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Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
A love letter to the original Wallace and Gromit trilogy unfortunately falls into the trap of so many nostalgia flicks these days but does a better job than many of their more recent outings.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Brilliant casting around, Bill Skarsgärd disappears into Orlock for much of the film, particularly in his introduction he seems more of a puppet of flesh puppetted around by his ominous presence than a creature unto itself assisted by the anxiety inducing cinematography. Much of this presence does leave him after his arrival in Wisborg as if his proximity to Lily-Rose Depp's Ellen Hunter or his departing from his Castle has led to more of his power being confined to his…
An understated film, melancholy but ultimately hopeful and affirming, a celebration of the revelatory and humanising power of found sisterhood.