Madfilm Meetup: Movie Tuesday
Lucy (Luc Besson, USA, 2014, 89 min)
Marcus Point Cinemas, Tuesday, August 19, 8:00pm»
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Come join us to see the latest ScarJo Sci-Fi Shoot-Em-Up, LUCY, directed by Luc Besson
Due to Marcus Theater Five-Dollar Tuesdays, we recommend that you purchase your tickets in advance online. The convenience fee is waived if you have a Magical Movies Rewards Card. We’ll hang out at the Take Five Lounge inside Point around 7:00pm, with the film starting at 8:00pm.
The Madison Film Forum wants you to stream one great film every week, attend at least one great film every month, and meet people doing the same. We don’t sponsor these screenings, we just support them by showing up.
We’ve aggregated many reviews of LUCY (positive and negative) at our Madison Film Forum Flipboard Magazine. I think you’ll find that opinions vary widely on this on, which makes things interesting. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 64% Freshness Rating (the lowest for a Madfilm Meetup so far, but variety is the spice of life.
Review highlights, on both sides of the spectrum, include:
“It’s gleefully bold, visually adventurous, often funny, strikingly concise — the whole heart-pounding tale is over in 90 minutes — and 100% entertaining.” Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
“What starts as a bats— female revenge fantasy ends as a bad LSD trip. Talk about a buzzkill.” Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“The summer’s best, coolest, juiciest, smartest action movie.” Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
“Part philosophical/scientific treatise, part action movie, a film that goes from mayhem to boredom in a heartbeat.” Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times