Review of Krisha (2016) by Lee M — 14 Nov 2016
From the first scene of "Krisha," writer and director Trey Edward Shults puts us off balance, and for the next 83 minutes keeps us that way, almost daring us to look away. Fairchild's performance is key to the movie: Krisha is witty and chatty one moment, shut down like a deserted fairground the next.
We see dazzling warmth in her eyes but also the terror of total system failure. The director allows us to inhabit not just Krisha's pill-induced zone-out but also her acute distress and, yes, guilt over her past behavior.
It's slightly fussy, in-your-face filmmaking, but it's viscerally effective.
This review of Krisha (2016) was written by Lee M on 14 Nov 2016.
Krisha has generally received very positive reviews.
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