Is it the next Mississippi Burning (1988)?
Nope.
Is it the new American History X (1998)?
Nah.
It was still powerful for what it was.
I was genuinely excited for this movie as I enjoy Justin Kurzel as a director. I especially enjoyed his past true crime films, such as Snowtown (2011) and Nitram (2021). So I was surprised how underwhelmed I felt after watching this.
The film has a lot of great shots. Not scenes. Not…
This film feels less like an answer to Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and more like a higher-quality version of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).
One-dimensional characters, lazy writing, and numerous plot holes.
I also want to point out before anything else that there should have been an epilepsy warning for that super long strobe scene. Totally unnecessary.
I really did not like that Nicole Kidman’s character was written to have a background as being raised in a cult compound. That…
I do not question the intent.
I simply question the execution.
By trying to tell the stories of all his victims in one significantly short movie, you end up not knowing much about any of them.
If the movie had to devote itself to only one victim, it should have been Monique Hoyt.
This movie feels like it is trying to have a greater message about American women specially in the 1970’s and all the cultural and social hurdles they…
Out of all the films featuring Art The Clown, I think this is the one I can tolerate the most.
I just really enjoyed the creativity from this film, as I feel the future films become more exploitative and less creative.
I interpreted the reason in the end, Art The Clown getting out of the TV, as being caused by the babysitter watching the tape till the end. She did not have to continue watching and clearly was already disturbed…
