Unicorn Store

Unicorn Store is a series of tonally diverse scenes that have no solid core and negate each other. Although it is (another) film thematising the necessity of giving space to one’s childlike imagination, it is shot without a hint of imagination (for a comparison, see basically anything by Michel Gondry). The only change compared to a dozen other filmic celebrations of infantilism and people suffering from the Petr Pan complex consists in the fact that the main protagonist is not a man (although it easily could have been; the female protagonist’s femininity plays only a marginal role). As great as my weakness for Brie Larson is, Samantha McIntyre’s layered screenplay would need much more sure-handed directing to keep it from tragically falling apart. 30% (06.04.2019)

Eine komische Aussage von Brie Larson, die eine nicht gerade sympathische Rolle in einem nicht gerade unterhaltsamen Film spielt. Filme über Künstler sind meistens künstlerisch interessant, dieser ist aber alltäglich, ohne Handlung und ohne jeglichen Funken. Es bietet sich fast an zu sagen, dass dieser Film nichts anderes als überflüssig ist. (03.06.2020)

I liked the idea and the execution, but at the end I still couldn't shake the feeling that there was something missing from Unicorn Store, while on the other hand it had something it could have done without. And that what was left was "only" a slightly above average and unfortunately unnecessarily formulaic film. (07.04.2019)