I don’t usually like horror movies- or I don’t think I do. This one charmed me. It was insane but also quaint at the same time. I thought it was just delightful insanity. Now let me go find some good bones to nosh on.
It's great to see some love for this under-rated film. I've always liked this movie a lot. I remember seeing it in a large empty theater when it was released (at Thanksgiving -wtf?) I was the only person there. Besides the great performances by the two leads, I love the style of the movie; some of it was filmed here in the midwest where I live. And, as you note in your review, Mark Rylance is amazing in this film. I still think he should've won the Oscar for his performance. I also love the score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Now that I've read your review, I want to stop what I'm doing and go watch it again.
I do think, with a good campaign, they could have gotten Rylance a nomination. They gave two nominations in that category to Banshees Of Inisherin -- I still haven't seen that! Then Brian Tyree Henry got in for Causeway, a movie I'm certain NO ONE has seen, and then Judd Hirsch got in for, what, two (very good) scenes in "The Fabelmans"? The winner was Ke Huy Quan... look, we all love Ke Huy Quan, but was that an award for his performance, or for HIM? Rylance replacing any one of those five would have spiced things up nicely.
Plus, maybe you could have gotten a nod for Chloe Sevigny too, which meant her Oscar clip on the show would have HORRIFIED viewers!
I don’t usually like horror movies- or I don’t think I do. This one charmed me. It was insane but also quaint at the same time. I thought it was just delightful insanity. Now let me go find some good bones to nosh on.
And they say cannibalism isn’t a timely social topic.
Please stop gnawing on innocents. It’s Valentine’s Day.
Who says I’m doing that?
It's great to see some love for this under-rated film. I've always liked this movie a lot. I remember seeing it in a large empty theater when it was released (at Thanksgiving -wtf?) I was the only person there. Besides the great performances by the two leads, I love the style of the movie; some of it was filmed here in the midwest where I live. And, as you note in your review, Mark Rylance is amazing in this film. I still think he should've won the Oscar for his performance. I also love the score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Now that I've read your review, I want to stop what I'm doing and go watch it again.
Hope you enjoyed it one more time.
I do think, with a good campaign, they could have gotten Rylance a nomination. They gave two nominations in that category to Banshees Of Inisherin -- I still haven't seen that! Then Brian Tyree Henry got in for Causeway, a movie I'm certain NO ONE has seen, and then Judd Hirsch got in for, what, two (very good) scenes in "The Fabelmans"? The winner was Ke Huy Quan... look, we all love Ke Huy Quan, but was that an award for his performance, or for HIM? Rylance replacing any one of those five would have spiced things up nicely.
Plus, maybe you could have gotten a nod for Chloe Sevigny too, which meant her Oscar clip on the show would have HORRIFIED viewers!
I agree, and let’s not forget one of my favorite cult actresses, Jessica Harper, who absolutely nails her scene in the film too!