★ 3 / 10
This could easy rate as one of the
skyezero
This could easy rate as one of the biggest piles of cowshit I have ever seen in my entire life. Saying this consider Chloë Sevigny is in this is quite the…
This could easy rate as one of the biggest piles of cowshit I have ever seen in my entire life. Saying this consider Chloë Sevigny is in this is quite the statement as she’s one of my favourite actresses of all time. In her defence - she gave as much to her role as possible and it didn’t really set her up with a fighting chance.
The movie starts with Chloë Sevigny’s husband cheating on her so I instantly hate this film as who the fuck would cheat on her?! Answer is nobody, not one person who is deemed as sane, ever. Her part is minor in this unfortunately for my eyes and the purpose of distracting me from how dire the movie is.
The film is focusing on a group of bratty 12 year olds who you immediately hate and want to die. Within 5 minutes I was praying for some machete yielding manic to come and hack them all to pieces - don’t judge me for saying that until you’ve watched this the entire way through. They’re all bullying eachother with obvious insults such as the fat girls weight, such imagination. They’re having a sleepover and the one who’s invited the new girl they talk about as though she’s a saint but as the movie progresses she’s actually bat shit insane and don’t recall her saying one nice word so not quite sure what happened with that slight deviation of the character traits. The Mother (blessed Chloë) leaves them with free reign of the huge house, alcohol collection and her millions of pounds worth of jewellery to try on. The maid has disappeared to god knows where and apparently nobody thought to keep her in for when the group of 12 year olds are going to be flying solo. At one point and I shit you not they’re all posing with a gun and uploaded it to Facebook like #lookatme diediediediediediedie.
They all decided to stick to bullying two of the girls and tell one she has to leave. The rest act as though they’re terrified of this notion for some reason but she eventually runs into the local woods and thank fuck as she was getting on my tits. Her Dad is screening her calls which I completely understand as if that thing belonged to me I would be doing exactly the same if she tried to contact me. “I can’t even see right now wahhhhh” Shut up it’s fucking daylight you ridiculous little gonk.
As the 12 year olds are getting white girl wasted, lost girls Daddy comes and has a complete melt down which isn’t scary in the slightest it just makes you raise your eyebrows a bit as to how bad is this actually going to get, absent mindedly moving the mouse to see how long is left of this garbage. It’s impressive how many times “you should go and kill yourself” is said. One time is actually from wandering brats Father to the children inside the house. Again, sort of agree.
There’s some art on the wall which the camera moves to a few times which looks like Marilyn Monroe with an egg replacing her face and when the camera is on that, the yolk rotates. I have no idea what the relevance of this is.
I DON’’T UNDERSTAND THE RELEVANCE OF THE ENTIRE FUCKING MOVIE.
BAD.
2/10 - one for Chloë Sevigny and one for Natasha Lyonne featuring a small part.
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★ 4 / 10
Over Hated but Massively Flawed
califuneral
An artful and promising directorial debut for Tara Subkoff, but its satiric nature is muddled by a cast of unlikable and unrelatable preteen characters, a…
An artful and promising directorial debut for Tara Subkoff, but its satiric nature is muddled by a cast of unlikable and unrelatable preteen characters, a blatant message, a drifting plot, and a lack of explanation. This hyper stylized and misanthropic angst fest of middle school melodrama clearly doesn't aim to be taken seriously, but from a film making perspective, this film is no joke. This film is put together with care, and the final product is nothing short of mesmerizing. The shots are artful and dreamy, hitting the same vein (stylistically) as that of Sofia Coppola, using its setting for some really inventive imagery, unlike another film called Queen of Earth which hardly utilized its setting to produce something good looking. Timothy Hutton and Chloe Sevigny are both over the top but clearly intentionally so, their performances are wonderful no less, Sevigny adds loads of personality to her character, a character which would otherwise be a blank slate if performed by any other actress. As for the younger ensemble, the majority of them struggle to make a presence on screen, but they end up blending together and not standing out, the only performance that is really commendable (and I use that word rather sparingly) is that of Sadie Steelert in the role of Sam, but even then her performance is nothing more than serviceable. They're clearly intentionally outlandish but not one of them is a name or a character that I'll remember. The score by EMA was what I found most surprising, blending classic horror themes and more practical instrumentation with contemporary synths and lush production, giving the film a very cold and apathetic vibe, it's a mesmerizing score. There a really good film here, but it's buried beneath a slippery slope of a screenplay.Narratively inconsistent, preachy messages, lacking in much needed explanation, hugely unlikable and unmemorable characters, lots of un-inventive dialogue for our younger cast of characters, it's a script that is ambitious and clearly aims to be provocative, but at the same time is not entirely willing to go the extra mile. It wants to be this exploitative study on how the Internet has created a culture of apathetic and misanthropic youth, but it isn't willing to dive into the murky depths of human depravity, unlike a much better film: the 2014 release MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN. It scratches above the surface but hardly gives you something to chew on. Tara Subkoff has some great ideas and has an eye for lush and artful film making, but as a writer, there's clearly room for improvement. I'm not sure I'd recommend it, but I very much enjoyed #Horror and who knows I may watch it again, and I will definitely have my eye on Tara Subkoff.
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I REALLLY want the Chloë Sevigny, but I just cant do the joos.