the costume design and cinematography is pretty good.........but there is nothing else.
its shallow and everything wrong with modern horror flicks.i don't feel like it has allot of things to say thematically aswell as the fact mia goth's performance is super annoying. thats bound to happen when your character is screaming half the time but it would benefitted the film if pearl was a more complex character.
i did not hate mia goth but i also didn't enjoy her in this film.
everyone else is fine, the gore is pretty decent.
but my god is it hollow.(also watch my latest film https://boxd.it/XnDi )
Pearl
An X-traordinary origin story.
Rating
2.3 (2)
Release Date
9/16/2022Runtime
102 minsGenres
Overview
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
How It Feels
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A vibrant fever dream of thwarted ambition that spirals into something sinister and tragic. Pearl feels like watching someone's desperate fantasies collide with unbearable reality in the most theatrical, unsettling way.
Mood
MelancholicUnsettlingWhimsicalDread-soaked
Themes
Coming of ageIdentityFamilyObsession
Tone
Operatic
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
PainterlyStylized genreHigh-contrast
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual content
Reviews
I love the Wizard of Oz elements of Pearl: the technicolor, the farm, the font of the credits, all the nods (excluding the intimate moment with the scarecrow which I didn't love).
This has a unique tone. It's not really horror; well, maybe it's a psychological horror. It's mostly a character piece about someone we already know is a killer and we already know is unwell. We know how this story ends, so they are able to really take their time getting there, and it's an interesting journey.
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