Brilliant and touching
... View MoreGreat movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
... View MoreA great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
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... View MoreA lot of the people I recommend this movie to were reluctant to watch it because of its lenght. 2 and a half hours may seem like a while, but with such an oddly intriguing story it doesn't feel like it. I've seen shorter movies that seemed longer than this one did. The cinematography was absolutely stunning and everything was presented in such a green light, literally everything seemed to have green undertones, which kind of surprised me at the beginning, but seemed normal as the story progressed. The acting was absolutely stunning, I loved how you only found out everything about the characters at the end. The plot was a bit odd, but it was refreshingly so. It wasn't like anything I had seen before and I absolutely loved its originality. 9.5/10
... View MoreAs President Donald J Trump Esq. said 'I would date Ivanka' Simialrly, in this film the father shows his love and care for his daughter by keeping her close, predatory men away and exercises protection and genius for his beloved. The film also shows how corrupt capitalists in New York City are and has some scenery from European lands.Watch it! MAGA!
... View MoreThe Good:Gorgeous sceneryBoobies and legs. The flaunting babe was hotNot the usual jaded sequel/prequelGreat message about what's important The Bad:Grin at the end hints at a sequel (snore!)Little explanation or believabilityThe nature of the relationship revelation at the end seems to have been inserted to make Ivanka and Donald fans happy (Donald and Ivanka followers put this sentence in the 'good' column)
... View MoreFor me, this was one of those movies that rolls around in the back of the mind long after it's over, and it took some time to hit me that the ostensible B-movie plot about a sinister wellness retreat with a hidden purpose wasn't really what the movie was about.What was it about then? Well, that's the beauty if it... who knows! Nothing, probably. For sure, there's a surfeit of pieces to this puzzle - they're even collected and laid out for us by Celia Imre's cruciverbalist inpatient character. But they don't all quite fit together, whichever way you try to arrange them. And I think deliberately. At one point, the "clues" are literally scattered to the wind. It's not even entirely clear who is the real protagonist after all is said and done; the executive, or the girl whose dream it is - if it is.I loved the languid atmophere - Dane DeHaan shambling on squeaky crutches through increasingly disturbing levels of the wellness centre was hypnotic. I enjoyed being immersed in the dream logic of it all; confusing flashbacks and a timeline that doesn't *quite* make sense. And I really appreciated the "uncanny valley" imagery; a just-too-deep swimming pool, the implausibly precarious breathing apparatus in the isolation tank, or the gleeful feeling of gliding gracefully down a winding mountain road on a pushbike at an improbable speed, all lavishly realised.I'm no fan of gore but even the moments of body-horror (involving axes, drills, tubes and eels inserted into places which in an ideal world they wouldn't be) were somehow so preposterous and over-the-top that I didn't mind them one bit. (The only image I couldn't stomach was the attention the director gave to the poor CGI stag's reaction to being involved in a car accident.)Okay, it's no Citizen Kane, but the production design and cinematography is certainly up there, so if nothing else it's a pleasure to look at.Negatives are a running time that *slightly* overstays its welcome, the tonal shift in the last 20-minutes or so might put some people off, though I felt it was appropriately bonkers turn given the kooky premise of the whole thing. And it is guilty of a bit too much repetition towards the end (yes, yes... the lipstick is a symbol - I GET IT!!!!!)Overall, though - what a unique and wonderful movie! Original, unsettling, lavish, sumptuous, and above all - FUN! It's a real shame that despite its flaws something so different didn't go down well with audiences.
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