Not any good. The only interesting part of the film is Dave’s character’s horrific memory of his mother in bed with his dead father, which despite its resonance with the film’s theme, is abruptly dropped and never revisited. Franco is not believable in the movie and is usually just so bad he takes you out of it. It’s a heavy handed concept, but the film forgoes any and all subtlety throughout, holding the audience’s hand as much as possible and spoiling any surprises. The ending is a tonal mess that might have been fun in a movie that did a decent job of getting you there.

I want an asteroid to obliterate this species twice as much now as I did before watching Don't Look Up

really gorgeous, with great performances across the cast. quite a pure black comedy; where a lot of what gets labelled 'black' is usually edgy or violent wish-fulfillment, Banshees' is the sort of black whose humor is very present but not ever enough to overpower the tragedy unfolding onscreen, never enough to make you comfortable. I won't watch it again anytime soon, but I have an inkling that the darkness it imprinted in my mind will eventually lure me back to feel those difficult feelings once more.