The View
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1997 · UNCATEGORIZED

The View

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.

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ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.

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@REEL_DEAL2025-12-30 02:00 UTC

Even the popcorn looked bored during The View.

@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-30 14:00 UTC

Watched The View so you don't have to. You're welcome.

@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-30 15:00 UTC

The View has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.

@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-30 10:00 UTC

If The View was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.

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r/criticalkino · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 1.9k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The View actually is?

Everyone praising the The View performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.

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r/flicks · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 2.9k points

Hot Take: The View's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece

Director clearly thought The View was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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r/flicks · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 0.5k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in The View?

Honestly, The View would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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r/criticalkino · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 1.5k points

Unpopular opinion: The View is the most overrated film of the decade

Look, I wanted to love The View. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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