I knew regardless of what this new version was people would hate! I’m so tired of people being so critical lol. Nothing is going to be as great as the classic and any version of this movie would be compared to the original. It wasn’t fantastic but I didn’t care because I loved seeing Eddie and the rest of the cast in this light. I didn’t go into watching this for any other reason except the nostalgia of it all, and you should to!
Just an okay movie, not really bad but not good either. Couldn't really get attached to the characters, honestly expected a bit much. Jean Reno's role is also smaller than i expected.
Honestly, the movie was good, until the transition to the ending scene. It made no sense for what was established throughout the movie.
I went into this movie completely blind. Had no idea what it was about - and very glad I did. Right from the off, the Scandinavian landscape sets the tone with some gorgeous looking photography and very intriguing opening. Thelma is clearly a repressed character with her over bearing parents mollycoddling her at every step. As she goes to college she starts to experience strange thoughts / feelings / emotions and episodes. We see her utterly confused as to why she is having the thoughts she does and the feelings of guilt that ensue.
At it's heart, this is a coming of age / sexual awakening story. But it's also much more than that. It reminded me of both 'Raw' and 'Personal Shopper' in the sense that there are religious / supernatural / horror / societal conformity elements to the story. And it is very well done. There are some flaws - I think the metaphorical elemnts to it do go a bit over the top at times, and there are some elemsnts that are a touch fantastical, but the viewer can easily let that slip as it doesn't affect the overall experience too much.
The performances are also fantastic. The two leads played by Eili Harboe and Kaya Wilkins are a product of some superb casting, and they didn't put a foot wrong in the whole movie. Joachim Trier's direction is more than adequate, and as mentioned beofre, the cinematography by Jakob Ihre is superb throughout - one beautifully filmed scene in particular (set on a lake) will live long in the memory.
Overall I'd give this at least 7.5 / 10
Great mastery/supernatural story that's in the core of it, it's only about a girl finding her strength to be herself in world that is trying to suppress her.
The lead Eili Harboe, the overall visuals are beautifully haunting. Joachim trier never disappoints
i loooooved the ending!! killing her father with the one thing that he tried to scare her with, and healing her mother because she accidentally caused her pain when she was little and had no control over her powers
