Peppermint Review and interview with John Ortiz

*Stay after the review for an interview with John Ortiz, who was one of the stars of the film. Huge thank you to Greg Srisavasdi from DeepestDream.com and the podcast CinemAddicts for setting the interview up. I'm very grateful for the opportunity.* 

Jess and I have seen the low reviews for the film, and could not disagree with them more. On our podcast she gave it 4 out of 5 stars, and I gave it 3.5 out of 5. Both of those would be positive reviews from some picky moviegoers. We were both distressed to see how low the other critics have this; almost like they entered their screenings with their minds already made up, and just needed to fill in a couple blanks for their snarky reviews.

I don’t normally put out a plea for moviegoers to straight up disregard critics on a film, but I am here. “Peppermint” was a blast if you’re looking for some quality entertainment this weekend that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but also doesn’t ignore economic issues, or injustices that happen to regular people. I’m pretty sure audiences are going to come out positive on this, and it’s just going to further the chasm between audiences and critics, showing that many are out of touch with what really gets audiences to cheer when the lights come back up from a good film. I’m happy that Jess and I can both enjoy the arthouse fare, but still enjoy a kick ass action film like “Peppermint”.