Wow. This. Film. Is. A. Mindf$#k. I saw this at it's world premiere at Popcorn Frights in Miami, and I have to say, the experience of the theatre during the screening was one of the most intense I'd ever sat through. This film has layer upon layer of metaphor. Whether inferred intentionally or subconsciously by Ainslie, he really has done a masterful job of crafting a film I can't wait to see again. It stays with you.
The performances of Christopher and Laferriere are intensely sad and moving. We see Jack and Chloe crack and Ainslie's painted it for us in a way where its like being around the abusive couple that refuses to break up - and we can't leave. There is no refuge from the toxicity of the marriage and relationship.
What was unexpected and I really enjoyed were the comedic elements. This film plays a lot like Korea's Blue Beard where it will make you laugh at Jack's stupidity or clumsiness in one instance but in the next you're as uncomfortable as the scene no one will speak of in Noe's Irreversible.
Absolutely brilliant work by Ainslie I can't wait to see this again. He's a must-see filmmaker and I hope I get to see Laferriere and Christopher in more soon too. The pair are absolutely electric performers that bring a grounded and raw realness to their characters with ferocity, tenderness, and humor.
The performances of Christopher and Laferriere are intensely sad and moving. We see Jack and Chloe crack and Ainslie's painted it for us in a way where its like being around the abusive couple that refuses to break up - and we can't leave. There is no refuge from the toxicity of the marriage and relationship.
What was unexpected and I really enjoyed were the comedic elements. This film plays a lot like Korea's Blue Beard where it will make you laugh at Jack's stupidity or clumsiness in one instance but in the next you're as uncomfortable as the scene no one will speak of in Noe's Irreversible.
Absolutely brilliant work by Ainslie I can't wait to see this again. He's a must-see filmmaker and I hope I get to see Laferriere and Christopher in more soon too. The pair are absolutely electric performers that bring a grounded and raw realness to their characters with ferocity, tenderness, and humor.