Monday (2020)

Monday: Directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos. With Denise Gough, Sebastian Stan, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Michalis Laios. A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?

“This movie is almost the definition of intriguing. In the entire first act of the movie, I was thinking to myself: u0026quot;I like it, but where is it going?u0026quot; Well, it went somewhere, but not far. The first act start of very interesting and kept me wanting more, but after a while a started to lose interested. The problem with it is that itu0026#39;s showing a big portion of these charactersu0026#39; lifeu0026#39;s, but without a big plot or story itu0026#39;s start to become a bit tedious. Thereu0026#39;s a ten-minute scene in the second act about a failed party, but it could have accomplished the same with 3 minutes. And the same counts for the wedding, and another party. While there are so many situations that are dragged out, it could have used that time to show some background for these characters. There a lot of character development, but we donu0026#39;t know much about their history, which is sad because these are very complex characters. This would have made the emotional and darker moments a lot better. I never had a moment where a felt like I knew these characters. There was always more going on, but we never really got to that. It doesnu0026#39;t have to with the performances, because they are excellent. It just never fully got together for me. Started of strong, but without buildup and background I couldnu0026#39;t get behind it at the end.”