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HummusDip · 09/01/2024 20:15

I don’t watch films that often, but watched on Amazon Prime largely due to Carey Mulligan/Rosamund Pike…

It’s visually good, but felt rushed/unbelievable towards the end…

It’s just not convincing - particularly ‘Oliver’…

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channellingmoirarose · 10/01/2024 00:39

WillBeatJanuaryBlues · 09/01/2024 21:17

Absolutely loved the costumes the parties etc.

However the bizzare trying to shock us crap... Was peculiar. This man must have been a robot to suck that girls blood..but not be attracted to her all because he fancied her brother. The baths scene..

The deaths and that woman coming back to him!!

Bizzare.. Such a shame... It could have been so good had it not been so extreme.

A bit like the very very poor cousin of the servant film.

I think it has a lot lacking, but not sure you get the obsession element. He wanted the sister because he wanted everything associated with the character. It was a devouring, not a desire.

gabbyaggy · 10/01/2024 00:39

I recall a scene in I Will Destroy You regarding periods, much more intriguing than SB scene.

RichardsGear · 10/01/2024 00:27

It was bloody brilliant (no pun intended, though on that note surely Venetia would've had a tampon in?! And that reminds me...where the hell did I see a scene in a film or TV show where someone pulls a used tampon out of a woman with their teeth? I know I haven't made that up).

KinS24 · 10/01/2024 00:23

Daft but very watchable. Some beautiful cinematography. Some great acting. Risible plot.
Barry K is so so unattractive though. People just wouldn’t have reacted to him in the way the plot suggests.

Danfromdownunder · 10/01/2024 00:16

I loved it. It confirmed all my Aussie dreams that all posh people in England live in grand castles and have the best parties 😁

gabbyaggy · 10/01/2024 00:10

The target audience, in my opinion, is late teens and twenties, Barry K and Jacob E are box office catnip. My favourite scene is the Liverpool discussion, Carey M amd Rosamund P and Richard E G are sublime.

Barry K is brilliant in Killing of a Sacred Deer, creepy mac creep face, I think he is the new Jack Nicholson and Christopher Walken.

BlastedPimples · 09/01/2024 23:44

Yeah it is a bit shit.

ClaireEclair · 09/01/2024 23:19

Chipperchopper · 09/01/2024 21:00

Agree, it was visually interesting, but all very unbelievable and mostly pointless. Surprised by how many people liked it, there were 3 of the most disturbing scenes I've ever seen in cinema. It felt gratuitous and I even felt like Barry Keoghan (who is a good actor) was horribly exploited - I felt his discomfort at times. It wasn't clever, dialogue was weak. Funny that so many people are on the side of the rich family by the end, with that horrible middle class upstart stealing their whole estate from under their noses, even though they are thoroughly obnoxious. It's worth remembering that Emerald Fennell comes from an extremely wealthy and privileged background - it feels like a paranoid fever dream.

Some of the scenes (the grave shagging for example) were his idea. Apparently some of the funnier lines from Rosamund, Carey and Richard E Grant were improvised so I actually wonder how much credit the director should get.

I don’t really understand the point of it. Was he in love with Felix or did he just want to own the estate? What was wrong with Rosamund at the end and did he cause her illness? How were the police not suspicious when the family suffered multiple deaths? Especially when the mother’s breathing apparatus was ripped from her throat?

Supersimkin2 · 09/01/2024 22:31

So pretty. I loved Barry’s Dance. Exhilarating and clever to make us id on Team Oliver.

IcedPurple · 09/01/2024 22:28

PoinsettiaLives · 09/01/2024 20:59

I didn’t like it much, just a rip off of TMR and Barry K was really badly miscast. I liked Rosamund Pike, Richard E Grant and Jacob Elordi.

Yes. Completely miscast. And a good decade too old for the role.

SecondChancesAtLife · 09/01/2024 22:25

I thought the naked dance scene at the end was the best bit - I laughed my head off.

Agree it could’ve been better written and the Felix character was pretty weak.

Also totally creeped out by Barry K. My dd was trying to describe him to me and said he looks like an evil sprite - she was right!

CinnamonJellyBeans · 09/01/2024 22:18

Loved it until the last ten minutes.

verityswims · 09/01/2024 22:04

I thought it was great after not expecting to like it because of the mixed reviews.
Visually appealing and elements of Brideshead and Talented Mr Ripley. Conclusion felt rushed.

I've enjoyed the discussion on another thread!

GonnaBeYoniThisChristmas · 09/01/2024 22:04

@MoonriseKingdom - great recommendation for I Care A Lot. It’s fabulous.

GonnaBeYoniThisChristmas · 09/01/2024 22:03

Yeah maybe you’re right @Almostwelsh as I definitely don’t get dark humour.

It was very derivative as well - felt like an endless run of Gosford Park, Brideshead, Talented Mr Ripley with a touch of Addams Family!!

MoonriseKingdom · 09/01/2024 22:03

No where near as good as Promising Young Woman which actually had a point to make. However, I thought it was great fun and Rosamund Pike was brilliant.

For anyone who enjoyed watching Rosamund Pike in this I would recommend ‘I care a lot’ which is a dark comedy with a serious subject.

Turmerictolly · 09/01/2024 22:02

I thought the plot was ridiculous and Keoghan totally miscast.

Almostwelsh · 09/01/2024 22:01

I really enjoyed it. It's a dark comedy, if you take it too seriously you'll be too busy picking at plot holes to enjoy it.

GonnaBeYoniThisChristmas · 09/01/2024 22:00

I agree, OP, it was bad.

Weak plot; so many scenes and lines that were cliched or hammy; just not credible in any joined together way.

The sexy/shocking scenes were gratuitous, not plot-related eg Oliver shagging the grave but we never really find out why/how he loved Felix.

I thought Emerald Fennell was smarter than that….

herewegoroundthebastardbush · 09/01/2024 22:00

Allfur · 09/01/2024 21:58

Most things are influenced by stuff that comes before, that's art

Well yes but surely the idea should be to cleverly reference, pastiche or develop it somehow, not just rip it off.

upwardsonwards · 09/01/2024 21:59

I called the end quite early but I didn’t see the middle coming 🤣🤣

Allfur · 09/01/2024 21:58

Most things are influenced by stuff that comes before, that's art

RainbowZebraWarrior · 09/01/2024 21:57

I've got this bookmarked to watch tomorrow morning.

I shall keep an open mind. I'm only really watching it as I love Reece Shearsmith.

PrawnDumplings · 09/01/2024 21:54

Elvanseshortage · 09/01/2024 21:52

I feel sorry for young people who think this film is fresh or edgy. Hardly any of it is original. It’s based on so many other (better) things.

Rosamund Pike and RE Grant were great though.

Yep.

PoinsettiaLives · 09/01/2024 21:53

the sight of him actually makes me dry heave - poor lad, I don't know what it is about his face but he gives me the CREEEEPS like nothing else

Oh same, I had to physically turn away from the screen at points.