I'm getting a bit sick of watching films where I have to do all the work to decipher them. How about the film makers do some? If this film, written by Katie Silberman, is all about the fact that women live in a male constructed world then 1. We knew that already 2. It's a really long-winded way of saying it (over two hours) 3. No we're not - this film was written, produced and directed by women, with one strong woman in the lead role.
I thought it was another art house film that was rather disappointing, though the production design and sixties Americana are well portrayed. And yes, we do get the Stepford Wives resonances.
Florence Pugh is as good as we have come to expect. Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, Kiki Lane, Gemma Chan.
Oh yeah, what's all the Busby Berkley stuff about? Is this use of nice female legs to create wonderful artistic patterns another male construct that needs to be torn down? I fail to see the relevance.
Photographed by Matthew Libatique, edited by Affonso Goncalves (The Last Daughter, Dark Waters, Carol), production design Katie Byron.
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