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movie review - Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2018.09.14

This is a story about an LA detective who works magic in the field but stumbles in dealing with his own affairs. That's not much of a premise and the film doesn't add up to much as we endure the unlikeable main character's plodding path through this thing.

Not recommended. Which is a shame, because I somehow imagined from the clip on Netflix that it could work. The cast seemed engaging. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong