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Opening April 20: Super Troopers 2 is a
sequel to the 2011 film about five wacky
Vermont State Troopers. This light come-
dy co-stars Emmanuelle Chriqui (Sloane
on Entourage), 42. She’s a Canadian of
Moroccan Jewish background. Rob Lowe
and Lynda “Wonder Woman” Carter also
appear in the film. Coincidentally, both
have Jewish spouses and their respec-
tive children were raised Jewish.
I Feel Pretty, a comedy/drama, marks
the directorial debut of the screenwrit-
ing team of Abby Kohn and Marc
Silverstein, both 46. They wrote Pretty
and their previous screenwriting credits
include a string of box office hits, includ-
ing Never Been Kissed (1999), He’s Just
Not That into You (2009), The Vow (2012)
and How to be Single (2016).
Amy Schumer, 36, stars as Renee,
a cosmetics company employee who
struggles with low self-esteem engen-
dered by her perception of herself as not
pretty. These feelings hold her back until
a brutal fall in an exercise class knocks
her out — and she wakes up believing
she is a supermodel. Armed now with
self-confidence, she begins to live her
life fearlessly. Emily Ratajkowski, 26,
plays a regular at Renee’s gym — Renee
looks up to her because she’s stun-
ningly pretty. But Emily’s character also
struggles with insecurities.
Throughout most of the film there is
one looming question: What will hap-
pen to Renee when the effects of the
fall wear off and she realizes she isn’t a
supermodel? Will she lose her self-con-
fidence or retain it? You’ll have to watch
to find out.
You Were Never Really Here may
be the sleeper hit of the year. It was
screened last year at the Cannes Film
Festival, where it received a rapturous
reception from the critics and the audi-
ence. At the film’s close, the theater
audience gave it a seven-minute stand-
ing ovation. The director/writer, Lynne
Ramsey, received the Cannes best
screenplay award and Joaquin Phoenix,
43, got the Cannes best actor award.
Phoenix plays Joe, a combat veteran
and former FBI agent who suffers from
post-traumatic stress disorder. As the
film opens, he is a freelance gun-for-
hire and his specialty is rescuing young
women who are being trafficked as pros-
titutes. He’s hired by a New York state
senator who has recently learned where
his daughter, Nina, a forced prostitute, is
being held.
Saying more would really be a spoiler
— but be warned, there is a lot of vio-
lence. There are also a lot of unexpected
plot twists. One footnote: Alessandro
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Emily Ratajkowski
Joaquin Phoenix
Alessandro Nivola
Nivola, 42, has a small but important
role as the governor of New York. His
paternal grandmother was Jewish and
I spoke to him back in 2008 when he
starred as legendary record executive
Leonard Chess in the bio-pic Who Do
You Love? He doesn’t play a nice guy in
Never Really Here, but he couldn’t have
been nicer when I talked to him. (If you
don’t see Never Really Here in a theater,
don’t worry. It was bought at Cannes by
Amazon, where it will likely be streamed
well before year’s end.) •