Review of Vox Lux (2018) by Acleverusername — 11 Feb 2019

This movie is extremely underrated and misunderstood. Many casual viewers likely erroneously assumed this was going to be another surface-level, cookie-cutter piece of fluff like "A Star is Born" that never deviates from Freytag's Pyramid and neither requires nor provokes further thought.

That's not what this movie is. In fact, it's not even about the music industry or the main character; those are merely vehicles to guide the wide-ranging commentary on humanity in the 21st century. Once you realize that fact, you can begin to understand the true content of the movie, and it's pretty deep.

The cinematography is brilliant, the acting may seem wacky at times but that is deliberate, and the realism is more, well, real than the supposedly "historical" music documentaries released in 2018.

Easily the best film of the year, albeit one that probably won't be appreciated now. When movies replace books in English classes, this will become the new "Great Gatsby" or "All the King's Men".