I had to watch this movie two times before I could give a solid opinion and rating.
I am surprised Emma Stone accepted the character. She is still so beautiful and one of the best in Hollywood. However, I got irritated with the script. The advertising was right. The cinematography and picture quality was dark and AMAZING.
I would never complain about Emma, but you can only take so much nudity in a film before it crosses the line of Pornography or just plain gratuitous. There was a lot of unnecessary sex scenes that went on for many minutes.
The part that I, and probably other critics, found the most disturbing was that Emma's character's persona is that of a four-year old girl. This means the many times she was taken advantage of, and by one man that was even aware of this conundrum of her having a grown body, but infant brain. This technically would qualify as openly sexually abusing an infant and/or taking advantage of the mentally inept. That was the problem with the film. Once the storyline fell into her discovering her sexual sensations, it fell down a spiral of frowned upon sexual appetites. Some of these appetites consisted of the presence of minor children. To be fair, the film DID NOT feature the children in the same frames as the sexual intercourse; but gives the viewer a sense of sick sexual pedophilia fetishes.
The film is an acquired taste. You have to be accepting of different views than American society's morals. A lot will not like this film and think it is derogatory.
Emma Stones acting is superb, as always. Willem Dafoe's genuine, as always. The movie is middle of the road and hard to rate.
Did I like it: 50/50.
I am surprised Emma Stone accepted the character. She is still so beautiful and one of the best in Hollywood. However, I got irritated with the script. The advertising was right. The cinematography and picture quality was dark and AMAZING.
I would never complain about Emma, but you can only take so much nudity in a film before it crosses the line of Pornography or just plain gratuitous. There was a lot of unnecessary sex scenes that went on for many minutes.
The part that I, and probably other critics, found the most disturbing was that Emma's character's persona is that of a four-year old girl. This means the many times she was taken advantage of, and by one man that was even aware of this conundrum of her having a grown body, but infant brain. This technically would qualify as openly sexually abusing an infant and/or taking advantage of the mentally inept. That was the problem with the film. Once the storyline fell into her discovering her sexual sensations, it fell down a spiral of frowned upon sexual appetites. Some of these appetites consisted of the presence of minor children. To be fair, the film DID NOT feature the children in the same frames as the sexual intercourse; but gives the viewer a sense of sick sexual pedophilia fetishes.
The film is an acquired taste. You have to be accepting of different views than American society's morals. A lot will not like this film and think it is derogatory.
Emma Stones acting is superb, as always. Willem Dafoe's genuine, as always. The movie is middle of the road and hard to rate.
Did I like it: 50/50.