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It's not super deep, it definitely could go much heavier, but I don't think this film is really trying to go further and coming up short, I think it fulfilled exactly what it wants to do.
As far as filmmaking goes, as others have noted, there is definitely some contemporary European arthouse influence in here. Some A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night sprinkled in too. But anyway, as a whole it's visually pretty cool, the sets are tight…
Jordan Peele bites off quite a bit more than he can chew in this film, in my opinion. He's just tackling a lot of different threads that end up going really nowhere, and with little cohesion. Also (I know this is a hot take, sorry, but) the sound design was pretty rough all around. Still though, I think aliens are cool. I think this was much more sci-fi than horror, which I kind of liked. I loved when Daniel Kaluuya said "Nope." that rocked.
Alright, this is now my 5th Sean Baker film I've seen following The Florida Project, Anora, Red Rocket, and Take Out and I think he does a bit of a misstep here in an otherwise near flawless run of films, in my opinion.
Easily the biggest crime this film committed to the world of cinema was just how grating the score was. Aside from the opening credits sequence (one of my favorite parts of the film) and the ending (another…
Short version of my review, this is exceptional.
Long version, where do I even start? Normally I would start with film elements so I'll do that, there is so much genius interplay between them.
Sounds design compliments the film brilliantly with creaking hinge sounds at the beginning when limbs would move. The constant whispering in the final scene is amazing. Cutting every time a sound is heard is so cool.
The film masterfully switches beautifully between black and white, color,…
