All I could think about during this movie was Pete Davidson’s appearance on The Tonight Show where he was ~supposed~ to be promoting this film but instead spent the entire segment gassing up Robert Pattinson’s performance in Good Time (2018) and announcing his engagement to Ariana Grande. Absolutely zero promotion of this movie. At the time I wondered, will I ever watch that? Probably not.
✨May the bridges I burn light my way ✨
The first third of this film was looking like a 2.5/5 but got good legs! I give flowers to Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Justin Theroux, and the costume department. Overall, I loved this trip down memory lane!
Murky, mythical, metaphysical. what a directorial debut! I felt disgusted having to watch this film through men’s eyes and hear the story narrated by them too, but it makes for a compelling storytelling device. And they do their best to decode the Lisbon girls. As the now grown men put it:
“We knew the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love, and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to…
Don’t mistake my positive review for enjoyment… trying to sit in the discomfort of this film was difficult. But, this film was undeniably great, and timely!
I loved every single shot in this film. Especially the sharp cut to Michelle’s head peeking just above the stairs, the camera panning as she snakes around the stairwell to meet Teddy. Chilling!
Emma stone was great in this but Jesse is the real standout. I can’t believe he isn’t getting more love. I’ll chalk it up to Yorgos Lanthimos fatigue and the choice to avoid a caricature.
