Fine.

Gutting. And brilliantly so.

That was cracking. A good single location whodunnit where the who and the what was done just continues to turn over. Absolutely cracking.

Genuinely forgot to even stay for any credits sequences. Kinda says it all. 

A shame. I like that Joaquin character.

It’s a good film with some really intentional moments. The message about the suburbs being filled with such gossip and uncertain truths presented in various ways is well done and the meaning cuts through. 

There was something missing for me, but I can’t put my finger on it. What gaps there are feel like they could be intentional - missing character elements, our distance from them - and so I’m still spinning this over.

A somehow simultaneously brutal and beautiful look into the strange and small ways families interact and exist with each other on multiple levels. It’s just a day in the life of this family, but so much is revealed and said and everything is so simple to sit with. This was deceptively complex on the simplicity of it all.

It still satisfies. And everyone hits fairly hard on it. Until the final reel and a fair slab of logic goes out the window in far too many moments. 

I still think this is a solid debut. But the simplicity in so many beats kind of wore me down.

I actually don’t know exactly where I land with this. It’s got some great moments. The directing is top notch. But I fear a confluence of my distaste for Phoenix’s Joker alongside the red/green jelly bean moment feeling like some kind of red pill moment and my overall uncertainty about the focus and violence of this one has me perplexed. 

Could be 2.5, could be 4 🤷🏽‍♀️

Is it fair to give it an extra half star just because Elliott Gould crushes it in this? Just an absolute all timer performance. Wish we got all the Marlowe stories with him in them. 

This feels like such an interesting link between old crime flicks and every “modern” crime flick that comes after it.

Didn’t love it. 

I get there’s a whole South Korea and USA subtext to it all. But the actual film and plot, just fine. 

Had some solid moments. A good time.

It’s doing what it sets out to do. Some brilliant shots and sequences to play out the hedonistic social lifestyle of the time and place. The misogyny is hard to  stomach in some parts, but it’s all on message.