The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)

Probably the Roma Oscar lead to the decision. It makes the movie more impressive ? I don't know. It's a good production for a 40 yo woman story. Is it the black white cuz the lighting can be cut?

Fmovies: This story sounded promising, but I found it a let-down. The central character is a playwright who was much-praised in her youth, winning awards, and at nearly forty has a fulfilling teaching job. She is nevertheless resentful because she lacks the success that eludes most writers and because she is ageing at the normal rate. She complains about this in rap as well as in other forms of communication, and she blames society for the fact that she is not recognized as the genius she believes herself to be. Based on the writing skills displayed in the rap, the audience will have to take her word for it. A lot of depictions of middle aged women show them as whiny and pathetic, and sadly that's the case here.

Dang, Radha Blank slays in this movie about a black woman playwright trying to keep her voice and be a success. It made me think about so many of my friends in decades past -- talented black women playwrights, directors and actors who made brilliant work but weren't heard or known on a large scale. This movie speaks for all of them. It speaks to me, as an aging creative person. Watch it for the sharp dialogue, compelling characters and joy of seeing a talented black woman saying her truth.

The Forty-Year-Old Version fmovies. This is a mildly interesting movie about a woman trying to reach her ambitious goals before middle age. The struggle of the character is the typical one of mid life frustration that everyone goes through in their own way between forty and fifty. As an artist, the protagonist seems to want to be famous more than she wants to produce great art and this is demonstrated by her willingness to use any form or style that might bring her popularity. There are some funny scenes, but overall I didn't find this movie especially deep or insightful.

A dramatic comedy with rap. It is about a woman of almost 40 years old who in the twilight of her failure as a playwright tries to enter the world of rap. The photography is spectacular. In black and white. The address is good. Quality. Entertaining It stays almost all the time, only in two or three lapses it becomes slow. Due to its duration at times it can be a bit overwhelming. The verses are at the moment. Good performances. It talks about how sometimes fears hold us back, how we passively live without experiencing those talents we think we have or what we can exploit. How sometimes you have to sell your talent for pennies to eat. Explorative. Light sexual jokes and others not so much, as well as situations, sarcasm and intelligent comedy. Try to be profound without being pedantic. The problem is that inside everything it becomes hackneyed by how they try to put a little romance in it. An extraordinary option if you like smart movies or rap.

Forty year old version was somewhat dissapointment to me,i just coudnt find any character that was actually likeable or symphatic and because of that i wasnt invested in a story as i wanted when i started to watch this film.Story wasnt nothing great or brilliant but in a first and second act it still had captivating touch around it,but as we were going towards third one everything was starting to become stale and tiresome.I mean who wants to hear a middle aged woman complaining all the time that she is 40 and that she didnt become what she wanted,also im not a good rap expert but honestly she wasnt even that good in such staff,this film was in end a let down in a way