The Laundromat (2019)
Stars: Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Meryl Streep
Runtime: 95 minutes
Synopsis: A widow investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners exploiting the world's financial system.
Performances: 4/5
Screenplay: 2/5
Editing: 3/5
Cinematography: 3/5
Score/Soundtrack: 2/5
Verdict: Steven Soderbergh is a filmmaker who's had ups and downs in his career, but also one who never fails to give flavor to his movies. "The Laundromat" is definitely not one of his best efforts, but it's also not one of his worst. It's just a fine movie about a very interesting subject that sadly uses the exact same stylistic formula of Adam McKay's "The Big Short" to an alarming extent.
The film is a dramatization of the Panama Papers scandal that made headlights back in 2015, and if that subject is of interest to you, I'd recommend either checking this movie out or watch a 10 minutes YouTube video about it because that's exactly what "The Laundromat" felt like: A short video expanded into a 90 minutes film starring names such as Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, or Gary Oldman. And while the former two did a great job in their respective roles, I couldn't for one second buy Oldman's German accent which felt like a parody of one at best. From a narrative perspective, I can't call the script anything but messy. I really did feel like I was watching 4 unrelated stories stitched together in a rather poor way.
Despite all these issues, "The Laundromat" ultimately did come off as a very expressive(but not original) drama about one of the biggest scandals in recent time. It's a short and quick watch that despite being chaotic still was at its core interesting.
The film is a dramatization of the Panama Papers scandal that made headlights back in 2015, and if that subject is of interest to you, I'd recommend either checking this movie out or watch a 10 minutes YouTube video about it because that's exactly what "The Laundromat" felt like: A short video expanded into a 90 minutes film starring names such as Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, or Gary Oldman. And while the former two did a great job in their respective roles, I couldn't for one second buy Oldman's German accent which felt like a parody of one at best. From a narrative perspective, I can't call the script anything but messy. I really did feel like I was watching 4 unrelated stories stitched together in a rather poor way.
Despite all these issues, "The Laundromat" ultimately did come off as a very expressive(but not original) drama about one of the biggest scandals in recent time. It's a short and quick watch that despite being chaotic still was at its core interesting.
FINAL GRADE: 5/10
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