Then, with a single cut to black midway through, everything we just watched demands reconsideration.
The movie works on several levels.
Allison, whos visiting for a sort of retreat-inspiration getaway, gets off on their dysfunction resentment?
Rob Leitzell
The writing is fizzy and delightful, the performances explosively committed.
But I was most taken by Levines direction here.
You cant take your eyes off it.
One reason is that you know all is not as it appears.
Or that something will, for lack of a better word,happen.
Yet even as things get weird, they stay true.
As to what it all means?
But this film, for the most part, is a trip.
Its brainy, sure, but the emotional experience is whats most vivid.
The plot beats may confound you, but the feelings behind them are crystal-clear.
Plaza is our guide through the madness, her characteristic wryness giving way to overpowering pain.
Shes not the movies secret weapon, really, since her impact is so constantly visible.
