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RNZ News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Review - Bob Trevino likes it
Bob Trevino likes it, sees Lily Trevino saddled with this year's worst father, Bob. Let down once again, she searches the internet for another, better Bob Trevino - and finds one. Based, astonishingly, on a true event in writer-director Tracie Lymon's life. Stars John Leguizamo (John Wick) and Barbie Ferreira. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
At the Movies for 28 May 2025
Simon Morris looks at three different films with one thing in common. They all feature "chosen families" - an Irish rowing team in Tarrac, an extended family of sisters, neighbours and a mischievous alien in Lilo and Stitch, and Bob Trevino likes it - where a lonely young woman is let down by her real father and finds a better one online. Lilo and Stitch - the latest in a string of Disney animated films remade in live action. Lilo is a lonely Hawaiian 6 year old who wishes for a best friend and gets Stitch an anarchic alien who lives for trouble. Look out for cameo appearances from the stars of the original animated version. Tarrac is an Irish-language feelgood tale of an amateur team of women rowers who enter the semis in County Kerry. Can they beat the 20 year jinx? And will they pronounce the name of the sport? It's Naomhóg rowing, by the way. Bob Trevino likes it, sees Lily Trevino saddled with this year's worst father, Bob. Let down once again, she searches the internet for another, better Bob Trevino - and finds one. Based, astonishingly, on a true event in writer-director Tracie Lymon's life. Stars John Leguizamo (John Wick) and Barbie Ferreira. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
NZ Herald
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
True-life drama: Young woman finds better dad on internet
A meeting of minds: Barbie Ferreira & John Leguizamo. Photo / Supplied Bob Trevino Likes It, directed by Tracie Laymon, is in cinemas now. We hear plenty of stories about the perils of meeting strangers on the internet, but this semi-autobiographical tale is one positive example of mistaken identity gone right.
The Guardian
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Bob Trevino Likes It review – Barbie Ferreira lovebombs us all in quirk-fuelled comedy
This low-budget, low-key comedy-drama is a little saccharine at times, especially in the final stretch, but it's hard to fully resist its charm offensive. It wages an aggressive lovebombing campaign led by very likable lead Barbie Ferreira who shines as put-upon but good-hearted Lily, a home-help assistant first met bawling her eyes out when a misaddressed text reveals that the guy she's been dating has cheated on her. Instead of following her (natural) first instinct to chew him out, she just chokes down her anger and texts 'no problem!' in response to his feeble apology. Soon, it becomes clear that this is poor Lily's usual modus operandi, especially when it comes to her louse of a father, Bob Trevino (French Stewart), who drags her along on his dates in order to make himself look more parental and nurturing than he actually is. When one such date goes badly, Bob shuns Lily, going so far as to effectively ban her from visiting the trailer park where he lives. (The story unfolds around the Kentucky-Indiana border, and precisely evokes the midwestern vibe without either patronising or pandering to the region.) While trying to reach him through Facebook, Lily ends up befriending an entirely different Bob Trevino (John Leguizamo), a construction industry manager who at first is just being polite but who comes to enjoy chatting with lonely Lily via the app messaging platform; this Bob Trevino 'likes' some of her corny memes and posts, hence the title. The two develop a genuine but strictly platonic friendship that moves eventually to the real world, somewhat to the baffled bemusement of Bob's wife Jeanie (Rachel Bay Jones). Writer-director Tracie Laymon lays on the message thickly about the value of chosen family members as opposed to allegiance to the cruddy ones you get stuck with at birth. Therefore it's no surprise this has gone around the festival circuit pleasing crowds and winning audience awards. With quirky plot details, a patina of authenticity evoked by its handheld cinematography, and likable peripheral characters like Lily's feisty wheelchair-using employer Daphne (Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer), it is pure catnip for festival audiences. To knock its sentimental failings would be like kicking a puppy – and there are actual puppies in the film just to ensure it snags the heartstrings. Resistance is futile. Bob Trevino Likes It is on digital platforms from 23 May.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Barbie Ferreira Sets The Record Straight On Her 'Euphoria' Exit
After years of speculation, alum is finally opening up about why she left the hit HBO series. Since Ferreira's departure in 2022, rumors swirled that tensions on set played a role in her exit. Some even speculated that she walked off-set. However, Barbie Ferreira firmly denied those claims. During a recent appearance on "The Viall Files" podcast, the 28-year-old actress reflected on her time playing Kat Hernandez and explained why she knew it was time to walk away after two seasons. 'I think instead of me kind of lingering around for nine months, I think it was best for both of us that we just ended it there,' Ferreira revealed. 'Of course, it's hard. I love 'Euphoria.' I love Kat. Kat means the world to me. I mean, I spent so many years pouring everything into her, but it's like, you don't want to ruin a good thing.' Despite fan theories suggesting otherwise, Ferreira made it clear that the decision for her to leave "Euphoria" wasn't one-sided. 'It was a mutual decision,' she emphasized. 'It was absolutely not just me. Everyone decided that… there was nowhere to go, and that's hard obviously because I'm like, 'What am I going to do?' But again, with acting, things happen all the time and you just have to have thick skin and make the right decisions for you in your career.' Reflecting on the intense speculation surrounding her "Euphoria" exit, Barbie Ferreira opened up about the challenges of navigating rumors and misinformation. 'I was really young, and it was tough,' she admitted. 'Obviously, there was a lot of discourse about it that wasn't true, and I'm a person who just kind of lets everything happen. It's a popular show, so people took it out of… I never walked off set. There was never anything like that." The actress added, "That was a whole thing, 'She did all this,' and I was like, 'I absolutely never did that.' You could ask the hundreds of people that were there every day. Fan theories are crazy, and most of the time they're not right, but sometimes they are.' With so much speculation circulating online, Ferreira admitted that she had to distance herself from social media. 'I can't read it,' she said bluntly. 'Respect to everyone who comments back and claps back and everything,' she laughed. 'I have never been that girl. In fact, I just let it go into its own world and then fizzle out because what am I going to do? All I'm going to do is just fuel [it]. They're not going to listen to me, they're not going to believe me if I say something.' Ferreira also revealed that her experience with "Euphoria" changed how she engages with social media. 'When 'Euphoria' came out, I was so used to being on the internet. I was always telling everyone everything I was doing, always talking to the camera, just always filling people in,' she shared. 'And I think my biggest sacrifice as an actor is that I don't use the internet for fun anymore." She continued, "I mean, obviously, I scroll through TikTok, but I don't post a lot for fun most of the time. I just feel like it's not the same being an actor who's in a show that's popular.' While she may have stepped back from social media, Ferreira still keeps in touch with her "Euphoria" co-stars. 'I saw Hunter [Schafer] the other day, I saw Maude [Apatow] the other day,' she revealed. 'Sydney [Sweeney] came to see my [Broadway] play ['Cult of Love']. They're all so busy. I mean, I've been out of town for like eight months, so whenever we're in town, we always try to see each other. And they came to support the play, which was really sweet.' Though Ferreira has moved on from "Euphoria," the show remains a cultural phenomenon. Seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream on Max, with season 3 set to arrive in 2026.
