
Invoice Murray’s Apple TV+ film On the Rocks lands optimistic first critiques
The decision is in on Invoice Murray’s new collaboration with director Sofia Coppola following their acclaimed flip in Misplaced in Translation – and it appears they could have bagged one other winner.
On the Rocks stars Parks and Recreation‘s Rashida Jones as a girl known as Laura who begins to suspect her husband Dean (Marlon Wayans) is having an affair, and turns to her impulsive father Felix (Murray) for assist.
The primary critiques are (on the entire) fairly optimistic, with many critics calling the film charming and evaluating it to Misplaced in Translation – each favourably and unfavourably.
Here is what critics have been saying:
Deadline
“Possibly it has been as a result of 2020 is such a depressing 12 months, or possibly as a result of the world is simply in a state of upheaval over COVID-19, or possibly it’s simply because we want some laughs. However On the Rocks is greater than only a riotously humorous, splendidly witty and good movie – it’s a a lot wanted one. Coppola’s film can be a little bit of a pre-pandemic valentine to New York Metropolis, a reminder of the Massive Apple’s pure pleasure, and even with out Invoice Murray to gentle it up that may in all probability be sufficient.”
The Hollywood Reporter
“On the Rocks could be very a lot a father-daughter two-hander – tender and private, dryly humorous and performed to perfection by Jones and Murray. Its easy contact exhibits the achieved, genre-hopping Coppola persevering with to develop her vary.”
Empire
“Lighter and slighter than we could count on from Coppola, On The Rocks is an eminently charming, attractive portrait of a daughter, spouse and mom discovering her method again to herself by way of the streets of New York Metropolis.”
Little White Lies
“In lesser arms the story is likely to be outlandish or melodramatic, however in some way Coppola makes all of it believable, even when the movie may dig a little bit deeper into the causes of Laura’s anxieties. It additionally gives a couple of little or no insights into how a contemporary girl is purported to have all of it […] Even so, it is a pleasure to spend a while with firm this good. No movie this 12 months is extra prone to make you crave the consolation of a darkish bar and a few advantageous dialog, or make you wish to name Mum and Dad.”
Selection
“On the Rocks turns right into a boozy humanistic haunt caper film, one which’s light-spirited and compelling, mordantly alive to the ins and outs of marriage, and a profitable showcase for Murray’s aging-like-fine-whiskey model of world-weary deviltry. However not like Misplaced in Translation or Coppola’s different greatest movie, Someplace (which was like Entourage directed by Agnès Varda), there is no further stage of thriller to this one. It holds you, however it’s a little bit skinny.”
The Guardian
“There are some cheerfully amusing moments, and I am a sucker for the time-honoured routine when somebody impatiently grabs the binoculars from another person, thus dragging the straps throughout that individual’s scowling face. However actually the banter and the class wants some substance within the script and it actually is not right here, or not sufficient of it, and the intense moments appear glazed in a type of negligent unseriousness.”
On the Rocks shall be launched on Apple TV+ on October 23.
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