Review of The Neon Demon (2016) by Will L — 11 Sep 2016

A perfectly round story that builds and absorbs the audience while breaking the ground where it stands. Neon Demon suggests an allegorical reading through hypnotizing images.

This review of The Neon Demon (2016) was written by Will L on 11 Sep 2016.

The Neon Demon has generally received mixed reviews.

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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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Absolute dog **** waste of time. Literally no plot beside JeAlOuSy BaD…

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By Damian S (504) on 30 May 2018

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