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I don't mind a movie which screws with your head, but .....

posted 8 years ago by bradjanet
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This movie is trying to be The Brood, Rosemary's Baby ,Repulsion and Last Year At Marienvad all at once.
Isabel Adjani definitely has some excellent scenes, especially on the subway, but after a while, the non sequiturs, the bizarre behaviour of even the smallest characters, the wild fluctuation in pacing and, well everything, including the grating score, just ended up making me irritable ... it's not thoughtful enough for an art-movie, nor entertaining enough for a horror movie ... what it is, is a mess with a couple of redeeming features,
But you ARE Blanche ... and I AM.

[–] joshuacarpino 8 years ago

i have news for you,this film isn't trying to be anything but what it is. you're not going to find a more original film than this in this lifetime.

"it's not thoughtful enough for an art-movie, nor entertaining enough for a horror movie"

you mean like rocky horror and baby jane?

also,another great film unfavorably compared to that boring overrated POS repulsion. what a shock.