Olivia Wilde's fuck you to the patriarchy isn't quite the flaming car wreck that the film's P.R. tour was — but it also isn't what you'd call 'good.' Read our review:
) at the door and if she’s lucky, somewhere between the last sip of his martini and the first bite of her pot roast, he’ll ravage her on the dinner table. Imagine an episode ofif Rob Petrie came home, tripped over the sofa and then immediately went down on Laura. You’re not far off the mark. Still, something begins to feel off to Alice in this modernist wonderland.
Speaking of “getting off”: You want to know about Harry Styles, don’t you? Whether the pop star is a better-than-decent actor is still a riddle for the Sphinx by the time the credits role . His dream spouse with the magic tongue and a secret isn’t given much to do besides be handsome, mildly menacing or some combo of the two; there’s a reason this particular hunk is too good to be true, which doesn’t excuse how threadbare the character feels.
The difference between told something is super-hot versus actual heat is huge, of course, in the same way that using horror in a subversive, socially conscious way isn’t the same as being clumsily beaten about the head with ideas in an eye-candyis so muddled in its aims and means, such a missed opportunity at such a crucial moment, that you can’t help but mourn even when you’re being dazzled. Put it this way: This isn’t a deathblow for anyone involved.
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