Say the name of director Yorgos Lanthimos and I’ll show up to the theater each and every time. No questions asked. Just give me a ticket. This film was no exception, and it didn’t disappoint.
When Teddy (Jesse Plemmons) and his cousin Don (Aiden Delbis) kidnap corporate CEO Michelle (Emma Stone), they try to convince her to take them with her when her Andromedan ship picks her up during a lunar eclipse in four days. The problem is that Michelle says that she is not an alien from Andromeda and she has no idea what is going on.
The first hour of this film is a bit of a bore. It’s a lot of talking between Teddy and Michelle that just seems to go back and forth as Michelle tries to talk her way out of the situation and Teddy demands she tell the truth about who she is. Then, a bright spot. A bit a electricity as Teddy hooks Michelle up to an electrical device and gives her the equivalent of a whole lot of shock treatments. Its then that Teddy realizes that if Michelle were human, or just an average alien, she would not have survived. But she does which obviously makes her an alien in command. Michelle runs with this for her own survival.
The rest of the film descends into a whole lot of craziness that I won’t spoil for you. I’m not even going to spoil the ending because its truly something you need to see to believe. I’ll just say that if you’re thinking she isn’t an alien because that would be too obvious, you might be correct and if you’re thinking that if she is an alien it would be too obvious, you might be correct. This film zigs and zags at the same time.
Plemmons and Stone put in brilliant performances and its the only reason I made it through the first hour. It really is a long hour to get through but the payoff is worth it. The second half of the film takes a dive off the deep end that only Lanthimos could pull off. He spends an hour setting it up so that it could go either way (is she or isn’t she) and just when you think its going one way, it goes the other in such a funny, not funny kind of way. I have no idea where Lanthimos gets his inspiration from, and I don’t care. I just hope he keeps making films like this.
3.5 out of 5 stars. It received a point higher than I was thinking of giving it during the first hour because the second half is so wonderfully bonkers. Also, if you’re on Letterboxd, there’s a fun surprise waiting for you when you log this film.
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Say the name of director Yorgos Lanthimos and I’ll show up to the theater each and every time. No questions asked. Just give me a ticket. This film was no exception, and it didn’t disappoint.
When Teddy (Jesse Plemmons) and his cousin Don (Aiden Delbis) kidnap corporate CEO Michelle (Emma Stone), they try to convince her to take them with her when her Andromedan ship picks her up during a lunar eclipse in four days. The problem is that Michelle says that she is not an alien from Andromeda and she has no idea what is going on.
The first hour of this film is a bit of a bore. It’s a lot of talking between Teddy and Michelle that just seems to go back and forth as Michelle tries to talk her way out of the situation and Teddy demands she tell the truth about who she is. Then, a bright spot. A bit a electricity as Teddy hooks Michelle up to an electrical device and gives her the equivalent of a whole lot of shock treatments. Its then that Teddy realizes that if Michelle were human, or just an average alien, she would not have survived. But she does which obviously makes her an alien in command. Michelle runs with this for her own survival.
The rest of the film descends into a whole lot of craziness that I won’t spoil for you. I’m not even going to spoil the ending because its truly something you need to see to believe. I’ll just say that if you’re thinking she isn’t an alien because that would be too obvious, you might be correct and if you’re thinking that if she is an alien it would be too obvious, you might be correct. This film zigs and zags at the same time.
Plemmons and Stone put in brilliant performances and its the only reason I made it through the first hour. It really is a long hour to get through but the payoff is worth it. The second half of the film takes a dive off the deep end that only Lanthimos could pull off. He spends an hour setting it up so that it could go either way (is she or isn’t she) and just when you think its going one way, it goes the other in such a funny, not funny kind of way. I have no idea where Lanthimos gets his inspiration from, and I don’t care. I just hope he keeps making films like this.
3.5 out of 5 stars. It received a point higher than I was thinking of giving it during the first hour because the second half is so wonderfully bonkers. Also, if you’re on Letterboxd, there’s a fun surprise waiting for you when you log this film.
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