Two polar opposite and complicated teenagers bond over a mysterious TV show that gets cancelled, which complicates their relationship even more.
Slow, trippy, and ostensibly pointless. This will be a quick review, as I wouldn’t want to slate it. While it is classified as horror, it is not. The too-many parallels with Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) do not attract the series’ fans and confuse non-fans. Maddy’s reappearance makes an exciting sequence and gives the intended Twin Peaks (1989) vibe, but it ends immediately after her captivating monologue. Overall, the slow pace isn’t as effective, with overly convoluted moments that border-lining previous similar snoozefests.
Trauma, memory, and identity relate in intricate ways that field experts constantly discover theories that blow previous theories out of the park. Trying to cinematically and allegorically depict any of them, let alone combine them, is a Herculean task where writer/director Jane Schoenbrun does her best. In front of the camera, Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine deliver convincing performances.
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