floatingpolarbear

This movie is quietly shocking from the very beginning. It has an important story to tell and it rises up to the task. However it does not rely on anything graphic but rather lets the observer follow the story without being thrown into the virtual reality of it. The viewer fills in the blank in the most terrible parts and this technique cleverly arouses the viewer's own conscience and observance of how much the viewer already knows and understands what goes on in the world. Therefore I think this movie not so much informs people of what is going on, but rouses the gall of indignation within the viewer towards something one is used to brush away or ignore.

As a horror movie this is a story told in an expert way that gives satisfaction as it progresses. When it ends, echoes of it rise to reveal a sharp and timely political allegory. A movie within a movie. It is a lesson, but an exceedingly entertaining one. I loved the feeling of what could happen next? Which came from sensing that we were in the hands of brilliant, original storytelling. It makes you yell at the tv, at the characters, but also reflect on yourself and society at the moment in America, for which this movie is like a bucket of much needed cold water. Sadly, I know it will pass largely unseen.

My feeling was "about time" you see movie that skewers the smug, virtue signaling hollywood left and their flood of terrible "message" movies. The movie and the points are totally political. I don't get the reviews that minimize that. Are they watching the same movie? This is good political satire by people with their feet on the ground, not the paid talking heads of late night talk shows.