Return to Cinema (take two) 2021 - Licorice Pizza

Finally a good coming-of-age comedy-drama film to conclude the shitty 2021 with. Licorice Pizza written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring the sensational Alana Haim, you know from Haim!

Also starring Alana (sisters Danielle and Este, father Moti, and mother Donna also appear as Alana Kane's family), Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, and Benny Safdie.

Licorice Pizza was released in the United States in late November whilst in Australia this was one of your Boxing Day 2021 films.

The film received acclaim from critics and received three awards from the National Board of Review, including Best Film. It was also named one of the best films of 2021 by the American Film Institute and received four nominations at the 79th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, along with eight nominations at the 27th Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture.

I loved this film, it's running time was a little long, however the jokes were there, Alana Haim was magical for her debut on film.

I never watched the trailer, I had no idea what it was about. I feel like this is the best way to go into this wild ride of a film.

So this really is saving the best to last. 2021 has been a patchy at best year at the cinema, so I was delighted when I left the cinema after seeing this fun little film.

I have been waiting for a film like this. Fun, 4 Stars.