Movie Thoughts: CODA

This is the first time in a long time I’ve seen a Best Picture winner after the fact. That tainted my opinion a bit.

I saw the poster for this at the Michigan theater nearly a year ago, almost bought a ticket. I wish I had.

I hesitate to use the word “cute” because it’s condescending, but this is a cute movie. It’s actually two movies. One deserves Best Picture, the other not so much. The deserving one is about a deaf family struggling to navigate the fishing business in northern Massachusetts. The other one is about a young girl with a singing dream and it feels like…