'The Immaculate Room' is a chicly austere thriller that starts as a timely parable of boredom and ends as a banal parable of greed.
), as part of a mysterious contest, agree to spend 50 days living in a large bare white room. When they first walk in, they’re greeted by a Siri voice, British and female, who makes ritual pronouncements like “It is evening. Enjoy your stay in the Immaculate Room.” If they make it through all 50 days, they’ll get $5 million in prize money. It doesn’t sound all that hard, like two months of voluntary prison time minus the dirt and danger.
So what is there to interest the audience? For starters, there are two lively actors, dressed in designer surgical scrubs , playing out the soap opera of Kate and Mikey. Hirsch, more dynamic than he used to be, makes Mikey a spoiled, surly hipster brat of an artist with a chip on his shoulder about his vegan lifestyle. He seems to resent others, but when he finds a bug in the room he’s desperate to feed and nurture it. Bosworth’s Kate is more modest, grounded, and controlling.
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