Don’t do it! Because watching the latest major Netflix release, you’re bound to throw away your backyard telescope!

As the end credits began, I asked myself, “The bloody hell did I just watch? What the fuck was that?”

Okay, okay. I’ll say it. This movie is a major film worthy of a theatrical release, which it is, but COVID-19 restrictions have been put back in place in some areas. It’s worth getting Netflix to see this, and hey, I’m not messing with you. It had me, from the first second I saw the opening credits and saw who was in it, enraptured. I couldn’t look away. With attention span problems, that’s saying something.

And do not turn it off when the end credits begin! Don’t turn it off when they seem over. Let them roll until you get the Netflix screen. No spoilers here, but I can tell you that this film just pushed Christopher Robin (2018) to the number two spot on my favorite movies list. I didn’t think that could ever happen. I mean it, that movie hit me in every right place it could. Nostalgia, Pooh and Eeyore, a grown-up Christopher Robin, laughs, a bit of suspense, a sad bit, and fucking Eeyore!

If you see this film on IMDb, you’ll see the words “comedy, drama and Sci-Fi.”

That’s not enough. You have to see this. The premise: in the first scenes, Jennifer Lawrence, a Michigan State astronomer, discovers a new comet. Everyone’s happy until her supervisor, Leonardo DiCaprio, calculates its path.

Chris Evans, Ariana Grande, Tyler Perry, Meryl Streep, Ron Perlman, Kid Cudi, Cate Blanchett and so many more make this a well-rounded movie, and I sat there waiting for someone to steal the show, but it never happened. They’re all spectacular, and yet, for a moment, I have to say, Ron Perlman almost did it. His part wasn’t long enough for that, and in truth it’s perfect. It’s his kind of part, short, but a custom fit that nobody else could have ever done.

Jennifer Lawrence is good. Not since Hunger Games and Silver Linings Playbook has she shown off like this, and it’s good to see. Meryl Streep as the president is, uh, well done. Perhaps too well done. She’s the one and only, though, and has she ever let audiences down?

That’s all I’m going to say. This movie gets a perfect score from me; everything is perfect, from the first frame to the last: sound, music, writing, directing, make-up, sets and lighting.

Please do treat yourself to this awesome movie.