IN A NUTSHELL:
Henrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal.
This futuristic, psychological thriller is directed by Garth Davis who also co-wrote it with Iain Reid who wrote the novel the movie is based on.
THINGS I LIKED: Academy Award winner Saoirse Ronan is fantastic, as always. We see a LOT of her...if you know what I mean. I'm always surprised when exceptional actresses choose to go nude in films. That seems like something desperate actresses are more willing to do. Am I the only one who thinks that?
Paul Mescal won a British Academy Television Award and also did a great job. Really great.
The other leading character in the movie is played by Aaron Pierre. I only vaguely remember him from M. Night Shyamalan's creepy movie Old. I thought he did a terrific job and look forward to seeing him in more future flicks.
Great cinematography by Bartosz Nalazek with stunning special effects.
The music is perfectly disarming, leaving you feeling uncomfortable, knowing things are not quite right.
There are a few times when you're not sure what's real and what's AI.
Twists. I love twists.
The featured house was constructed and filmed in Australia.
The movie poster makes it look like it's going to be a big, romantic drama. It is, but there's a lot more to the story than that.
THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE: Everyone seems a little nuts and unhinged.
A lot of the dialogue is just odd, despite being delivered by extremely capable actors.
The pacing is too slow and takes too long to get to the point. So many of the sex scenes could have easily been cut.
The toxic marriage reminds me of the one featured in the movie Napoleon.
TIPS FOR PARENTS: Kids will be extremely bored. This is not appropriate for them anyway.
We see a married couple have intimate relations with movement, sound effects, and partial nudity several times.
A woman is braless in almost every scene.
We see a naked man from the back. He's shirtless in many scenes but no one is going to complain about his 6-pack abs.
Profanity, including many F-bombs We see a lot of dead chickens at a food-processing plant.
We see a fat bug get squashed with all of its guts hanging out.
Various weapons are used.
This futuristic, psychological thriller is directed by Garth Davis who also co-wrote it with Iain Reid who wrote the novel the movie is based on.
THINGS I LIKED: Academy Award winner Saoirse Ronan is fantastic, as always. We see a LOT of her...if you know what I mean. I'm always surprised when exceptional actresses choose to go nude in films. That seems like something desperate actresses are more willing to do. Am I the only one who thinks that?
Paul Mescal won a British Academy Television Award and also did a great job. Really great.
The other leading character in the movie is played by Aaron Pierre. I only vaguely remember him from M. Night Shyamalan's creepy movie Old. I thought he did a terrific job and look forward to seeing him in more future flicks.
Great cinematography by Bartosz Nalazek with stunning special effects.
The music is perfectly disarming, leaving you feeling uncomfortable, knowing things are not quite right.
There are a few times when you're not sure what's real and what's AI.
Twists. I love twists.
The featured house was constructed and filmed in Australia.
The movie poster makes it look like it's going to be a big, romantic drama. It is, but there's a lot more to the story than that.
THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE: Everyone seems a little nuts and unhinged.
A lot of the dialogue is just odd, despite being delivered by extremely capable actors.
The pacing is too slow and takes too long to get to the point. So many of the sex scenes could have easily been cut.
The toxic marriage reminds me of the one featured in the movie Napoleon.
TIPS FOR PARENTS: Kids will be extremely bored. This is not appropriate for them anyway.
We see a married couple have intimate relations with movement, sound effects, and partial nudity several times.
A woman is braless in almost every scene.
We see a naked man from the back. He's shirtless in many scenes but no one is going to complain about his 6-pack abs.
Profanity, including many F-bombs We see a lot of dead chickens at a food-processing plant.
We see a fat bug get squashed with all of its guts hanging out.
Various weapons are used.