![]() ![]() The film romanticizes “mercy killings” without bothering to examine palliative care, hospices, or any other options for dying patients. Max is encouraged on more than one occasion to use his face to provide a quick, happy ending for people who are terminally ill. But the biggest concern for parents will be the plot’s full-throated endorsement of euthanasia. There are three dozen profanities and some crude sexual comments as well as scenes of teens smoking and getting drunk. The movie’s schizophrenic vibe is less likely to concern parents than is the content. Trying to blend a sardonic comedy and a touching romance disproves the “opposites attract” adage – putting these two together simply creates tonal confusion. And that awkwardness doesn’t mesh well with the sicky/weepy teen romantic drama that makes up the plot. I’m a big fan of quirky, dark comedies, but this one often feels more awkward than funny. Or at least it tries to – the jokes don’t always land and the movie’s mood often feels forced. It has a wry, tongue-in-cheek tone and goes for dry humor over uproarious laughter. Looks That Kill is a strange combination of dark comedy and teen weepy romance. Max finds himself falling in love with her, but Alex has a secret that she’s not prepared to share… Alex matter-of-factly gets him off the bridge, introduces him to elderly friends at the senior’s home, and sits with him (fully clothed) in a bathtub full of candy while they share their life stories. ![]() And then he meets Alex (Julia Goldani Telles). ![]() Dan maneuvers Max into a dinner date, which goes so badly that Max winds up on the edge of a bridge, hoping to end it all. The only social interaction the reclusive teen enjoys is hanging out and playing video games with his best friend, Dan (Ki Hong Lee), who is convinced that Max needs to meet girls. Any encounter with people necessitates wrapping his face in gauze bandages to shield everyone from his killer countenance, Desperate to protect him and everyone else, they have moved to small town Massachusetts, where he home schools and does cross stitch in his spare time. Everyone, that is, except for his parents, who are somehow immune to his lethal appearance. The teenager, who is played by Brandon Flynn, has such incredible good looks that everyone who sees his face dies. The car accident involving frontman Vince Neil in 1984 which took the life of Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle and nearly ended the Crüe, Sixx’s heroin overdose in 1986, guitarist Mick Mars’ diagnosis with he crippling ankylosing spondylitis degenerative bone condition and drummer Tommy Lee’s predilection toward famous blondes which made him constant tabloid fodder all look to be getting the deep dive, giving The Dirt the potential to be one of the better tales of rock star decadence.“Do you know what it’s like to watch someone die? To have that image burned in your head over and over?” This anguish is the critical denominator of Max Richards’ life. There’s the obligatory backyard party sequences, hotel room hooliganism and concert scenes, the latter from the early-’80s club days through the stage setup for the ’89 to ’90 Dr. “It could’ve happened to anybody,” begins the voiceover from Douglas Booth, who plays bassist and main songwriter Nikki Sixx, “But it didn’t… it happened to us.” From there it’s two-and-a-half minutes of explosive, depravity-filled highlights - and low-lights - from the band’s history. The trailer for Mötley Crüe’s long-awaited biopic The Dirt is here, and it’s looking like the Sunset Strip sleaze rockers aren’t looking to shiny up their lewd and peverted history for the flick that hits Netflix on March 22. ![]()
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