Kimi - 3/5
In the spirit of this year being the year I figure out certain directors — Steven Soderbergh's Kimi is a prime example of what I like and what I don't like about the director. His movies have the illusion of being bigger than they are, but they're almost always these small things. He's an Important Director who makes unimportant objects. It feels like he's less concerned with greatness and more interested in teasing the edges of a genre. How much can you play with serious? What's the right balance of tight and loose? Is a crime as rotten if it's charming? He's just here to fuck around and see what happens in the edit. This movie was fine, it was fun, and its use of sound was great — but I think more importantly it opens me up to how to watch Soderbergh movies: a light afternoon watch, a touch of something special, but you're welcome to walk to the kitchen and grab a snack without missing anything substantial. He's just continually recreating the spirit of Smokey and the Bandit. There's plenty of room for movies like that.
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