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Guy Who Saw "One Battle After Another" Says…

Published 2 months ago2 minute read

The Wiki page is calling ‘s One Battle After Another (Warner Bros., 9.26) “an American satirical black comedy,” but that’s a vague description. A dude who recently saw this September ’25 release says it essentially “.”

Set in the American northwest, pic has to do with ‘s “Bob Ferguson” character, an unhinged, bathrobe-wearing, hyper-mannered lowlife, and is about his mixed-race daughter, possibly played by , having been kidnapped by ‘s Col. Steven J. Lockjaw. Maybe, apparently…who knows? The guy didn’t specify.

No, I’ve never read ‘s “Vineland,” which the film is loosely based upon.

I wish I was more certain about who play Infiniti’s mother (and DiCaprio’s ex-lover) — or . Probably Hall because she’s the prettier of the two.

Except the guy I spoke to wasn’t all that clear about certain aspects. I asked questions and absorbed as well as I could, but I wasn’t left with a specific idea of what the film really is.

“It’s ,” the guy told me, “but the [wokeys] won’t like it. I laughed and my white friends laughed, but we were in the minority [in the audience].

“It’s a guy movie, kinda like Uncut Gems. Made for . It will probably go over like Mickey 17 and Alto Knights, both of which lost Warner Bros. a lot of money.

“Guys aside, the humor is aimed more at the demo of black women or conservative white women than . Black women and conservative women aren’t as mentally ill as college-educated white women, and will probably enjoy it. It was fun for me, but a gender studies major at a liberal arts college will definitely pan this. Don’t look for much love from the woke army.

“I probably wouldn’t take a woman to see it. It’s a film for dudes.

“PTA actually manages to direct the black actresses — — pretty well. It’s his most commercial work in a sense, but it probably won’t get any awards action. The cinematography and editing are fine, and I loved the performances.

“It’s a movie I’d take my male friends to opening weekend, but not the girlfriend. And Leo, remember, isn’t selling tickets like he did 10 or 15 years ago.

“It’s not a 2025 movie. It’s something that would’ve gone down well during the halcyon days of Obama’s second term. I love this type of shit, but movies like this are not made today.

“Leo has a great scene in which he says ‘I love black women!'”

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