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Welcome to Marwen (2018)

Director Robert Zemeckis never stops reminding you Welcome to Marwen is a would-be feel-good movie filled with hope and whimsy. This entire picture is phony. It’s one false move after another. Based on true events, artist Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carrell) was beaten within an inch of his life by thugs. On the eve of their sentencing, he struggles to piece his life together and testify against them. Addicted to his medication, haunted by his trauma, he retreats to his photography. In the miniature village of Marwen, Mark tells the stories of Cap'n Hoagie (also Carrell) and the women who love him as they fight Nazi forces. There isn’t a cheap trick this picture won’t attempt. It’s obvious Mark has severe problems, the kind who'd get him sent off to a counselor. Instead, when he runs out of a shop screaming about being under attack, when he is found on the floor crying about needing more ammo, when his photography shows people being tortured, the picture says a couple of reassuring words - the kind you’d find in a cheap greeting card - pats him on the head and sends him on his way. Before you have time to raise your hand and question what just happened, cut to a fantasy sequence. “Whew! I think that distracted them sufficiently” director Zemeckis seems to say when we return to the saccharine “reality”. Welcome to Marwen is a kind of hyper-exaggerated Lars and the Real Girl that blasts through your patience quickly. No one deserves what happened to Mark. Obviously, the Marwen fantasies come from the trauma he’s experienced. Even knowing so, you question how EVERYONE can be so patient with the man. If we got to know him, really know HIM and not his photography then maybe we’d understand. The further in we get, the less the story is interested in exploring his trauma, instead, returning again and again to his little sets and dolls. Everything is brushed aside so we can focus on the possible romance between Mark and his new neighbor, Nicol (Leslie Mann) This whole thing feels like a gross miscalculation. There’s much talk about “the women of Marwen”, how they’re strong and have brought much to Mark’s life. You don’t know a thing about them. If it weren’t for their costumes or exaggerated accents, they’d be indistinguishable. Mark’s favorite actress is a woman we see briefly in a cheap-looking pornographic film. This bad joke, along with the puns, several self-indulgent references to Zemeckis’ other films makes you wonder what was going on through people's heads. Welcome to Marwen is a stack of cheap sentiments, the kind which comes every holiday season to lure people in under the pretense of delivering hard-hitting, impactful drama. Don’t let it take you. Go see anything else. (Theatrical version on the big screen, December 30, 2018)

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Welcome to Marwen (2018)

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When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town named Marwen where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation — a testament to the most powerful women he knows — through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.

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Though it had its moments of being charming and was visually nice to look at, this movie wound up with a great story that didn't get properly told. So much is implied and forced about the supporting characters. Steve Carrell did a wonderful job like always 6/10 👠