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Okay, hopefully you didn't read any spoilers in my post lol 💀 let me know what you think! Id be willing to bet it's going to come to streaming soon (like maybe early May) because it seems pretty niche, and a limited theater release.
I'll crosspost there, thank you for the suggestion:)
I finally got around to watching it (sorry it took so long!). I agree with your review pretty much in full, actually, and second that it's not for the squeamish lol.
The whole thing was beautifully shot, including the horror bits, and the story was really good at getting you to sympathize with Elvira on her downward spiral, led astray and enabled by the adults.
Spoiler thoughts
Alma is the best character, imo, although I would have liked to see her be a more constant voice of reason and/or obvious alternate role model that Elvira is blind to, rather than just the savior at the end.Re: Agnes: Initially, it sounded like Agnes only wanted to marry the prince so she'd have the money to bury her dad, but then the after-credits shot makes it clear that she never did. So at that point, why not steal anything of value and run off after her stable boy instead (apart from the story needing to match the fairy tale)? I think I agree with you that it must have been for spite, but I found her motivations kinda blurry.
Im glad you liked it!! Your point about Agnes is valid, I guess there's also the argument that she was swept away by the royal life and left everything (including her father) behind? It's been a while, so I'm fuzzy on some of the smaller details of the movie.
I think you're right about Alma but its also a fine line between her being a voice of reason and it being too overwhelming. I think it probably could have had more of her perspective on the abuse Elvira was going through.
I really like this movie though, it's been a few months since release and I still think its probably one of the better movies to have come out this year. But, I also think that these types of movies are the ones I enjoy the most: humanizing/contextualizing people situations that society has a preconceived notion towards. The only other example that I can think of is LVT's Nymphomaniac, but that's a tough one to recommend due to the extremely graphic content and the fact that its like six hours between both halves lol.
I hope this movie wins some awards, doesn't need to be picture of the year or anything but I think it's a standout amongst its competitors this year.