The SXSW Film & TV Festival has returned to Austin, and Deadline’s reviewers are watching all the key films. Here is a compilation of our reviews from the fest, which last year was the launchpad for newly-minted Oscar winner Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The Daniels’ wild sci-fi action comedy is the first pic to debut at SXSW and go on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Check back often as we add more reviews from the event. Section: HeadlinersDirector: Emma SeligmanScreenwriters: Emma Seligman, Rachel SennottCast: Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine, Miles Fowler, Marshawn Lynch, Dagmara Dominiczyk, Punkie JohnsonDeadline’s takeaway: Bottoms is fun, but with some slight tweaks this could have an epic exploration of the gray areas of queerness and what it means to stand in the center of that as an adolescent.
It’s definitely an ambitious second outing for a director who still has room to grow. Section: HeadlinersDirectors: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis DaleyScreenwriters: Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Michael GilioCast: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy HeadDeadline’s takeaway:With renewed interest in the fantasy genre, it’s good to see something outside LOTR and Game of Thrones getting it right and having a good time.
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