A Banquet (2021)
5/10
Voldemort, is that you back there?
7 December 2022
There were a lot of things that I quite liked about this movie... unfortunately, the things that I didn't were relatively detrimental.

First off, because this is an easy go to for people that love to be generally dismissive and give a 1 star review... if you are not a fan of something with a definitive, clear ending... this is probably not for you. I didn't hate the ending, but even me myself I would have liked a little more clarity. Also, at no point was I bored during this but it is most certainly a slow burn. I do think it could have had some of the struggle in the third act cut, it became a bit repetitive and slowed the pacing down.

I quite liked this movie aesthetically. It was very atmospheric and the shots were beautiful. Also without this cast I don't think this movie would have been what it was at all. Everyone did an excellent job, especially the main girl and the mother.

This feels like a movie that a lot of the general public would find slow, boring and with little pay off... I however did not feel that way and would recommend it, just not fervently.
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