The Laundromat (2019)
Dir: Steven Soderbergh

The Laundromat is a Netflix distributed comedy drama which follows the story of Ellen Martin, played by Meryl Streep, who after an unthinkable accident takes plan on her holiday, she begins investigating a fake insurance policy.

The plot of this movie was an incredibly interesting story, and the way that the movie was directed just didn't stand up unfortunately. The cast list is incredible but the movie was just inherently flawed and not at all enjoyable in my opinion. I genuinely never thought that I could be bored by the filmography of Steven Soderbergh but this film really has me stumped, even with the film progressing at such a fast pace with a lot of dialogue.

Don't get me wrong, not everything about this film was bad, the acting was incredible, Meryl Streep was incredible, Gary Oldman was incredible, Antonio Banderas was incredible, the cinematography was very nice. Where as the rest just fell flat for me, the film was poorly executed and after all of the hype and waiting for this, I was honestly just left disappointed.

It could've been more to do with the script than the direction alone that created the flaws in this movie, at points it felt really kind of scattered as if too much had been forced in to this film, making it way too busy and too much to process and take in.

Overall, for me unfortunately The Laundromat isn't a film that I would recommend to my friends, although I would say for some it may be a valuable watch and could be an entertaining movie if you're just looking for a casual watch and can get past the poor execution.