Indie Film Release Guide: October 6th [An ONTD Original]

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Yeah, sorry to say, but it is easily the worst movie I've seen this year. I'll c/p my Letterboxd review - it's not spoilery, but long so I will stick it under a cut.

[Spoiler (click to open)]I truly do not know where to begin... what the hell happened here?!? Two of the most talented young actors I can think of in a movie I've been looking forward to since it was announced, and I can't imagine I'll ever watch again or recommend it to a single person.

The script was probably the biggest issue, with the direction and editing following right behind. The film struggled to maintain any sense of coherence or tone, and even at 1:50 felt overly long.

Seeing this in a mostly full theater really drove home how thin the line is between comedy and drama. A good portion of the crowd started laughing aloud (approximately halfway through) at a scene that I think was supposed to read as intense and dramatic, but was just jarringly weird. After that, things just kept getting more and more (unintentionally) hilarious, so it was very hard to take the film seriously. Even the way Saoirse was laying on a rock (?) at one point had me stifling giggles so hard I was struggling to breathe. Not a great headspace for a sci-fi drama!

The positives:
- Paul and Saoirse are both gorgeous
- Loved the neutral wardrobes
- The song she plays on the piano is pretty

[oncourt]

My God, I can't believe this. I mean, a movie can easily be bad, but bad at this level is almost an achievement given that it has such good actors as protagonists. What a shame :(

[miwa201]

i feel like saoirse has some big highs in her filmography but also some notorious lows. i'm hoping blitz will be good

[flirflir]

Yikes, this is too bad. I've been seeing nothing but bad reviews about it

[theharleyquinn]

agree with everything. this movie would make you think Paul is a bad actor

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Sad, but true. And this is maybe the least of its problems, but idk why the fuck couldn't have just set it in Ireland?! The movie would have still had a million issues, obviously, but Paul and Sirsh would not have had to fuck around with struggle American accents. Least convincing Midwesterners on the planet, lol.

[theharleyquinn]

lol the American setting was so unnecessary. first of all, it's obvious that the movie was filmed in Australia and its take on the Midwest was completely half-assed and irrelevant to the plot. I couldn't make sense of Aaron Pierre using his English accent but Paul and Saoirse attempting American ones.