Movie Review 7 Days

7 Days 

Directed by R0shan Sethi

Written by Roshan Sethi, Karan Soni

Starring Karan Soni, Geraldine Viswanathan

Release Date March 25th, 2022

7 Days is a romantic comedy set in the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, those uncertain days when people thought the virus was everywhere and on everything. Karan Soni and Geraldine Viswanathan star as Ravi and Rita, Indian Americans navigating the traditions of arranged marriage and the American style of dating and dating and dating. When Ravi and Rita were arranged for a date by their marriage-hungry mothers, they had no plans to see each other much past the first date. 

For Ravi, Rita is another in a seemingly endless series of dates with women he hopes to marry. Each date is essentially an interview for the position of his wife. They need to demonstrate companionability and be able to get the approval of his mother. Rita, on the other hand, is only dating men like Ravi to maintain her comfortable rut. Rita has an apartment in L.A that her mother pays for and a lifestyle that consists of time spent on the internet and time spent pining for a married man, referred to in the movie only as ‘Daddy.’

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 

Movie Review You're Cordially Invited

You’re Cordially Invited 

Directed by Nicholas Stoller

Written by Nicholas Stoller 

Starring Will Ferrell, Reese Witherspoon, Geraldine Viswanathan

Release Date January 30th, 2025 

Published January 31st, 2025 

You’re Cordially Invited is an obnoxious movie. This, sadly, has become par for the course for Will Ferrell who has turned obnoxious into his brand ever since he failed to transition from goofy blockbuster star to serious actor in and around 2005 to 2008, give or take. Feeling rejected by critics, Ferrell leaned back into what made him a box office draw, screaming, yelling, flailing, and falling down until perhaps, someone might laugh. It’s a charmless brand of humor that feels desperate to remain relevant. 

You’re Cordially Invited proceeds from an ancient, creaky, premise about a pair of wedding parties booked for the same weekend at a venue that can only support one wedding at a time. Ferrell plays Jim, the overbearing father of Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan), a college student who announces rather suddenly that she’s engaged to marry her D.J boyfriend, Oliver (Stony Blyden). Though he’s skeptical that his little girl is ready to be married, he comes around quickly and begins to plan a wedding at the same venue where he’d married Jenni’s late mother.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 

Movie Review Driveaway Dolls

Driveaway Dolls (2024)

Directed by Ethan Coen

Written by Ethan Coen, Tricia Cooke 

Starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Colman Domingo, Matt Damon, Bill Camp, Pedro Pascal

Release Date February 23rd, 2024 

Published February 23rd, 2024 

Driveaway Dolls is one of the most sex-positive, pro-LGBTQ movies I have ever seen and I love it. Driveaway Dolls is a refreshingly frank and very funny movie that recalls last years Bottoms with a hint of Raising Arizona for good measure. That last part, obviously, comes from the fact that Driveaway Dolls is a rare solo directorial effort from one of the Coen Brothers. Working with screenwriter Tricia Cooke, the comic sensibilities of a classic Coen Brothers take on a modern, LGBTQ friendly sensibility that makes the whole film feel fresh, even as the movie is set in 1999. 

Driveaway Dolls stars Geraldine Viswanathan as Marian and Margaret Qualley as Marian's best friend, Jamie. The two could not be more different. Jamie is uptight and sexually repressed, while Jamie seeks sex as if it were her profession. As we join the story, Jamie is in the midst of cheating on her girlfriend, Sukie (Beanie Feldstein) and thus, getting kicked out of her apartment. As for Marian, she's grown weary of life in New York and plans to escape to Tallahasse and the loving arms of her aunt. 

With nowhere to live and nothing better to do, Jamie decides that she's going to Tallahassee with Marian, despite not being invited. Jamie however, has a way to get them there cheap. The two go to Clancy's Driveaways, owned by the gruff but lovable, Clancy (Bill Camp). Just as the girls are arriving, Clancy has finished a phone call. He is to give two people a specific car to take to Tallahassee and since Marian and Jamie happen to be going to Tallahassee, Clancy assumes they are the ones taking the car. 

Find my full length review at Pride.Media