This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
This odd movie stuck in my head for years, despite only having seen it once in college with very little perspective on life. I didn't remember any of the specifics, just that it felt very different from any of the... *checks Letterboxd* ... 1,872 other movies I've watched in my life. So late one night last week, felt like a good one to revisit.
What strikes you immediately about Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance is that she isn't going for a naturalistic…
The animation style was mesmerizing and beautiful. There's something to be said about studios not going for photorealistic 3D animation but rather falling back on a look and feel when each frame was lovingly hand-painted. It feels more precious, more personal. It doesn't just do more for the eye, but when my eyes are engaged in a movie making bold visual choices like this one and the Spiderverse films, it engages me emotionally as well. It may be a trick,…
Willy Wonka but with books instead of chocolate and really bad instead of good
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I’m posting this review on the same day as my good friend Erica. Go check her reviews out. We are both fans of Yorgos Lanthimos and were both looking forward to seeing this one, and boy is there an awful lot to digest. This movie was audacious in every sense. As an intellectual exercise, it’s most definitely successful. It has a ton of humor, a ton of thought provoking material, great acting, amazing sets and art design and costuming. But…
