Your analytical clarity and ability to articulate abstraction is leagues above 99% of film critics these days, truly. Beautiful, concise, review. I’ll watch your reviews alongside cinema unfolding until I’m no longer capable. Thank you
The scene involving the costume change was one of the most unexpected, unhinged things I've seen in a very long time. The American distribution was really botched, unfortunately. They had gold on their hands and I don't think they knew what to do with it. I hope this gets the cult following it deserves.
One of those movies I feel the need to almost immediately rewatch, if only through Clementine’s eyes of Kelly-Anne, the lady of shallot, descending from her tower of infinite wealth and knowledge to sleep in the gutter and revel in death and murder
I think the main reason why we don't go on an emotional journey that connects us to Kelly-Anne is because she's a sociopath, and so the only times when she's emotional is when it relates to her power and also when she gets called out. The movie doesn't outright say she's a sociopath but her decision at the end only makes sense when viewed through the lens of a sociopath, I think that's what makes the film more compelling after you've seen it.
I believe it's entirely deliberate of the filmmaker, that we are never shown what truly motivates Kelly-Anne. We can only suspect that she is a very dark, twisted and complex individual. She only shows emotion twice in the film; when she catches the attention of the killer in court by cosplaying as one of his victims and when she wins the online auction to the red rooms file. Clementine wears her emotions on her sleeves, to contrast Kelly-Anne. Outstanding film; one of my favorites of 2024 as well.
I saw your enthusiasm for the movie and ran immediately to watch it lol. I think the point the movie is trying to illustrate is that we're slowly but surely becoming less like Clementine and more like Kelly-Anne everyday. Our obsession with viral atrocities is not stemming from an innocent curious place anymore, but rather it evolved into a gnarly bloodlust to jolt us into feeling something. Clementine is insufferably contrarian for the sake of it and flat out actively dismissing all the painstakingly obvious clues just to feel righteous & vindicated if proven right against everyone. She is treating this as a surface level team-sports-like game with no grasp of the heft of what's actually happening. But once the ambiguity is gone, not only she gave up, but she was put off by how obsessed Kelly still is with the case despite fully knowing who the killer is. She is reactionary & vain but still innocent. Kelly-Anne's obsession though is far sinister. She's been processing & internalizing the images she's seeing. You can tell that she watched the first two videos multiple times and she's dying to watch the third one. The entertainment doesn't come from choosing a team to defend, it comes from the atrocities themselves. There is something to the portrayal of her loneliness that really affected me. She cannot find joy in the people around her, in her job, in the sports she is practicing, not even in jokes. Loneliness pushed her to seek comfort from the most disturbing of places. The 80s-90s obsession with aliens and the whodunnit in twin peaks is considered vain comparing to what we're turning into. As we're becoming more isolated, we're reaching a darker threshold of consumption. We're not feeling things enough and we're trying to find newer ways to do so. We're less obsessed by who killed Laura Palmer, and more about finding the footage of what happened to her inside that train.
This lady is my favourite of the many online film reviewers I watch, always high quality and insightful. Red Rooms is excellent and quite chilling too and certainly not cliched or predictable.
This film is absolutely fascinating, utterly entrancing, beautifully shot & acted, haunting and seductive; but ultimately leaves you with a profound sense of longing to learn more about and understand it's lead character. I do think the mystery it leaves us with surrounding this character makes her incredibly intriguing however, and I'll be thinking about her and this film for a LONG time. Easily one of my favourite films of the year as well, despite it giving me just about the biggest case of cinematic blue balls I've had in recent memory lol. It's been a long time since I desperately wanted a film to be longer!
I think there is a key line in this film that helps the viewer understand her motivation. When she is playing online poker, she says, ‘I like it when they lose everything.’ I think that is the motivation for her interest in the videos, as well as in the trial and in the victim’s families.
This is bizarre. I just watched this last night and here you’re reviewing it! And I’m glad you mentioned the lead actress. What an actress she is. She can project so much with so little.
I adored this film! Great review. For me the ambigious character motivations worked really well. I think the film would have been less effective if it tried to provide logical explanations for the character's twisted obsessions.
I really like your critique because you are pointing in the direction of what might be missing in an otherwise amazing plot. Yet the ambiguity in the latter is compelling.
Can u review “MadS” it’s a French horror film that was shot all in one take, no cuts (1 hour and 20min). They filmed all over town, with the camera following different characters and cars it’s the most impressive film this year.
Interesting I just logged on youtube to see a movie trailer as someone had mentioned this on facebook and here you were with a brand review of this film. The algorithm sure plays with you.
Lady of shallot is a poem of a Lady who is trapped in her tower by her own choice, weaving and looking into a mirror to see the outside world. She’s in her high rise apartment looking into her computer to see the outside world
Also, funny enough, Clementine perceives Kelly-Anne as a person who would "LARP" after seeing her apartment... "You like dressing up, don't you eh? Admit it!" And I love that it's true, because all Kelly-Anne does is play dress up, and you can even see messages of her roleplaying with a private chatter on her computer moments before she bets on that final game of poker.
@@devilxcityher entire character is fascinating. Model/Pro Poker player/cryptobro/mr robot level computing skills. Just watching that was interesting lmao
Appreciate the review. Intrigued me more than simply seeing the title show up on Amazon. I'm a fan of Canadian/French Canadian film as much as Denmark's or Australia's and courtroom dramas often thrill me. Rooms is a captivating and engrossing film as it continues forward (focusing on two groupies more than the actual trial after a sterling beginning there) to a resolution I sort-of saw coming but kept me guessing where we were heading before it reached that point. Makes one feel quite awkward; won't spoil it for those thinking about viewing but the penultimate scene where the lead is trying to obtain something was as intense for me as when Damon phoned DiCaprio during The Departed in the suddenly dead-silent cinema. Felt like I was rooting for the wrong side or something as her motivations were still very unclear. Well-done story-telling and film-making.
LOVED exactly how much this film gave us and exactly how much it omitted from giving us definitively. So much to chew on, in both story and social commentary. Saw this on my bday in theaters, and left shook lol
My sub box had this review and Poppy's new music video for "the center's falling out" uploaded within a half hour of each other. Very kino watching both vids back to back 😅 🟥😵💫
Fantastic film. Watched it months ago and still thinking about it. A creative and unique approach to a familiar story. And it's Canadian, which I personally value. Thanks for reviewing it!
I just watched Red Rooms this morning. Extremely good film. It really shows how expert direction and performances can lift a movie that isn't necessarily that compelling in what actually happens.
I’m shocked at how many people were shocked by this movie. As someone who enjoyed it, I think it sticks with you, but nothing as crazy as everyone makes it out to be.
Not familiar w/ the director’s previous two films, but back when Netflix had actual choices (esp. non-US ones) I was watching quite a few excellent French-Canadian works across different genres. So I’m keen to see this but it’ll be awhile. West Virginia is scant on options to see such things, and $20 to rent on Amazon etc. ahead of time, hell to the nope.
Really felt bad for Clementine once she watched those videos and realized she was showing up to support and defend such an unworthy creature. She did ask Kelly Anne a great question though,why are you interested in this? ( Since Kelly Anne knew he was the culprit cause she already watchedd those videos). Otherwise great movie.
Honestly, it would have been more interesting if she had watched the videos and still refused to believe the man was guilty. She was already dismissing all of the evidence against him with vague and illogical excuses so it could have shown that it's nearly impossible for people to change their minds even when shown video evidence once they have fully committed themselves to an idea.
@@drgoremd I think there's a difference between the before and after, before Clementine almost saw it as a choose-a-side game and having the ability to abstract the real horrors away and turning it into some kind of intellectual "game" for her. You cant do that anymore after you have seen something like this, before that it was only words, news headlines, photos of evidence. After it was too real and she immediately realized what a fool she was treating it as anything different
This had heavy shades of Red Road (dir. Andrea Arnold), and reminded me how someone like Alan Clarke during his Play for Today/The Wednesday Play era would respond to a desensitised culture and contradictions within that.
I didn’t really think of this as a purposefully disturbing film. Some might say that reactions to it are subjective, but on a visual level, I found the sanitized and muffled life of the protagonist touching, especially when she’s ultimately confronted with the world. It’s often softly cringe-inducing and, in the end, quite moving. The emotional peaks are impactful, and when the film breaks out of its muffled, almost agoraphobic atmosphere, it becomes very tense. A pretty cool movie!
I also love this one 👏🏼 It's disturbing, even uncomfortable to watch at moments and achieves all that using sharply written script and chilling leading performance. Breath of fresh air indeed 😊
This really reminded me of One Hour Photo with Robin Williams. Similar themes of voyeurism and negative obsession while trying to implant a morally reprehensible main character being near decent at the end.
I don't think she was a decent person, she gets off on destroying people and taking away everything from them as she explains while explaining poker. While the results of her actions seem to be out of good nature she actually did everything she did to break everyone around her including good people. This is what she gets off on.
I think her motivations were reviled when she was explaining poker, in the end she destroyed everyone around her even at her cost. The thrill for her in my opinion was getting off on that.
Oh, I watched this last year. I loved it. Everyone I've shown it to didn't like it, so I thought it was just me. It's not perfect, but I ain't looking for that.
Why was Kelly Anne obsessed with the victim's mom? I think she felt it was the other way around and decided to answer the mom's pleas for evidence in an almost FU manner similar to Clementine. You wanted to see it well here it is attitude. As the great USMC Colonel Jessup once said "You can't handle the truth!" I loved this movie's ambiguity and Kelly Anne's dark soul.
I don't believe at all, that all humans are capable of such depravity and brutality. We are most certainly not all wired like that, even if you strip it all back to a base level. That is what separates evil from good people. Or people whose upbringing or wiring is all messed up. Most people are inherently good, and not capable of such awful acts.
Not a film comment, just wanted to express regret as I had asked to get info on an art commission a while back. Unfortunately, my info would not transmit to your site. Still interested in a commission but a bit stuck. Just wanted you to know I tried...
I am so sorry, on my end it continues to say "not a valid email" when I enter you in. Without too much detail on this public forum, I have one (bad) photo of my grandmother who passed in very sad circumstances without my ever really knowing her. Felt your art and creativity could bring her more alive for me. Knowing I would need to give you more context (which I will obviously not do on public forum) for you to have a sense of who she was, I guess I am prevented from proceeding. Perhaps, it is subject matter that might not be particularly compelling for you...thanks for your patience..
@@deepfocuslens not sure if you ever got in touch with this "person" (?), but this screams scam to me Maggie... The amount of bots and scams online has gotten fucking ridiculous. Appreciate the reviews as always.
@Spractral Exactly. Maggie is reviewing a film ABOUT the dark web and talking about sending strangers email (and getting phished for more!). Maggie, please be aware and careful. Great review btw 🤘
this one was solid artistically but it didn't grip me throughout, by halfway I was just waiting for it to be over, I felt like I got the point and didn't feel much either way about it
we are so lucky that she doesnt litter her videos with in-video ads or meander about personal things, like some critics do -- she gets right into the review and isnt trying to make a 35 minute podcast just to please the youtube algorithm. i really like her editing style. i feel like DeepFocusLens & FishJelly are two of the best, realist reviewers out there.
Nothing happens in this movie. There is no mystery. There is no doubt of the accused man's guilt. There is no story arc. You learn nothing of interest about the protagonist and you really don't care about her at all. Let's stop overlooking bad writing with the "This film doesn't offer easy answers" excuse.
@@Garrett1240 Well, for one thing, it's classified as a thriller, so those are things that are generally considered in the thriller genre. Someone showing up a courthouse every day to watch a trial is not particularly thrilling nor suspenseful.
Your analytical clarity and ability to articulate abstraction is leagues above 99% of film critics these days, truly. Beautiful, concise, review. I’ll watch your reviews alongside cinema unfolding until I’m no longer capable. Thank you
The scene involving the costume change was one of the most unexpected, unhinged things I've seen in a very long time.
The American distribution was really botched, unfortunately. They had gold on their hands and I don't think they knew what to do with it. I hope this gets the cult following it deserves.
One of those movies I feel the need to almost immediately rewatch, if only through Clementine’s eyes of Kelly-Anne, the lady of shallot, descending from her tower of infinite wealth and knowledge to sleep in the gutter and revel in death and murder
Is that from a poem or something you just wrote? 😂 it’s perfect
This film disturbed me so much and I feel like no one else is really talking about it. Definitely top 5 of the year for me
"if I want an emotional reaction i can choke a puppy" George Lucas talking about whether just disturbing people constitutes a good story.
@MicahMicahel "who tf cares" Albert Einstein talking about what George Lucas said
Totally agree. This movie has haunted me to my core.
@@rafaelcruz9973 i dont think you got george's point. maybe upur who the hell cares attitude is underrmining your thought processes
Agreeeeee
I think the main reason why we don't go on an emotional journey that connects us to Kelly-Anne is because she's a sociopath, and so the only times when she's emotional is when it relates to her power and also when she gets called out. The movie doesn't outright say she's a sociopath but her decision at the end only makes sense when viewed through the lens of a sociopath, I think that's what makes the film more compelling after you've seen it.
I believe it's entirely deliberate of the filmmaker, that we are never shown what truly motivates Kelly-Anne. We can only suspect that she is a very dark, twisted and complex individual. She only shows emotion twice in the film; when she catches the attention of the killer in court by cosplaying as one of his victims and when she wins the online auction to the red rooms file. Clementine wears her emotions on her sleeves, to contrast Kelly-Anne.
Outstanding film; one of my favorites of 2024 as well.
I saw your enthusiasm for the movie and ran immediately to watch it lol. I think the point the movie is trying to illustrate is that we're slowly but surely becoming less like Clementine and more like Kelly-Anne everyday. Our obsession with viral atrocities is not stemming from an innocent curious place anymore, but rather it evolved into a gnarly bloodlust to jolt us into feeling something.
Clementine is insufferably contrarian for the sake of it and flat out actively dismissing all the painstakingly obvious clues just to feel righteous & vindicated if proven right against everyone. She is treating this as a surface level team-sports-like game with no grasp of the heft of what's actually happening. But once the ambiguity is gone, not only she gave up, but she was put off by how obsessed Kelly still is with the case despite fully knowing who the killer is. She is reactionary & vain but still innocent. Kelly-Anne's obsession though is far sinister. She's been processing & internalizing the images she's seeing. You can tell that she watched the first two videos multiple times and she's dying to watch the third one. The entertainment doesn't come from choosing a team to defend, it comes from the atrocities themselves. There is something to the portrayal of her loneliness that really affected me. She cannot find joy in the people around her, in her job, in the sports she is practicing, not even in jokes. Loneliness pushed her to seek comfort from the most disturbing of places.
The 80s-90s obsession with aliens and the whodunnit in twin peaks is considered vain comparing to what we're turning into. As we're becoming more isolated, we're reaching a darker threshold of consumption. We're not feeling things enough and we're trying to find newer ways to do so. We're less obsessed by who killed Laura Palmer, and more about finding the footage of what happened to her inside that train.
This lady is my favourite of the many online film reviewers I watch, always high quality and insightful. Red Rooms is excellent and quite chilling too and certainly not cliched or predictable.
This film is absolutely fascinating, utterly entrancing, beautifully shot & acted, haunting and seductive; but ultimately leaves you with a profound sense of longing to learn more about and understand it's lead character. I do think the mystery it leaves us with surrounding this character makes her incredibly intriguing however, and I'll be thinking about her and this film for a LONG time. Easily one of my favourite films of the year as well, despite it giving me just about the biggest case of cinematic blue balls I've had in recent memory lol. It's been a long time since I desperately wanted a film to be longer!
I think there is a key line in this film that helps the viewer understand her motivation. When she is playing online poker, she says, ‘I like it when they lose everything.’ I think that is the motivation for her interest in the videos, as well as in the trial and in the victim’s families.
"That's what I love, seeing them lose everything." Kelly Anne
I just watched this and I completely agree with you!
I just watched this and I completely agree with you! I caught that too!
This is bizarre. I just watched this last night and here you’re reviewing it! And I’m glad you mentioned the lead actress. What an actress she is. She can project so much with so little.
Pre ordered the blu ray a few weeks ago…. Complete blind purchase… really excited
I adored this film! Great review. For me the ambigious character motivations worked really well. I think the film would have been less effective if it tried to provide logical explanations for the character's twisted obsessions.
I really like your critique because you are pointing in the direction of what might be missing in an otherwise amazing plot. Yet the ambiguity in the latter is compelling.
I must b dreaming...smone is reviewing this gem
Great to see Red Rooms getting exposure. Loved it.
Can u review “MadS” it’s a French horror film that was shot all in one take, no cuts (1 hour and 20min). They filmed all over town, with the camera following different characters and cars it’s the most impressive film this year.
Interesting I just logged on youtube to see a movie trailer as someone had mentioned this on facebook and here you were with a brand review of this film. The algorithm sure plays with you.
Represent from Qc, Canada🇨🇦! Loved this movie, and once again an amazing review!
Lady of shallot is a poem of a Lady who is trapped in her tower by her own choice, weaving and looking into a mirror to see the outside world.
She’s in her high rise apartment looking into her computer to see the outside world
Also, funny enough, Clementine perceives Kelly-Anne as a person who would "LARP" after seeing her apartment...
"You like dressing up, don't you eh? Admit it!"
And I love that it's true, because all Kelly-Anne does is play dress up, and you can even see messages of her roleplaying with a private chatter on her computer moments before she bets on that final game of poker.
I thought it's an allusion to Tor as well.
@@devilxcityher entire character is fascinating. Model/Pro Poker player/cryptobro/mr robot level computing skills. Just watching that was interesting lmao
Appreciate the review. Intrigued me more than simply seeing the title show up on Amazon.
I'm a fan of Canadian/French Canadian film as much as Denmark's or Australia's and courtroom dramas often thrill me. Rooms is a captivating and engrossing film as it continues forward (focusing on two groupies more than the actual trial after a sterling beginning there) to a resolution I sort-of saw coming but kept me guessing where we were heading before it reached that point.
Makes one feel quite awkward; won't spoil it for those thinking about viewing but the penultimate scene where the lead is trying to obtain something was as intense for me as when Damon phoned DiCaprio during The Departed in the suddenly dead-silent cinema. Felt like I was rooting for the wrong side or something as her motivations were still very unclear. Well-done story-telling and film-making.
One of the best movies of the year. Deserves more attention.
LOVED exactly how much this film gave us and exactly how much it omitted from giving us definitively. So much to chew on, in both story and social commentary. Saw this on my bday in theaters, and left shook lol
My sub box had this review and Poppy's new music video for "the center's falling out" uploaded within a half hour of each other. Very kino watching both vids back to back 😅
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Saw it a few month ago and absoluetly loved it. It was so intense. One of the best this year.
It was 50 years ago this week, that the disaster movie, Earthquake was released. It was the first movie to use the Sensurround audio effect.
adding this to my list, a lot of your description reminds me of girl with the dragon tattoo
Fantastic film. Watched it months ago and still thinking about it. A creative and unique approach to a familiar story. And it's Canadian, which I personally value. Thanks for reviewing it!
This is my favorite movie of the year (although I wonder if it's a 2023 feature). Very mature and interesting take on the hybristophilia phenomena.
Always glad whenever you're looking into French-language gems, be they polished or rugged.
I just watched Red Rooms this morning. Extremely good film. It really shows how expert direction and performances can lift a movie that isn't necessarily that compelling in what actually happens.
I must have missed it before. Thanks for reviewing it. Sounds intriguing.
Finally! Ive been begging here in the comments for you to watch this one for quite a while.
The character of the Kelly-Anne is very interesting. Very good movie.
I’m shocked at how many people were shocked by this movie. As someone who enjoyed it, I think it sticks with you, but nothing as crazy as everyone makes it out to be.
Not familiar w/ the director’s previous two films, but back when Netflix had actual choices (esp. non-US ones) I was watching quite a few excellent French-Canadian works across different genres.
So I’m keen to see this but it’ll be awhile. West Virginia is scant on options to see such things, and $20 to rent on Amazon etc. ahead of time, hell to the nope.
I see it's available on Prime to rent. I'll check it out.
Really felt bad for Clementine once she watched those videos and realized she was showing up to support and defend such an unworthy creature. She did ask Kelly Anne a great question though,why are you interested in this? ( Since Kelly Anne knew he was the culprit cause she already watchedd those videos). Otherwise great movie.
Honestly, it would have been more interesting if she had watched the videos and still refused to believe the man was guilty. She was already dismissing all of the evidence against him with vague and illogical excuses so it could have shown that it's nearly impossible for people to change their minds even when shown video evidence once they have fully committed themselves to an idea.
I was considering the possibility that Kelly Anne was the actual murderer
I think she left the proof in the mother's house, but the video was edited
@@drgoremd I think there's a difference between the before and after, before Clementine almost saw it as a choose-a-side game and having the ability to abstract the real horrors away and turning it into some kind of intellectual "game" for her.
You cant do that anymore after you have seen something like this, before that it was only words, news headlines, photos of evidence. After it was too real and she immediately realized what a fool she was treating it as anything different
This had heavy shades of Red Road (dir. Andrea Arnold), and reminded me how someone like Alan Clarke during his Play for Today/The Wednesday Play era would respond to a desensitised culture and contradictions within that.
I didn’t really think of this as a purposefully disturbing film. Some might say that reactions to it are subjective, but on a visual level, I found the sanitized and muffled life of the protagonist touching, especially when she’s ultimately confronted with the world. It’s often softly cringe-inducing and, in the end, quite moving. The emotional peaks are impactful, and when the film breaks out of its muffled, almost agoraphobic atmosphere, it becomes very tense. A pretty cool movie!
This felt like a Soderbergh movie
I really liked this movie. It was unsettling and gripping.
A really disturbing movie without the need to use explicit violence on screen.
It was a little too drawn out, but in the end it was more disturbing than Terrifier 3.
This is my MOST FAVOURITE MOVIE of 2024.
This movie is so underrated!
hey df.. love hear your take on movie .. die alone ...perhaps one of the greatest zombie love stories ever told🤔❤😮❤
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Glad you reviewed it.
Hell yeah! You nailed it, another stellar review!
Totally agree with you. Great movie, and I would add also - a great soundtrack.
Anyone know where/how to watch it?
Movielair. Find the one with the English subs if you need it.
Been meaning to watch this. Thank you for reminding me.
Hi Maggie. Will you review Emilia Perez?
Very excited for this one after this review. Thanks
I also love this one 👏🏼 It's disturbing, even uncomfortable to watch at moments and achieves all that using sharply written script and chilling leading performance. Breath of fresh air indeed 😊
This really reminded me of One Hour Photo with Robin Williams. Similar themes of voyeurism and negative obsession while trying to implant a morally reprehensible main character being near decent at the end.
I don't think she was a decent person, she gets off on destroying people and taking away everything from them as she explains while explaining poker. While the results of her actions seem to be out of good nature she actually did everything she did to break everyone around her including good people. This is what she gets off on.
I think her motivations were reviled when she was explaining poker, in the end she destroyed everyone around her even at her cost. The thrill for her in my opinion was getting off on that.
Oh, I watched this last year. I loved it. Everyone I've shown it to didn't like it, so I thought it was just me. It's not perfect, but I ain't looking for that.
It's a memorable movie. You can't tell what is about to happen through out most of it.
Hi Maggie, want to recommend the new film “A Real Pain”, starting Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenburg…
Why was Kelly Anne obsessed with the victim's mom? I think she felt it was the other way around and decided to answer the mom's pleas for evidence in an almost FU manner similar to Clementine. You wanted to see it well here it is attitude. As the great USMC Colonel Jessup once said "You can't handle the truth!" I loved this movie's ambiguity and Kelly Anne's dark soul.
Good review
I really liked it, it's greatly directed, but it lacked something else. I wanted a bit more.
I don't believe at all, that all humans are capable of such depravity and brutality. We are most certainly not all wired like that, even if you strip it all back to a base level. That is what separates evil from good people. Or people whose upbringing or wiring is all messed up. Most people are inherently good, and not capable of such awful acts.
Not a film comment, just wanted to express regret as I had asked to get info on an art commission a while back. Unfortunately, my info would not transmit to your site. Still interested in a commission but a bit stuck. Just wanted you to know I tried...
Send me an email and I'll see if I can figure it out.
I am so sorry, on my end it continues to say "not a valid email" when I enter you in. Without too much detail on this public forum, I have one (bad) photo of my grandmother who passed in very sad circumstances without my ever really knowing her. Felt your art and creativity could bring her more alive for me. Knowing I would need to give you more context (which I will obviously not do on public forum) for you to have a sense of who she was, I guess I am prevented from proceeding. Perhaps, it is subject matter that might not be particularly compelling for you...thanks for your patience..
@@deepfocuslens not sure if you ever got in touch with this "person" (?), but this screams scam to me Maggie... The amount of bots and scams online has gotten fucking ridiculous.
Appreciate the reviews as always.
@Spractral Exactly. Maggie is reviewing a film ABOUT the dark web and talking about sending strangers email (and getting phished for more!). Maggie, please be aware and careful. Great review btw 🤘
Do a "I'm Still Here" review. Great international movie.
I hadn't heard of this movie, what can I say? Sold!
this one was solid artistically but it didn't grip me throughout, by halfway I was just waiting for it to be over, I felt like I got the point and didn't feel much either way about it
Enjoyed it.
I really liked this movie, and your review
masterpiece
Just finished it and wow... Knocked me on my ass.
Sup wit dat lean gyaaaaal ?🫠
Why doesn't cuh review Tarkovsky or Andrew Yang? Dish up Stalker and A Brighter Summer Day for us
Amazing film for reasons that I am not quite sure ;-)
No jazz dancing dwarf... No red room.
You edit your videos too much. Try to find another person to play off of and edit less. I say this as a fan :)
when u have to fart u have to fart
@@geert574There's value in a fart on youtube, especially when you can say "That's basically my thoughts on this film"
@@geert574 😅
we are so lucky that she doesnt litter her videos with in-video ads or meander about personal things, like some critics do -- she gets right into the review and isnt trying to make a 35 minute podcast just to please the youtube algorithm. i really like her editing style. i feel like DeepFocusLens & FishJelly are two of the best, realist reviewers out there.
@@tinkerella Are you even a human?
Nothing happens in this movie. There is no mystery. There is no doubt of the accused man's guilt. There is no story arc. You learn nothing of interest about the protagonist and you really don't care about her at all.
Let's stop overlooking bad writing with the "This film doesn't offer easy answers" excuse.
Why is a mystery or the man's guilt a prerequisite?
@@Garrett1240 Well, for one thing, it's classified as a thriller, so those are things that are generally considered in the thriller genre. Someone showing up a courthouse every day to watch a trial is not particularly thrilling nor suspenseful.
@@drgoremd who cares that it was classified under thriller? Marketing teams will lie and have like 5 different genres to classify a movie.
@@Garrett1240 So what was the point of the movie?
@@drgoremd it’s up for you to decide. That’s what art is about. If you’re looking for a prescription to fill, look elsewhere.