Good Times

The first narrative feature film by documentarian William Friedkin is a Sonny and Cher variety hour (and a half)? That’s such a weird place to start his career, but okay. I have no real problem with loose narratives and variety-like presentation, but Good Times tries to strike this balance between having a story with expected payoffs in the pathos department while dedicating far too much of its runtime to three sketches that don’t end up actually contribute to anything while not being nearly...