One of the hallmarks of pacing in a movie is to either shock the audience by pulling aplot twist from nowhere. or reveal the way things are headed early on. and keep the audience in suspence about when and how something will happen. The latter is handled beautifully in Ripe as two girls find out just how mush love. sex and death can be intertwined. The director establishes early on that the groundskeeper will tear a rift between the two girls, which will lead to one of them killing him. The way this movie is paced makes this completely agonizing. Even better. the director also gives us a lot of carefree. hilarious moments to counter the tension. Once the trigger is pulled. there is no telling what might happen to the girls, the aftermath is up for grabs, which the director handles brilliantly.
Review of Ripe
