Review of The Neon Demon (2016) by Dan B — 23 Sep 2016

Beautiful, beautifully shot, but ridiculous and pretentious with a moralistic tone. Long and disappointing.

This review of The Neon Demon (2016) was written by Dan B on 23 Sep 2016.

The Neon Demon has generally received mixed reviews.

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It piles on the vapidity because it wants us to know how vapid the world of modeling is, and it's so blasé about it that it's neither fun…

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It thinks it can get away with its own contradictions by telling us we're missing the point. And maybe I am! But I couldn't possibly begin to care…

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The end result isn't a rallying feminist cry so much as it is an intoxicatingly stylish slap across the face of good taste and moral decency…

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The script, written by Refn, Mary Laws and Polly Stenham, may not hold up when put under scrutiny, but at least what's on screen is pretty…

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They should have just called this 'Bitches Be Crazy - The Movie' because this is just some out to lunch material here…

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