Ghoul Gruel’s review published on Letterboxd:
Oh shit what a ride.
This is kind of fuckin epic but also heavily flawed. It’s a case of the good being so good that it blows the weaker points away. If only it hadn’t finished on that stupid CGI surrounding and a spoon-fed ending then I’d have no choice but to defend it whole heartedly. Like you know your dog shits in the yard but it’s different when it’s on your doorstep.
You have to suspend some belief here. To say the line between real and metaphor is blurry is an understatement. I don’t know if there ever was a line, it just took its time revealing itself. At no point did it go where I thought it would.
Horrifically uncomfortable. As an introvert, it’s my worst nightmare. It reaches a point where the tragedy becomes a comedy. I would have ended it way sooner. By it, I mean set myself on fire.
The third act was a masterpiece. No other word for it. There were glimpses of brilliance throughout but that was some top tier shit.
But somehow, after everything we saw, what got me hung up was the unrealistic post birth. Like I know, it’s an easy one to hand wave away, and yet…
Pick Your Poison 2025
Day 4: All You Need is Love
Love conquers all (or not)