Gloria Bell (Blu-ray) review

[David Vaughn]

Studio: Lionsgate
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Rating: PG-13
Film: 1/5

Plot

Julianne Moore stars as Gloria, a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straitlaced office job and her nights at L.A. dance clubs. One evening, Gloria meets Arnold (John Turturro) — and finds herself in a new romance that shows her love can strike at any time.

My Thoughts
The critics at Rotten Tomatoes absolutely loved this film and it’s Certified Fresh with 91%, although the audience scores are a paltry 43%. Where does that put me? Somewhere below the 43% since I found this a tedious movie to get through—it literally took me several sittings to get through it. Yes, I get it, it’s a character study, but what happens if you can’t relate to the characters or their lives? It’s much too depressing and while Moore does a good job in the lead role, but in the end it really doesn’t have a point other than don’t get divorced unless you want to do drugs and have meaningless sex.
Video 4.5/5

Audio 4.5/5 (DTS-HD MA 5.1)

Special Features:

• “An Extraordinary Woman: Making Gloria Bell”
• Audio Commentary
• Blu-ray+ Digital Copy

Conclusion
I generally like both Moore and John Turtorro, but I didn’t like this film at all. To sum it up, it’s boring. Yes, it looks and sounds great (the score is decent), but the movie itself is overhyped. You’ve been warned.

[tripplej]

Thanks for the review. Will skip it.

The video attached is for Batman so I think the wrong link was posted.

[David Vaughn]

Oops...I'll fix that!

[AVSCraig]

I like Julianne Moore, but I'll watch her in Kingsman 2 instead ! 

[Ralph P.]

I like Julianne Moore, but I'll watch her in Kingsman 2 instead !

Greetings,

If you like her than see Gloria Bell Craig. Yes, it's a slow burn but, not as abysmal as Dave reports. He's just getting grumpy in his old age.. 

Regards,

[David Vaughn]

Greetings,

If you like her than see Gloria Bell Craig. Yes, it's a slow burn but, not as abysmal as Dave reports. He's just getting grumpy in his old age..

Regards,

For the record, my wife hated it more than I did and my daughter couldn't finish it.