The basic idea of this movie is that a new teacher enters an expensive, private school and proceeds to to gather five children around her into a club/cult that practices anorexia and bulimia. Hilarious huh.
Now I'm not saying that you can't make a comedy or a drama from such a theme, however, you cannot make this movie with much of a cold, detached eye, with no humour. This theme is serious business and has been taken lightly, in my opinion.
The director has gone for a quirky feel to the film, like Wes Anderson or a Yorgos Lanthimos. I wonder how these other, more talented directors would have made this film.
Now I'm not saying that you can't make a comedy or a drama from such a theme, however, you cannot make this movie with much of a cold, detached eye, with no humour. This theme is serious business and has been taken lightly, in my opinion.
The director has gone for a quirky feel to the film, like Wes Anderson or a Yorgos Lanthimos. I wonder how these other, more talented directors would have made this film.