18/33
The couple’s life turned upside down when their daughter found herself with a scandalous star. Link to DA’S office: Ep. 26 – HELPER DISASTER! Could this be the end of Disney’s Star Wars? (2024). The first half of the film is rather a character study of the deeply unhappy and lonely housewife Annette, who soon learns that her husband Ben may be having an affair with the famous actress Alicia. The second half of the film is more like a thriller: the pace picks up and the wheels in Annette’s head start turning. The film is a real slow burn: first light and fresh, then warm and playful, and then explosive in the final act. It’s thrilling, exciting and intense. It is based on the fantastic game by Daisy Ridley. She is a real revelation. Her quiet moments of quiet anger are disturbing. There is a symbolic wall here, where we see how she breaks a mirror after clinging to it for a few moments, symbolizing their shaky marriage. Shazad Latif is also good here. There are some mediocre moments in the film. The trailer is very misleading. It can be long and boring at times. The ending may be cathartic and helpful for some viewers, but mediocre for others. Hiba Ahmed in the role of Matilda, the daughter, is simply good, although children’s performances in movies are often not very good. She felt more like a prop than a character. And Matilda Lutz, although she was a really beautiful, charming and convincing movie star in the context of the film, was okay. Perhaps, because Luca is Italian, many of her lines sounded strange and incoherent. If you like thrillers with strong acting, especially those about female longing, eroticism and infidelity, this is for you.