I has steeled myself for a "difficult watch" when I turned on this film. It was certainly THAT, but not in the way I expected.
Tediously artificial, unrealistic, and stagey from the get-go, it was a "difficult watch" not because of any unpleasantly graphic violence but because it's so amateurish. I barely got through the cutesy, twee "look how innocent and goofy our soon-to-be-monstrous protagonist seems" opening, with its blaring quirky music a la Wes Anderson. It was a greater torture than the rape scenes.
And as for graphic violence..."Shocking"? Not with such cartoonish characters it isn't. It felt more like an Almodovar parody. This idea was far beyond the talent of those attempting to pull it off, I'm afraid. Steer clear.
Tediously artificial, unrealistic, and stagey from the get-go, it was a "difficult watch" not because of any unpleasantly graphic violence but because it's so amateurish. I barely got through the cutesy, twee "look how innocent and goofy our soon-to-be-monstrous protagonist seems" opening, with its blaring quirky music a la Wes Anderson. It was a greater torture than the rape scenes.
And as for graphic violence..."Shocking"? Not with such cartoonish characters it isn't. It felt more like an Almodovar parody. This idea was far beyond the talent of those attempting to pull it off, I'm afraid. Steer clear.