is enjoyable – but oddly forgettable. It’s like a quick vacation that immediately starts to fade from memory the moment you return.
It takes us someplace, yes, but the trip is just this side of transporting.
Despite the talented actors onscreen, Soderbergh’s mannered direction lacks charisma and the characters lack chemistry.
what other reasons are there to watch except for meryl streep. to have diane west and candice thrown in, it's a must see. loved the feel of the movie. was a bit retro and a bit unconventional. at first i thought it's woody allen but when the credit was out, it's steven s!!! no wonder it's so good.
remembering ocean's 11 & 12.
great script with a little mystery thrown in. that's a good director come back.
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Steven Soderbergh delivers a good, sober and restrained film after his incredibly disappointing The Laundromat.
The story is not so appealing but the cast is solid. Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest & Candice Bergen make it enjoyable.
My only big but would be to mention that Soderbergh runs on autopilot with no apparent interest in exploring variants.
Some may find that familiarity comforting, but to me it feels lazy.
Other than that, it's a nice option.
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(Mauro Lanari)
Soderbergh had long since convinced us of his misanthropy, with stories about a humanity that is more disgusting than sore and with an "aseptic" style that runs away from it (elliptical editing, disengaged music, shots that overlook the characters, or that compare them to any other object, or that film them using the wide angles of "Touch of Evil"). He had made us believe that his cinematic testament would be "The Knick" and above all its final phrase: "This is all we are". But no, he continues to direct and it is not clear why, considering that since then his poetics has not had any change. At least until the last quarter of an hour. Is that enough?
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Let Them Talk...about nothing. The latest effort from Steve Soderbergh falls limp and flat on a very cold plate. The acting is Ok. (Even LaStreep can't pull this one from the jaws of severe mediocrity) But it's the writing, or lack thereof and the directing or lack thereof that really sinks this ship. Rambling, boring, numbing are just some of the adjectives to describe this venture into existential nothingness. The direction was actually BAD. Something I never thought I would see from Soderbergh, who I usually admire. I truly believe there WAS no script as every scene seemed to be ad libbed, and for such a potentially potent story, the one Soderbergh decides to tell has neither directorial acumen, or any emotional weight at all. Everyone is wasted here. Even Thomas Newman, who is usually a brilliant composer has trouble infusing any emotion into this film. Lucas hedges, well...hedges every line. The only stand out was Gemma Chan who thankfully has a smaller more innocuous role. Well, I guess the corporation behind the Queen Mary 2 got their money and I hope the actors got a free trip across the pond for the shoot, but as an exercise in film making, this one gets a "D"
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Production Company
Warner Max,
Extension 765,
HBO Films
Release Date Dec 10, 2020
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating R
Tagline Write your wrongs.
Awards
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
• 2 Nominations
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
• 1 Nomination
