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Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan, Barry Keoghan's peen

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Courtney

I’ve seen this movie multiple times and I still watch the tub scene through my shirt I yanked over my head, lol. CUT THE SOUND indeed

Peter

This film is absolutely pulling from The Talented Mr. Ripley, but specifically the movie version. There is so much homoeroticism driving every aspect of this film.

danzthename

Not a very well-written movie, but it sure is entertaining to watch people react to it for the first time.

Jérémy

This was a fun rewatch. This movie is a blast but I still have my qualms with it especially the James Bond villain monologue at the end. The movie acts like it's a mystery but it becomes obvious way too early that something is off with Oliver (doesn't help that they cast Barry Keoghan who's known for these type of roles) so that the end reveal doesn't work at all for me. I didn't need a step by step of his evil plans when you could figure it out without being told. Still the cinematography is out of this world gorgeous. So many shots that are stuck in my mind. This was also a very fun theater experience. Hearing the audience groan at every gross scene was a lot of fun and not too dissimilar to watching a horror film. I remember a couple walked out at the grave scene and I was shocked that that was the thing that pushed it over for them. I'd love to see you react to Promising Young Woman, Emerald's previous film. Also a controversial one but for me personally, a better film.

Actuarial Lurker

This seems to be a British Xerox of Talented Mr. Ripley...with slasher film elements and less suspense since things are telegraphed to the audience and the "confession" at the end drills it home for those dense enough not to get what happened...Ripley is better

Chemical Em

i see it as a period piece as an early 2000s-time capsule which makes me feel elderly but such a great soundtrack

Maxxie

Yeah I have mixed feelings about this movie as well. I don't mind the weirdness at all, but I feel like some of the more shocking scenes were there exclusively for the shock factor, and for an easy buzz on socials in an era that rewards memeability over quality. I have one disagreement with you guys. In the post commentary you were discussing how Felix might have been the most decent one of the bunch, which I agree with. But you said you it was big of him to not spill the beans after he came back from visiting Oliver's family, whereas I don't think it was out of magnanimity ; I think he was just embarrassed to have let himself be fooled so completely and for so long, and ashamed to have brought what is essentially a con artist into the family home. Regardless, no one is unscathed in this movie, everyone is petty and gross in their own way, which I think might be the only really admirable thing about the movie - no simple good guys/bad guys dichotomy, just varying degrees of rotten.

Lola Lirola

Best review of this movie I ever saw was from Ayo Edebiri's sadly deleted Letterboxd, where she said: "My man's doing all of this but can't eat runny eggs?" 🤭 (Edited to get the actual quote, which was way better than my paraphrase.)

Lola Lirola

I think this is an enormously fun watch/reaction, and a pretty terrible movie. I'll put it in the category of Showgirls: immensely fun, better not dissect what it's actually saying. But... I will! I think Fennel is betrayed by her own wealthy aristocratic background. She can't really bring herself to criticize the upper class, beyond "yeah, they're kinda vapid", and the movie ends up being more about the fear of middle class access to rich spaces than anything else. Those poor, poor rich people, they just want to have their yearly human rescue pet! Is that so bad? Certainly middle class people are *worse*, what with their ambition and everything! But also, because she's been raised in that environment, she has a really sharp ear for the exact faux-humble, condescendingly gregarious tone of the rich. The mother character is a spot-on skewering of the 90s Primrose Hill crowd. And I love love the sequins-and-debauchery aesthetics, and the imagery is really powerful. All the scenes of party aftermath are incredibly well captured. Plus, those two men have never been filmed more beautifully. It was interesting to see steamy desire filmed from the female gaze. Which is why it's a pity that a lot of it is derivative pastiche: the plot is Ripley, the house is Brideshead, the "you will eat tomorrow" is straight up lifted from Secretary, the visit to Farley is from Rocky Horror... And a lot of it is a bit "épater les bourgeoises", it's just "scandalous" for shock value. I wanted more from it when I first watched, and I was quite disappointed at Fennel's obliviousness at her own privilege. Her class consciousness is all over the place. But, as a camp modern classic, it's really up there!

Andy Schreiber

So glad you guys enjoyed this movie. I know it's controversial, and some people find the few "shocking" scenes gratuitous, but I think they actually work in the context of the film. The performances all around are, in my opinion, absolutely stellar, particularly from Keoghan and Pike (and Keoghan's peen), and the visuals are absolutely stunning. I've heard Fennell describe the film as a "dark comedy," and I can certainly see why. There are some wonderfully comic moments, mostly coming from Pike and her ridiculous comments, like "I used to be a lesbian, you know, but it was all just too wet for me in the end. Men are so lovely and dry." In any event, as I said, I'm glad you guys enjoyed, and hope you weren't too grossed out , particularly by the bathtub scene (though I think the most disturbing scene is the one that one reactor I watched called "sad-fucking the grave."

Youtalkingtome

To me the most disturbing scene was the bathtub! All of it worked in context to the story. Everything is turned up to an 11 and it's wonderfully bizarre.

Youtalkingtome

It is very camp and visually it's astounding. I totally see where you're coming from with Fennel. I think that's a fair criticism.

Youtalkingtome

I totally agree with everyone is pretty terrible in their own way. As far as Felix goes, I'm not sure. Maybe he was embarrassed but I think a lot of his character is ambiguous in so many ways.

Youtalkingtome

When they got to the reveal at the end, I wasn't shocked really. It was confusing in the sense that we had totally called that he was up to no good. Now I can't stop thinking of him as a James Bond villain and I would love to see that!