Had a good time! Loved the soundtrack and the 90s vibe.
Kinda wish the movie had focused more on the riot grrrl community aspect of it all and less on the toxic relationship/boyfriend of the movie's co-protagonist.
While cinematographically (?) it doesn't come close to Gregg Araki's 90s fireworks, I still enjoyed the pictures here.
Also funny how like every one of these 90s NYC actors have significant overlap with the Sopranos cast lol
Cute and fun movie about a jaded city slicker professor lady coming to the country side and being initially put off by the slow country life style, but slowly opening up to it.
It's very wholesome, there's not really conflict here, and it's quite romanticing of the country life style, but I don't think they were particularly going for anything more deep here.
The cinematography is quite basic as well, which also holds it back being super great.
But still a fun morning watch if you just want a whole film about learning to relax!
Going in, I expected this movie to feature a lot more of those Silent Hill-esque water dungeon landscapes you see in the movie poster, but it ended up being much more focused on the Family Drama aspect of the single mother struggling to provide for herself and her child (similar to how The Ring surprised me by being way more of a Mystery film than scary horror). That part however was pretty well done and with much empathy and sincerity…
super fun & breezy watch! starts out creepy and gets progressively more gorey and silly. the practical effects are creative and covering so many different mediums! some of the cinematography is beautiful to look at, with its use of lightning and claustrophobic framing.
plot and characters are naturally quite thin, but does this no detriment. hidden gem for sure.
