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On The Rocks is Sofia Coppola’s most lackluster film yet | Video Review

October 20, 2020 by EJ Moreno

On The Rocks, 2020.

Directed by Sofia Coppola
Starring Rashida Jones, Bill Murray, and Marlon Wayans

On The Rocks stars two strong actors and one of the most intriguing directors working today, but sadly they couldn’t do much with this material. Too small scale to feel impactful, there’s just not a lot our critic EJ Moreno enjoys about this film. And that’s common for someone who describes themselves as a huge fan of Sofia Coppola’s work.

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A young New York mother faced with sudden doubts about her marriage teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband. What follows is a sparkling comic adventure across the city—drawing father and daughter closer together despite one detour after another. Acclaimed filmmaker Sofia Coppola brings a light touch to this blend of an exuberant love letter to New York, a generation-clash comedy about how we see relationships differently from our parents, and a funny celebration of the complications that bind modern families even as they tie us in crazy knots. Laura (Rashida Jones) thinks she’s happily hitched, but when her husband Dean (Marlon Wayans) starts logging late hours at the office with a new co-worker, Laura begins to fear the worst. She turns to the one man she suspects may have insight: her charming, impulsive father Felix (Bill Murray), who insists they investigate the situation. As the two begin prowling New York at night, careening from uptown parties to downtown hotspots, they discover at the heart of their journey lies their own relationship.

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Marlon Wayans, on the rocks, Rashida Jones, Sofia Coppola

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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