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If non-binary "they", "them", "their" (plural) and "it", "its" (singular).
There's something creepy about the actor who played Dominic, almost like he's not "all there" or inbred or something, LOL.
He co-starred with Farrell earlier in "Killing Of A Sacred Deer" and he weirded me out there too.
This is a remote island off the coast of Ireland in the 1920's I believe. There are few inhabitants, let alone suitable blokes his own age, and no smartphones, computers, TV or even radio. You've got a small handful of people to choose from aside from the farm animals and family. And you constantly run into them even if not friends anymore, so the situation is quite different from someone ghosting or unfriend you in today's world, although it still can be hurtful.
I think Colm with age over time became worried about his own legacy and that he had done nothing with his life and hence projected that onto Padraic, who represented and reminded him of his own insipid and banal existence. Breaking it off with him was a way of making himself feel better about his own wretched life. Since Padraic did nothing wrong and was somewhat of a simpleton with a good heart I can understand his hurt and confusion at being blindsided like that.
Honestly didn't think it was good enough to warrant a theater viewing. I've seen better made-for-TV or made-for-streaming movies.
Anyone old enough to remember when there was maybe a handful of mainstream movies out at a time and each had a theatrical run for six or nine months at least?
A little over the top, better in the middle, then over the top and convoluted in the end. Overreach.
Wow, it has tits and ass?!?!? OMG, must be an AMAZING film. 🙄
Huh, how is he gay? It seems you are looking for that. He takes a bath and has a butler or roommate so he's "gay"? Insecure much? He may or may not be but it wasn't anything made clear nor emphasized nor relevant to the plot.
Agreed, the ending was really reductive and disappointing. More style over substance.
Lemmon was one of a kind and beloved by his colleagues. I was on a movie set trying to stay out of the way and out of a trailer next to me (which I thought was removed from the center of things) steps Lemmon. He walked right up to me and started a conversation. I never start conversations with actors/stars while on the job, but for him to come up to me unsolicited with such a warm demeanor was quite appreciated. Same with other older stars I've worked with like John Astin.
Harvest, your take on the film is point on. I loved the build-up, lack of immediate blood and guts and slashing, and loved, loved, LOVED how more than any other modern film it not only seemed set in the 1980's but shot in the 1980's. Not sure how he did that when so many other big-budget films cannot.
A better "reveal" about the family and their backstory and a more fleshed-out and less rushed ending would have definitely helped. I too found some of the plot holes problematic (why not take her immediately instead of the whole babysitting charade and wait, count on pizza being ordered/delivered, why shoot the friend in the car, etc.). I also found that as a determined survivor she wouldn't just kill herself. She hadn't been thru enough torture or failure to feel the situation was hopeless. She had already escaped and had the upper hand with a gun. Also, she is just going to believe some nutcase who is also a proven liar that she is carrying the "devil's baby" enough to kill herself?? Don't buy that at all and it flies in the face of all we sat thru up to the last 15 minutes.
What? I LOVED "The Invitation"! ...one of my favorite suspense/thriller movies.
Have you seen "Flightplan" and "Breakdown"? Both similar and probably better too!
How can you forget one that it was very much like??: "Breakdown" with Kurt Russell!
Great synopsis and evaluation (though you could have used a few paragraph breaks for readability purposes). I felt the same thing. It's lazy just to make some things real and others not so that there is no way any audience will know where it's heading until they tell us the last few seconds. A good movie like this needs to stick to one perspective and not mix it all up so that we can't make heads nor tails of what we're seeing.
Some people don't express emotions as much and are more WASP-ish types. They are more cold, aloof; not passionate like Latinos and Mediterraneans. A lot of families are like that.
I think when he mentioned his daughter menstruating to his friend it was mostly just idle chit chat. When he confessed to his son about masturbating his own father, that was to help him relate more and to reveal a dark enough secret so his son would confess he was just acting paralyzed. A father-son bonding about another father-son bonding.
They did have an enthusiastic conversation about watch technology and waterproof ratings or something. People have different things that they are enthusiastic about.
The kid was already very sick as was on record at the hospital. Parents could have explained it that way. Who is going to question a white, affluent surgeon.
You said it well. It went over their heads about what it represented. Much like "The Triangle" it is an allegory based on a Greek myth, much like the movie "Triangle". I loved that film, and yet it has some supernatural and unexplained phenomena due to the main character not taking responsibility and repenting for their actions.
Yes. The son was already sick and it was documented so they could say he died of natural causes.