Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too (2019)
Genre: Drama / Scifi
Duration: 60 minuten
Alternative title: Black Mirror: Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Anne Sewitsky
Stars: Miley Cyrus, Angourie Rice, Madison Davenport
IMDb score:
6,1 (47.493)
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Reviews & comments
remorz
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- 2498 messages
- 2750 votes
Hotchpotch.
Black Mirror has turned from a sharply satirical-dystopian thriller series into a lazy series that is increasingly starting to rehash itself. Moreover, the drama-thriller elements are increasingly being replaced by drama-comedy, suspense by 'entertainment' and that is certainly not why I came to appreciate the series.
The idea of a personality replica or cookie comes up most often and is decorated slightly differently each time. It started with Be Right Back, White Christmas exploited the idea quite fully, USS Callister dealt with it in a more playful way and this episode continues that jovial tone to Mickey Mouse Club level.
A few new ideas such as holograms, vocal enhancement and fishing artistic work out of a comatose brain mask the self-plagiarism, but the themes that this gives as a background also feel reused or not very stimulating. For example, the exploitation of young pop stars, taken to the extreme (fun idea to cast Cyrus in this role), does not feel like the ultimate threat of derailed technology, it is an old principle that gains a little more momentum through technology.
The lack of dystopian threat is reflected in the increasingly light-hearted tone of the episode, which - to be honest - is nice to watch, but dissonances in an unsatisfactory way with the genuine drama that is hidden somewhere in here. Not to mention the changing image of the series as a whole.
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Onderhond
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- 87623 messages
- 12889 votes
Mno.
This part also doesn't add much to the series. Once again something with the human brain, the criticism of the pop world is as tired as it can be and the young girl who becomes attached to a doll because she has no friends...
Each theme in itself could be quite something, but the writing is very tame and the direction is unobtrusive. It's a bit of a squeeze to keep everything within 60 minutes, which may be why there's little subtlety involved. Although, after 5 seasons of this, I don't think Brooker really has much of substance to say.
On top of that, Cyrus is really annoying and the rest of the cast doesn't act very well either. It's all just way too little, way too ordinary and way too easy. And to think that this was actually the best of the three. Books, I hope.
1.5*
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Donkerwoud
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- 8696 messages
- 3960 votes
A fellow student once hit me with her purse because I dared to say that Miley Cyrus probably doesn't write her own lyrics. Then she walked away crying. I was reminded of this strange incident during 'Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too' (2019), a Black Mirror episode about authenticity, the cynical dark side of pop music and the hysterical teen culture surrounding it. First the good news: Miley Cyrus is genuinely nice. Or she is like a dolled-up little girl, lip-syncing songs with an autotune from which all emotion has been filtered out. Or when her warm, melodious voice brings an AI doll to life and gives annoyingly optimistic life advice. Or that same doll suddenly gets a soul and throws out her frustration with a lot of fucks. And now the bad news: the peppie and cook story surrounding it is too lame for words. Complete with dorky crooks, a cunning manager and a race against time with a bus in the shape of a large mouse. With some minor adjustments it would actually be a teen film, but without any ironic wink. I cannot escape the impression that flagship Black Mirror is increasingly moving from gimmick to gimmick and quality is no longer decisive.
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