FILM: Love, Gilda (2018)
WHERE: Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Frontenac, MO)
PREMISE: Documentary about SNL comedienne Gilda Radner using her own diaries and interviews.
HE SAID: The original SNL cast were idols to me. This movie gave detail and insight I hadn’t seen or heard before. Thought the documentary slowed down after the SNL years. SCORE: 7.5 (on a scale of 1 to 10)
SHE SAID: While I knew who Gilda Radner was, it was only in broad strokes. Clips from SNL that were funny, married to Gene Wilder, and battled ovarian cancer. This film explores much more about who she actually was. It is a film about a bright, creative, innately funny woman who came to dominate in comedy at a time when women were considered secondary to men. A woman who at the same time had all the dreams, insecurities, and doubts most women do. When illness strikes, it seems to come at a time when she was finally comfortable as herself. It makes what comes next all the more touching & tragic. Overall, I found the movie interesting, insightful, and involving if overall on the slow side. SCORE: 6.5 (on a scale of 1 to 10)
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