Mute [Movie Review]

Mute [Movie Review] | Intrigued by the title and to see the likes of Alexander Skarsgard, Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux as the cast, I clicked and watched the movie. 

Why have I never heard of this one before?

SYNOPSIS

Mute (2018) Trivia 

• Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux
• Directed by: Duncan Jones
• Produced by: Stuart Fenegan
• Distributed by: Netflix
• Release date: February 23, 2018
• Running time: 126 minutes
• Rating:TV-MA
• Country: United Kingdom, Germany
• Language: English
• Tomatometer: 21%
• Metascore: 35
• IMDb: 5.5/ 10
• This is the first Netflix original film from the Germany.
• David Hasselhoff is on the currency in the movie.
• This movie was the first project Duncan Jones suggested to Sam Rockwell but was turned down as 'it was too big'.

Due to an accident, Leo is mute as his Amish mother wouldn't let a surgery to take place. Years later, as an adult, Leo enjoys swimming, a talented artist and loves doing carpentry. He works as a bartender and dates Naadirah, a cocktail waitress there.

But Naadirah has a secret that she has yet shared with Leo and that secret needs her to accumulate a lot of cash.

One night, Naadirah shows up at Leo's apartment and wants to tell him the secret, but Leo stops her and tells her, via a notebook, that nothing else matters as long as they are together. He shows her his carpentry skill with a bed that he has been making and Naadirah loves him even more.

Elsewhere, Cactus Bill and Duck, two surgeons has just completed their 'surgery' on a criminal. Cactus Bill is also saving up money so that he could leave Berlin with his daughter, Josie.

When he wakes up in the morning, Leo finds that Naadirah has left. When he is unable to contact her, but instead receives clues of her whereabouts, Leo starts looking for Naadirah. 

His search leads him to some truth about Naadirah. And the truth keeps unraveling that Leo feels overwhelmed and do not know who to trust.

Can he handle the truth about his love and accept her for who she is?

MY REVIEW

Plot: 3.9/ 5.0 There is a plot. Was it beautifully captured? Not so. 

Was the movie enjoyable? Yes.

Memorable? No

Cast: 4.1/ 5.0 Somehow, I think everyone was a bit timid in showing their best in the movie.

Will I watch it again: No. Once is enough.

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