Review of Inland Empire (2006) by Kieran O — 25 Jul 2009

OK, first things first this movie is literally like seeing your worst, darkest most pessimistic nightmare on screen. The story is as macabre as it is extremely confusing. If you thought the likes of Mulholland Drive and Sunset Boulevard exploited the true cruelty of Hollywood, you have not seen anything yet.

Laura Dern's performance in this is incredible, her role becomes her life and she is as frightened as the audience are. This is David Lynch's creepiest movie by a long shot, far beyond the mutated terror of Eraserhead and the psychopathic mind of Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet, this movie twists and turns at every chance possible leaving a lot of questions unanswered, some might say that this is the movies downfall but if you choose to just take this film as it comes then you are guaranteed an enjoyable watch as I did.