I think the main flaw of the movie is that it asks too much out of the viewer. You need to have an extensive knowledge of how delusions form and how drug addicts behave and rationalize, in order to follow the characters and not tune out because of the absurdism. THIS IS NOT A SCI-FI FILM.
It's clear from start to end that the movie is about drug addiction and drug-induced psychosis. His prescription bottle read Hydrocodone, an opioid used for pain relief. On the phone he talked to his daughter about his fake injuries. He crushed his last two pills and snorted them off-screen before leaving his office. Isabel slips him something in his drink when they first meet, that's when his bender begins (along with the "powers"). From then on, Isabel and Greg seem to experience a drug-induced shared psychosis (aka folie à deux).
One way that could explain the "glitches in the Matrix" is if we assume that the audience is not an objective observer but either a third party in this shared psychosis or simply an extension of Greg's deluded subconscious.
Shout by ErebosBlockedParentSpoilers2021-02-07T22:55:12Z— updated 2021-02-15T02:35:37Z
I think the main flaw of the movie is that it asks too much out of the viewer. You need to have an extensive knowledge of how delusions form and how drug addicts behave and rationalize, in order to follow the characters and not tune out because of the absurdism. THIS IS NOT A SCI-FI FILM.
It's clear from start to end that the movie is about drug addiction and drug-induced psychosis. His prescription bottle read Hydrocodone, an opioid used for pain relief. On the phone he talked to his daughter about his fake injuries. He crushed his last two pills and snorted them off-screen before leaving his office. Isabel slips him something in his drink when they first meet, that's when his bender begins (along with the "powers"). From then on, Isabel and Greg seem to experience a drug-induced shared psychosis (aka folie à deux).
One way that could explain the "glitches in the Matrix" is if we assume that the audience is not an objective observer but either a third party in this shared psychosis or simply an extension of Greg's deluded subconscious.