15 uplifting movies on Netflix for a feel-good escape
We could all use a feel-good movie right about now.
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2021-02-20 22:00:00 UTC
You don t need any excuse or reason to watch something uplifting on Netflix, so we re not going to pretend you do. Yes, feel-good movies are always there for us when spirits are low, but even when you re happy you deserve to ride that wave! Turn your frown upside down or fix that grin on firmly with these films.
Here are 15 uplifting Netflix movies you can stream right now.Â
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Dumplinâ
Danielle Macdonald as Willowdean and Jennifer Aniston as Rosie in Dumplin, in which a former beauty queen s daughter enters a pageant as a protest.
The Serpent, Rahim a toujours fait preuve d un talent remarquable pour ce qui est d injecter de la chaleur humaine dans les personnages les plus accablés rien qu en ouvrant ses yeux lumineux, ou à travers des expressions faciales très fines. Il le fait extraordinairement bien dans le rôle de cet homme qui s est battu avec les moudjahidines contre les Soviétiques. Il donne à Mohamedou une dose d’humanité, tout en laissant de la place pour le doute quant à son implication, ou pas, dans des crimes affreux. Sans qu on sache comment, il parvient à dessiner un Slahi obstiné, mais également chaleureux et courtois. Il donne envie de croire que ses mots sont vrais, mais s arrange pour que dans le même temps, on ne soit pas nécessairement tout à fait convaincu.
The Serpent, Rahim has a remarkable talent for bringing warmth to the most pained characters by opening his luminescent eyes or through perceptive facial movements. He does this to tremendous effect playing a man who once fought alongside the Mujahideen against the Soviets. He gives Mohamedou a dose of humanity, while also leaving some room for doubt over his involvement, or lack thereof, in heinous crimes. Somehow, he makes Slahi obstinate, but also warm and courteous. He makes us want to believe his words are true, without necessarily having us convinced.
The action starts in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. Slahi gets arrested in front of his mother in Mauritania, north-west Africa, then transported to Guantánamo Bay, the notorious American base in Cuba, where the United States government imprisoned those they felt could provide information that would lead to the capture of Osama Bin Laden and the breaking-up of the Al-Qaeda network. Nearly all of these men were