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Saturday, 6 July 2024
When the captain goes to call, McMurphy herds the patients onto the boat. McMurphy wants to leave the ward with a prostitute he knows from Portland, Candy Starr. Is she just self-absorbed, or does she yearn for human interaction? After he leaves the dorm, McMurphy gives Bromden some Juicy Fruit, and Bromden, before he can think of what he is doing, thanks him. And, yes, Meryl Streep, Diane Wiest and Candice Bergen are all eminently watchable. Not so much a movie as it was an outline for a movie. Geever, an aide, wakes Bromden and McMurphy in the middle of the night when he scrapes off the wads of gum under Bromden's bed. For example Streep's character is a famous writer working on a new book, but you never get to know what the book is supposedly about. The men on the dock are friendly with the patients when they see their impressive catches and after they learn that George is a retired fisherman. They had taken a detour to pass by an old, run-down house where McMurphy lived as a child. After breaking the glass at the Nurses' Station, McMurphy is back to his old troublemaking ways. If you have seen the Let Them Talk trailer, then you probably spent most of the time pointing out all the stars you recognized.

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Let Them All Talk (the title seeming more like the underlying concept than anything pertinent to the content) is just a rambling, undisciplined, mostly tedious attempt at fashioning a movie out of a not-especially-inspired situation and a rather time-worn back story. McMurphy's offer of Juicy Fruit to Bromden illustrates the value of good relationships between the patients, and Bromden's decision to speak demonstrates the extent to which goodwill has helped to heal his wounds. I loved the premise and the glimpses of character we see, but the improvised rambling felt like aimless meandering.

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Read critic reviews. To distract the captain of the boat, McMurphy gives him a phone number to call. Audience Reviews for Let Them All Talk. Alice is convinced to attend an award ceremony in GB. Unfortunately, that's no substitute for a strong story, well-crafted scenes and smart dialogue. Meanwhile, the men on the dock harass Candy, and the patients are ashamed that they are too afraid to stand up for her. McMurphy's rebellion grows more overt as the patients begin to defy Ratched on their own terms. Wiest's character fights for incarcerated people, but never a juicy story does escape Soderbergh's firewall. A highly successful mystery writer is also on the ship.

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She tries to use this information as part of her typical divide-and-conquer strategy, but the other patients do not seem to mind. And we are so thankful he did because it has gifted us with more Meryl Streep content. Her last on-screen role was Little Women and 2020 desperately needs a dose of Meryl. When they stop for gas, the attendant tries to take advantage of them. In Let Them All Talk, which hits HBO Max December 10, Streep portrays an author named Alice Hughes who is working on a manuscript for her new book. Bromden marvels at the changes the Combine has wrought on the Outside—the thousands of mechanized commuters and houses and children. Once faced with the conniving Geever, Bromden knows that McMurphy will keep his most precious secret: that he is not deaf and dumb. In contrast, Geever's discovery of Bromden's gum is a reminder that the hospital continues to function like a totalitarian state. Instead of being made to feel afraid, they can now intimidate others by exaggerating their insanity.

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Let Them All Talk is a literal description of what the director did with the film rather than a spicy "let's give them something to talk about". Wiest's character is selfless and passionate, and we get a few small indications of how that impulse manifested itself in her youth, but how much more interesting would it have been had we seen perhaps how her giving nature affected her life (both the good and the bad). View this title in HTML. During the trip, two unpleasant experiences threaten the therapeutic value of the outing but ultimately lead to the greatest individual development for the patients. He remembers the racist government agents coming to his house, and he realizes the origin of his sense of inadequacy and invisibility. Like Christ taking his twelve disciples to the sea, he forces them to fend for themselves, and they find, to their surprise, that they do not actually need his help. Depending on your mood, you might consider this film either a bore or a careful investigation of people or maybe even a fun experiment. She does not fly hence she is offered to cruise from NY to Southampton, along side two old college friends and her nephew. They begin to see themselves as men, not as feeble mental patients.

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Let Them All Talk Photos. Oh yeah, there's a subplot with Streep's nephew and the employee from her publisher assigned to her. When they get to the docks, the captain of the boat does not allow them to take the trip, because he does not have a signed waiver exonerating him should any accidents occur.

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When they return to the dock, the captain is waiting with some policemen. McMurphy presents the patients with a woman who can reawaken their repressed sex drives; the pretty Candy Starr, unlike Nurse Ratched, exudes sexuality. In doing so, she discovers that McMurphy lied about the cost of the rental to make a profit off the other patients. This memory represents the first time in a long time that he has remembered something about his childhood. And most of all, we never really find out exactly what Streep's character has written about Bergan's character that made Bergan's husband divorce her so many years ago. The aides put a piece of cardboard where McMurphy broke the glass, and Ratched continues to sit behind it as if it were transparent—she looks like "a picture turned to the wall. " After a short fistfight, McMurphy and the captain have a drink together.

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The viewer is left feeling frustrated and lost. He remembers that when he was ten, three people came to his home to talk to his father about buying the tribe's land. But that information needed to be spelled out for the viewer. It doesn't help that much about the writer/agent set up is unbelievable, that it's indifferently directed, extremely slow, often poorly lit and blighted by a dull B-story that involves two seriously dull characters. However, the patients still depend heavily on McMurphy to lead them. The doctor threatens to inform the authorities that the captain did not provide enough life jackets, so the policemen leave without arresting anyone. There's also another character I would have loved to see more of. The next day he persuades George Sorenson, a former fisherman, to take the last slot. Men begin to sign up for the trip, each paying McMurphy ten dollars for the boat rental. Doctor Spivey grants McMurphy's request for a pass to take a fishing trip with nine other patients, accompanied by two of his aunts.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXV - Newspaper Writings Part IV. Billy is infatuated with Candy; when McMurphy notices this, he arranges a date for them at two in the morning two weeks later, on a Saturday night. Yet, while the mental state of each patient is improving immensely, the strain of responsibility for curing the patients of their society-generated insecurities has clearly begun to wear McMurphy down. Please wait while we process your payment. There are no grand mysteries, though, no life changing events. McMurphy offers to make Bromden big again with his special body-building course.

Even the mysterious black man, who I suspected to be a red herring (and no, I am not trying to make colorful puns), is never than a funny unknown until the very end of the film where his role is revealed. Yet the finale reshuffles a set trajectory. He notes, jokingly, that Bromden's erection is proof that he is getting bigger already. The second experience that initially seems detrimental, but is actually beneficial, occurs when McMurphy tests the patients by refusing to help them once they are out to sea. People are just talking while the exterior information is purposefully withheld from the viewer. The patients are still subject to strict supervision and the invasion of their privacy. There's a fifth person in disguise. As a result of Ratched's denial, McMurphy shatters the replacement glass pane, claiming he did not know it had been replaced. It is clear that the young boy is falling hard for the gorgeous Gemma Chan, but that is not explored in anything but the dialogue between the two. He offers to pay Bromden's share of the fishing trip fee if he promises to get strong enough to lift the control panel in the tub room. Right then, McMurphy adds Bromden's name to the list. First, when the gas station attendant disrespects them, McMurphy rescues them by showing how their stigmatized identity as mental patients can be used to their advantage.

I guess you can see why Soderbergh thought this might fly. Streep plays a writer whose work delves deeply into others' lives, and at the same time, she is unable to connect with anyone. One sort-of satisfying late scene between Streep and Bergen and a last-minute surprise twist isn't anywhere near enough to save the enterprise. Bromden notes that the nurse shows signs that her patience is starting to wear down. This film is stacked with legendary performers, actors who have become rising stars in recent years, and a few character actors. McMurphy seems to recognize that the patients, Billy in particular, can become individual, powerful men only if they can experience sexual feelings without the sense of shame that Ratched and the rest of the ward seem to inculcate. What a disappointment!

I wish we could have seen more of that struggle within her. A Tedious Improv Exercise. She gave him her dress to keep as a reminder, and he threw it out the window, where it caught in a tree branch and remained to this day. Disappointing waste of excellent actresses and an interesting premise. Ratched threatens to cancel the trip because all the patients cannot fit into Candy's car, and they do not have a second driver. The journey is a set for the four to talk and re-establish relationships and past differences. It is one of the only really moving moments of the film. I think this film would have been terrible if done by someone less experienced or with some random mediocre actors. In turn, the seamen act politely and respectfully, in remarkable contrast to their earlier rudeness.