I’m guessing that this fictional film is really a guise to talk about some other issue like dealing with disfigurement, being branded a monster by society or some other such topic. I like the metaphors, whatever they are, and the multi-layered dimensions to the narrative.
Sophia, Sophia Del Pizzo, is a hard character to swallow. Are we supposed to feel sorry for her because she’s alienated and dangerous? In our first introduction to her, she almost smiles smugly when she announces “It’s who I am” so she isn’t quite convincing as the hard done by character she could be. This makes for an intriguing protagonist but verges closely to being an unlikeable one.
Dialogue isn’t the strongest element, particularly Sophia’s. Some statements are quite predictable. Camera quality is lush with a vintage tint to it. The documentary style is followed well with nice overlaps of voice over and action.
The revealed monster at the end, although a not bad CGI effort, felt like a let down. It was a bit of a conjoined twin gone wrong that looked like it could easily be suppressed by a few elastic bands in the right place, or scalpel. It didn’t feel worthy of the set up somehow.
There is slight style over substance on this film as it does look very good. At least the premise is relatable even if the characters are not.
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