Bilge Ebiri is great as ever on the Haim gal:
I came away feeling like the opening half hour was deliberately playing with that idea (generic romcom, complete with bog-standard 90s Hugh Grant role), but then as things deteriorated he came into his own.
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Felt like the Pattinson character was a very accurate portrayal of a British person tbh
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Thought Pattinson was great tbh, and better than Zendaya who was reliably good but in a very “playing Zendaya” way.
Alana Haim was really over-acting in the first half of the film imo, but that worked well in the wedding scenes tbf.
the filmography on this woman is impeccable https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3687486/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_3_5 she’s my new icon
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Loved it. Actually biting satire, perfect for our times. Photography scene had me proper belly laughing. Tapped into the bleak nothingness at the center of so many of those teen tragedies too, no reasoning or get-out, just evil reflecting evil.
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I think I liked it? Felt like a very capital T Themes movie.
reminded me of Force Majeure quite a bit in a ‘seeing someone you love in a completely different light’ way. personally i didn’t really think it knew where it was going despite a promising first half and a very good central idea. i enjoyed all the performances except Haim, i think i just don’t like her screen presence at all.
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Enjoyed it a lot today but, and I don’t know who needs to hear this, but a “twist” and “plot development* are not the same thing!! That isn’t a twist!
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I think it’s a twist in the context of how it was marketed but yea I’ll concede