
The Guardian
The title is appropriate: it’s garrulous, elegant, bristling with classy performances from an A-list cast, and Deborah Eisenberg’s screenplay has a theatrical intimacy.
Full reviewMeryl Streep reunites with director Steven Soderbergh (The Laundromat), playing a seasoned author in writing limbo. Fellow Oscar veterans Dianne Wiest and Candice Bergen play her longtime friends, one of whom has been scorned by her previous work. Shot during an actual week-long cruise with paying customers aboard, the film co-stars Lucas Hedges (Lady Bird) as the author's nephew and Gemma Chan (Humans) as a young literary agent.
The title is appropriate: it’s garrulous, elegant, bristling with classy performances from an A-list cast, and Deborah Eisenberg’s screenplay has a theatrical intimacy.
Full reviewMay not be literature exactly, but it broadens other creators’ of idea of what the medium can do.
Full reviewThe run-and-gun approach that makes this movie possible is also what ends up shooting it in the foot, as the clock is always ticking and Soderbergh never has time to get out of the shallows.
Full reviewThe sort of thing one might cook up to help pass the time during an extended voyage.
Full reviewThere’s a gentle, lived-in quality to the material that’s a departure for Soderbergh, whose films would rarely be called heartfelt.
Full reviewSteven Soderbergh’s signature formal gamesmanship enlivens what could have been a stodgy scenario.
Full reviewIt’s a wonderful film to experience as an acting and filmmaking exercise. Just take the trip.
Full reviewSoderbergh also offers some surprises, steering this polished little film in unexpected directions.
Full reviewIt's full of wry observations about the confusion of relationships — female friendships in particular — along with droll insights about a writer's inspiration and whether drawing from real life constitutes a license or a betrayal.
Full reviewThere’s a loose, jazzy verve to the production, a sort of sonic and visual razzmatazz that gives the film a fanciful Oceans 11-style gloss.
Full reviewLet Them All Talk is available to stream in New Zealand now on Apple TV and Neon and Neon Rentals.
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