All's not what it seems

Bombing under the radar

The 355 has bombed at the US box office. The usual suspects claim that it's because this all women-led spy caper is part of an unimaginative progressive movement that audiences are tiring of. There may be something to that argument, but are they merely trying to fit things to their own cultural narrative?

I'd never even heard of The 355, until I found out that it'd bombed at the US box office. Nobody was talking about it. But the reviews and audience feedback are hardly inspiring; it seems that the film's simply not that good.

Possibly, after they'd seen the final cut, the studio's executives decided that it just wasn't worth a marketing budget more than a six-pack of beer and a cheese roll? At least that'll reduce the amount that it's struggling to recoup. (pipe)

Looking at the promo photos, I see Marion Cotillard in all of them, why isn't she listed in the cast? Diane Kruger replaced her for undisclosed reasons.

IMDb, The 355 FAQ

Perhaps the promo photos were taken before Cotillard had read the script. (LMAO)

The 355 poster The 355 poster
Personally, I prefer the second version of the poster, it's cleaner and more stylish, although that film won't be released to theatres for another five days. Nevertheless, it does earn this post an extra tag, because Penélope Cruz isn't Colombian and Lupita Nyong'o isn't British. Lanes are, after all, lanes; anything else is tantamount to pretending. Having said that, they're not white, so perhaps lanes don't apply to them…hmmm…(thinking)

The film's title is a reference to agent 355, the codename of an unidentified female spy during the American Revolution. TBH, that sounds like a far more interesting film premise. If only it could be done realistically. Which, in Hollywoke, is unrealistic.