Review of The Beguiled (2017) by Mahmus — 25 Sep 2020
Beautifully shot and really well directed. The performances are all good, even if Nicole Kidman's southern accent slips into australian way too often.
It does, however, feel very emotionally empty. Whatever emotion I was suppose to feel during certain scenes just wasn't there (the most emotion I felt was when Colin Farrell threw Henry the turtle). For a long time it feels like the story is going nowhere, until it takes a turn in the last thirty minutes, and even then it starts to drag.
There's also one moment towards the end where one of the characters implies something, and I thought it was pretty smart how they managed to get the idea across in just one line of dialogue, but then the characters just proceed to explain very unambiguously what they're talking about, which was very disappointing.
Still, the film is very well made and it definitley has a lot more going for it than againts it, it's just a shame that none of it will really stay with me.
This review of The Beguiled (2017) was written by Mahmus on 25 Sep 2020.
The Beguiled has generally received positive reviews.
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