# Licorice Pizza (2021)

It’s amazing how carefully people avoid mentioning what this is about

Like most PT Anderson movies, I wish this was about an hour shorter. Nearly every man on screen chewed through their lines and dominated their scenes. Doubly true for poor Gary - the kid put in a heroic effort but nearly every Gary-centric scene is a snooze. Gary talking to Bradley Cooper especially felt like it was seemingly without beginning or end, a scene that gradually expands to consume the rest of the film until there is nothing left but blank reaction shots to an infinite staccato monologue.

I suspect I would have greatly enjoyed a version which was exclusively from Alana’s point of view.

Best inappropriately rom-com movie I have seen in awhile.