Such a frustrating disappointment

hyped garbage

best movie i've ever seen.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Alexandra Essoe does a fine job of playing an aspiring actress in LA who thinks she has found her big break but once the creepy movie director places his hand on her knee it's just the start of a truly horrific nightmare. This is a slow burner but leads to an horrific climax, but one that did not make a great deal of sense to me. Maybe that was the intention, a make of it what you will movie. Well acted, good production values, some pretty extreme gore and it's certainly "different" but I feel that some of the other reviews on here are somewhat over generous.

Alex Essoe is a really good actress and she was brilliant in this. This move delves into the sometimes morally vague and downright bad things people feel forced to do in order to achieve their dreams of fortune and fame. This movie is better than most "seedy underbelly of Hollywood" type tales. It is better than The Last Tycoon (starring a young Bobby De Niro) and infinitely superior to the superficially pretty but bland and unrewarding Neon Demon. The plot is sort of predictable, but the performances and direction is really excellent, so that doesn't matter. I really liked it. There are lot of unprofessional and immoral demands on actresses that go unsaid and there should be more films like this.

Comparing it to Rosemary's Baby??? Not even close! Rosemary's Baby had a plot, a REASON, an EXPLANATION, it made SENSE! This movie makes no sense. I'm only giving it 2 stars since it kept me watching until the end, hoping to make some sense out of it.At the beginning it seemed pretty good. Seemed like it was leading up to something interesting. But then it dragged on and on. Here's the spoiler: NOTHING HAPPENS. Other than the gory murders at the end. And some stupid cult yelling "Hail Astreaus!" (The subtitles misspelled the Greek God I think it was). Sort of like the slightly corny "Hail Satan!" at the end of Rosemary's Baby. Except in Rosemary's Baby they slowly let you learn about the cult, the people in it, what they were doing, what their origins were, and then let it all hang out in the end. Here, nothing. Just leads up to the end with a cult with no explanation, no background, nothing.If you like to see people's face get smashed into pulp with a dumbbell you can skip to close to the end. It's completely pointless. I don't mind seeing gore like that - I'd rather not - but if it has a point and a plot and makes sense then I don't mind.One little technical point. It's not that easy to stab someone to death. Especially a small girl stabbing a medium-size man. Normally they would fight back, not just sit there going "why?".One thing I will say is the lead actress Alex Essoe did an AMAZING job of acting, wow! She was a great actress, even acting being an actor. She was great. Too bad the rest of the movie was worthless.

Starry Eyes takes a while to get going. It's almost like the movie just slowly builds up to the ending and it's a good one. It's hard to tell at first if the girl is dealing with mental issues or if something is being done to her. Maybe there's mental issues that fit with what the "organization" was looking for but either way, it gives you many questions at the start and does a good job at keeping you interested.Alex Essoe(Sarah in the film) does a better job than I originally thought. She has some chops especially in the scenes where she is acting that she's acting. I was pleasantly surprised with the casting overall except for a few characters who felt out of place but all in all there's a strong cast. The movie is pretty brutal in the last 3rd of the film. I was surprised at just how much they actually showed and it did bring on some feelings of queasiness but it stayed away from the realm of torture porn. Very violent and the payoff was sweet.Overall it's an OK movie I wasn't expecting to care for. It does a good job at making you feel uncomfortable but the lack of anything really original is what holds it back in my eyes.