The concept here is pretty good. I love the idea. Most things cinematic works very well. And Ralph Fiennes, and Anya Taylor-Joy are both fantastic and almost manage to save this movie. Sadly this movie was executed in a bad way.
The main problem with the movie is that it has no point. I assume they are trying to tell us something or give us some revelation, but naha, nothing, nada. I also assume they wanted to chock us with some scenes and some events, but I was just watching my phone and yawning. The movie also tries to be clever, and even tries to be funny at times, it all fails.
Personally I blame the director. A bit of a script issue, but bringing all the pieces together and making this into a coherent well executed movie is the role of the director and that really fails. I would also say that some of the other actors weren't on point - it was almost like Fines and Anya were the only ones who liked being in this movie.
This movie is not horrible, but since it fails at everything it attempts to do and nothing really fun or insightful happens, I have a hard time giving this a better grade than 4/10. A great idea and two great actors do not make a movie, at least not in this case.
The main problem with the movie is that it has no point. I assume they are trying to tell us something or give us some revelation, but naha, nothing, nada. I also assume they wanted to chock us with some scenes and some events, but I was just watching my phone and yawning. The movie also tries to be clever, and even tries to be funny at times, it all fails.
Personally I blame the director. A bit of a script issue, but bringing all the pieces together and making this into a coherent well executed movie is the role of the director and that really fails. I would also say that some of the other actors weren't on point - it was almost like Fines and Anya were the only ones who liked being in this movie.
This movie is not horrible, but since it fails at everything it attempts to do and nothing really fun or insightful happens, I have a hard time giving this a better grade than 4/10. A great idea and two great actors do not make a movie, at least not in this case.