A bizarre movie that for the most part wasn't very impressive but the things it got right were so good for me. It plays out like a film noir set in an alternative 1950s Hollywood filled with magic, paving the way to an old-fashioned Witch Hunt instead of the McCarthy-led one that happened in real life. Being a noir with all these things going on just feels like a parody that is not really funny for most of the runtime. But more than simply being funny it does manage to criticize a lot of the American way of stuff even though it's very very obvious anyway. But the movie made it believable that if the world was like that, the events in this movie could very well occur. Along with that, a lot of very weird choices that really don't lead to anything in the film actually kept my interest throughout the film even though the central plot itself was kind of boring to me. So, in a contrived way, they did manage to engage me and convey some messages, even with all the intentional weirdness and the noir parody tone and acting of the movie.
Review of Witch Hunt
