TL:DR. The irony is real.
There is a jarring and uncomfortably slow start to the movie, as the audience wonders what is going on with this odd movie about the guy with the deformed face. It took me a while to get comfortable enough to watch the primary actor and struggled through the awkwardness. The body horror scenes of the guys face coming off are bizarre and disturbing but captivating. The tone of the movie changes as soon as Sebastian…