A little over-long? Perhaps. Self-indulgent? Absolutely. But (as it would seem is customary for Lanthimos) it is weird, thoughtful, visually inventive and - most importantly - the product of a singular vision. The movie contains a lot of sex and sexual themes but I didn't feel it was a sexy film - it was more a film of ideas, principally about love and obsession. I personally think his vision of humanity is rather darker than my own, but it took me on a terrifically entertaining (and often hilarious) trip. Mark Ruffalo's acting was (deliberately) absurd and a little too mannered for me, but Emma Stone was note-perfect and worth the price of admission alone. I was I admit startled that a movie with such adult content (but not actually pornographic) could have been such a mainstream as well as popular success. I have to imagine word of mouth kept theatres filled, and word of mouth was right.
Shout by Dr BrakeVIP 4BlockedParent2024-03-14T03:06:25Z
A little over-long? Perhaps. Self-indulgent? Absolutely. But (as it would seem is customary for Lanthimos) it is weird, thoughtful, visually inventive and - most importantly - the product of a singular vision. The movie contains a lot of sex and sexual themes but I didn't feel it was a sexy film - it was more a film of ideas, principally about love and obsession. I personally think his vision of humanity is rather darker than my own, but it took me on a terrifically entertaining (and often hilarious) trip. Mark Ruffalo's acting was (deliberately) absurd and a little too mannered for me, but Emma Stone was note-perfect and worth the price of admission alone. I was I admit startled that a movie with such adult content (but not actually pornographic) could have been such a mainstream as well as popular success. I have to imagine word of mouth kept theatres filled, and word of mouth was right.