Comedy One Battle After Another - PTA/DiCaprio Team-Up

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Conservative Backlash Rises Over "One Battle"

It has taken a little while to get going, but a conservative backlash towards Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is reportedly brewing according to THR. Anderson’s film, inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s decades old novel “Vineland,” is political by its very nature and begins with a...

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[Kane52630]

 

[Drizzle]

I truly don't remember the discourse around Sinners's box office. I guess because I mostly ignored it.

 

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Leonardo DiCaprio Set For Palm Springs Film Festival’s Desert Palm Achievement Award

Leonardo DiCaprio will receive the Palm Springs Film Festival's 2026 Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, for Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another'

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How Paul Thomas Anderson Landed in Fortnite, as the Movies-as-Games Era Arrives

SCOOP: I get the story behind the director's ‘One Battle’ crossover as studios also flood Roblox — and Disney’s Epic Games investment starts to deliver

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[Shinobi Shaw]

I just finished it, watched it on digital for the first time, and dare I say... I didn't like it?

For this to be a lauded film about revolutionaries, the characters outside of Leo and Sean Penn's were very undercooked, I did not like the hypersexualized take on Teyana Taylor's character and then to top it off, the film fridges her thirty minutes in just to prop white male heroics to give Leo something to do. But PTA's fetishization of black women in this film and having Leo called 'Ghetto Pat' for liking them was a choice.

But yeah, good editing, nice little action pieces, but this was not my cup of tea at all.

 

[MilkmanDan]

I just finished it, watched it on digital for the first time, and dare I say... I didn't like it?

For this to be a lauded film about revolutionaries, the characters outside of Leo and Sean Penn's were very undercooked, I did not like the hypersexualized take on Teyana Taylor's character and then to top it off, the film fridges her thirty minutes in just to prop white male heroics to give Leo something to do. But PTA's fetishization of black women in this film and having Leo called 'Ghetto Pat' for liking them was a choice.

But yeah, good editing, nice little action pieces, but this was not my cup of tea at all.

Fair enough but it's not like it's lauded as a serious film about revolutionaries. It's a dark comedy where most of the characters, even the "good" ones are meant to be flawed.

I don't know if we can talk about white male heroics when Leo's character is a has-been who's about as effective as Dude Lebowski. The two true heroes of the film are Benicio del Toro's Sensei who is portrayed being better at fighting for the people than French 75 ever were and Chase Infiniti's Willa who represents the hope that the younger generation will succeed where the previous one failed.

 

[Drizzle]

Fair enough but it's not like it's lauded as a serious film about revolutionaries. It's a dark comedy where most of the characters, even the "good" ones are meant to be flawed.

I don't know if we can talk about white male heroics when Leo's character is a has-been who's about as effective as Dude Lebowski. The two true heroes of the film are Benicio del Toro's Sensei who is portrayed being better at fighting for the people than French 75 ever were and Chase Infiniti's Willa who represents the hope that the younger generation will succeed where the previous one failed.

I'd even add a third one too: Regina Hall's character, who put herself on the line to save Willa. I'm still peeved about where her character ended up.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I'd even add a third one too: Regina Hall's character, who put herself on the line to save Willa. I'm still peeved about where her character ended up.

Got screwed over twice.

That pissed me off (diagetically speaking).

 

[Drizzle]

Got screwed over twice.

That pissed me off (diagetically speaking).

The whole time I was hoping Leo and Willa would have sprung her at the end. Benicio's character ended up getting arrested but it's easy to tell that he'd have been freed. I wanted more closure and justice for Regina.

 

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Gotham Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Best Feature; Three Wins For Jafar Panahi – Full List

The Gotham Awards, the traditional kickoff to the annual movie awards season, announced winners tonight in NYC.

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[Shinobi Shaw]

And so it begins.

 

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‘One Battle After Another’ Named Year’s Best Film By National Board Of Review

The National Board of Review named One Battle After Another its Best Film of 2025 as part of its annual list of the top movies and performances.

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‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Film At Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2025 Awards — Full Winners List

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) convened this weekend to vote for the winners of its 51st awards ceremony.

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Teyana Taylor to Receive Creative Impact in Breakthrough Performance Award From Variety at 2026 Palm Springs Film Festival

Taylor will receive the honor at Variety's 10 Director to Watch & Creative Impact Awards brunch on January 4.

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[Breogan]

80 years ago; bolero kicks in! Every Latino/Hispano- Oh damn she about to betray and leave him forever.
Next scenes she betrays and leaves him forever.

80 years and 2 min. into the film- Oh damn, she's going to betray everyone and leave forever.

...Wonder when her bolero will kick in?

2hrs 20min later, father and daughter are finally reunited, her theme-song kicks in, every latino/hispano knowingly humming along.
Everyone else-

.. I didn't like it....
the film fridges her thirty minutes in just to prop white male heroics

Though Perfidia implicitley left by her own choice, pursued her own desires, and her fate is unwritten.
And Bob's supposed "heroics" amounted to never being able to protect her, and Willa saving herself.
Which was the whole point.
And inevitably Willa choosing her own fate and path, inspired from her mother's note and her own free will.

That said, film was well acted, some great elements, was just ok.