The Lost City: ‘Criminally underrated’ Sandra Bullock comedy enjoys shock rise to top of Netflix chart

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The Lost City, a comedy from 2022 starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, has risen to the top of Netflix’s UK movie chart.

The movie sees Bullock play Loretta Page, a author who’s kidnapped by a villainous billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) within the pursuit of an enormous archeological discovery. Tatum, in the meantime, performs an air-headed actor who stars within the diversifications of Sage’s books.

The movie has leapfrogged a quantity of extensively promoted Netflix originals, together with Kevin Hart heist thriller Lift and Daniel Kaluuya’s sci-fi drama The Kitchen, to declare the No 1 spot within the streaming service’s rankings.

Brad Pitt additionally seems in The Lost City, as a contractor whom Tatum hires to assist rescue Bullock’s character.

Viewers have shared their reactions to the movie on social media, with some heralding the romcom as an “underrated” gem.

“Channing-Tatum-does-comedy is one of my fave movie genres,” one individual wrote. “From The Lost City to [21 Jump Street] he’s bloody hilarious! Snaps for that dude. @channingtatum Also #thelostcity is a criminally underrated film imo – Sandy&Channing&Brad? Name me a more iconic trio…”

“I watched Lost City on Netflix earlier today. It was funny and a good film… I’d love a sequel,” wrote one other.

Someone else wrote: “If you want some fun nonsense then watch The Lost City on Netflix- it’s enjoyable. Ten minutes in and I prefer it.”

In a three-star assessment of the movie again in 2022, The Independent critic Clarisse Loughrey wrote: “Tatum has spent his entire career perfecting that kind of himbo, whether it be in the 21 Jump Street or Magic Mike films. And, finally, in The Lost City, he’s been paired with his ideal opposite: Sandra Bullock, the actor you call to play very smart women who still can’t seem to keep their lives together, who delivers in ways that are relatable as opposed to patronising.

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“Though the film, directed by brothers Adam and Aaron Nee, presents itself as a 21st-century retread of Robert Zemeckis’s adventure romcom Romancing the Stone, it’s really the kind of project that’s suctioned itself to its A-list leads like a barnacle on a ship.”

This weekend has additionally seen the discharge of Griselda, a brand new Netflix miniseries based mostly on the life of Colombian druglord Griselda Blanco.

In the primary few days of its launch, the crime drama has set a brand new report for star Sofia Vergara on the assessment aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes.