We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future. At the same time I don't think this film ever pretends that these characters in these shorts, every one of them featuring Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche, are particularly likable, nor are they people that you should aspire to be. Like, he has her committed. |, March 13, 2012 The Players is an anthological collection of men behaving badly. There are bits and bobs to like here, and The Players benefits from not becoming preachy and allowing its underlying themes to speak for themselves, even if those themes are nothing new. The stereotypical jocks and cool girls and geniuses don’t get as much to do, and none of the tertiary characters amount to more than broad strokes in a crowded landscape. Sofica Manon 2, It offers a wide range of movies and TV shows, including a standout selection of original programming, to over 167 million subscribers in 190 countries around the world. Yale-bound class president Cassandra (Rachel Keller, utterly unfathomable as a high schooler in a post-Legion world) takes up the mantle as the leader. A handful of solid Italian performers -- anchored by Riccardo Scamarcio ("Loro," "John Wick Chapter 2"), Valerio Mastandrea ("Pasolini," "Nine") Laura Chiatti ("Somewhere," "Il volto di un'altra") and Valentina Cervi… He’s very grabby which is very “funny” (read: not funny) and a laughingstock among the other salespeople — Mastandrea is one of them, who actually succeeds with the ladies — but he either isn’t aware or doesn’t care. A shrew shouts accusations at her spouse all the way through the airport, toning it down only when they board their flight to a vacation. What Movies Will It Remind You Of? Performance Worth Watching: Cervi really digs in during her short, finding a rare dramatic foothold among the film’s bevy of characters. The idea here was some sort of “Divorce, Italian Style” romp. A Netflix release. But those are mere comic crumbs when one expects a meal, or at least a dessert. Why would a woman ever want to watch this film? You…, This recap of The Right Stuff season 1, episode 6, "Vostok", contains spoilers. Chiatti and Cervi have just a couple of moments to shine in the most interesting of the episodes, with Cervi’s highlight a wife who tricks/badgers her husband into revealing his cheating, and Chiatti having a couple of over-the-top meltdowns in a couple of different shorts. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy In depicting men at their worst, The Players , a new collection of short sketches on Netflix, doesn’t exactly set a high bar for itself. Don't have an account? Credits: Directed by Stefano Mordini, script by Filippo Bologna, Stefano Mordini. Netflixable? It just doesn't match up.