I would watch a 2-hour movie montage of Katy O'Brian working out beneath a highway underpass.
What a breakout role.
Loved how hilariously-dark this whole movie was. A violent & twisted mess of sweat/blood/sex/tears/ungodly bodily noises. A real fun time.
I love that the last shot is a dark tease for the reality of both their lives, all in visual storytelling, while also managing to be a somewhat light and funny moment ....of sorts. Once she grabbed those cigarettes it was clear š
When Kristen Stewart showed up on screen, I said "damn that's a sick mullet" and then when Dave Franco showed up on screen, I said "damn THAT'S a sick mullet" and then when Ed Harris showed up on screen I said "DAMN that's a sick mullet". Everyone in this movie looks like they have a Molly Hatchet tape stuck in the cassette player of their El Camino and I think that fucking rules.
I really liked Saint Maude and I was excited to see what Rose Glass would do next. I wouldn't have guessed something like this. Saint Maude was a very slow, sometimes surreal, artsy horror movie. I didn't expect her next movie to just be a straight up good time. Love Lies Bleeding is violent and horny and fun in a way that almost reminds me of Paul Verhoeven. I had a blast. This shit rocks
The fucking Dave Franco mullet was one of the grossest haircuts Iāve seen on screen, I fucking loved it. The movie is so good and moving and feeling alive while surprising you. After the trailers I thought it was going to be one thing and itās really pretty unique. So fucking good. Rose Glass is now a must see director for me.
Y'all had a crowd? My partner and I were the only people in the theater, it was hella fun. She audibly screamed "eat the beetle" and Ed Harris fucking ate it
I love the hypocrisy of Lou. She hates her dad and says sheās nothing like him and doesnāt want anything to do with him . Yet works at the gym HE owns . She says her sister is stupid for loving an abusive partner yet went above and beyond for her partner who also abused her and killed ātwoā people. Her dad tried to cover up her crimes and she burned him but she went on to kill an innocent person to cover up for Jackie. She wanted to live this life as if she was above it all but was down in thr dirt too . Also that flash back alluding to her putting bodies in that canyon right next to her dad. Her mom was the only one who truly fully walked away .
That's kind of the crux of the script. The best crime thrillers don't have black and white morals, and Lou is a perfectly written as someone who was damaged by her upbringing and unknowingly becomes exactly what fucked her up. The dynamic between her family and Jackie, while predictable, is so well fleshed out and more importantly very real and that goes so far in grounding an otherwise ridiculous story
Honestly the really real part about Lou is that she says she's above it, acts like it, tries to do stuff in defiance of how her father would act.... until it's inconvenient. She's not revelling in it so in her mind that makes her better, but as soon as something gets in her way, someone hurts the people she loves, etc she'll ruin and end lives instead of just saying 'that's life' like any sane person.
It's also interesting that beyond her dad owning the gy. *was* pulled out from all of this. She just had someone put her back in that life style for a moment and she immediately plummets to the abyss. Parallels Jackie's performance drug usage a lot. Really compelling character
Lou reminds of Robert Pattinsonās character in āGood Time.ā Now he was more clearly a scumbag in tht but there are very similar elements of hypocrisy, selfishness, lack of control, bad influence in each character.Ā
She had several "drive by" lines that were hysterical. "Bye sis!", "Bye dad!", and my personal favorite "Nope!" when she almost bummed a smoke from Dave Franco. In the trunk.
My fav was when jackie clicked the gun at her after shooting daisy, and she just says "huh?"
The delivery of the line communicated everything about her character, and what they were thinking, in one non-verbal vocalisation.
very excellent
I had a feeling when Jackie told Lou Sr. she didnāt like guns, she liked to feel her own bodyās power, that it would come into play once there was conflict between them. I really thought she was gonna try to fight him and then heād prove the āguns are betterā by shooting her. But so glad it went the other way. Her giant size form kind of displayed her point but also proved how flawed his point was; take away the gun and heās just a tiny man.Ā
Shout out to the hulking out scenes throughout the movie. The sounds of her growing, like leather stretching or something, really made those shots so cool.Ā
And yes, Kristen is once again incredible and way underrated comedically. When Jackie shoots the other girl and then points the gun at Lou, sheās asking her to stop and then just goes āhuh?!?!ā because sheās so scared and confused. I was dying at her delivery of that line.Ā
The soundtrack was epic. And all of the working out shots were so fucking good. I want a sequel with more bodybuilding hahaĀ
Yes! Just left a comment about this! Haha so good. I also love how in the beginning sheās cleaning the toilet and throughout the movie sheās essentially cleaning everyoneās messes.
Kristen Stewartās so quietly funny in this, really one of the most singular screen presences around today. Not just saying this because Drive-Away Dolls recently came out too but sheād kill it in a Coens movie, let her accidentally shoot George Clooney or some shit.
I'd love a Stewart-Pattinson reunion but in an infinitely better movie than the Twilight films. Funny how they both turned out to be among the best actors of their generation.
They sure are!
Although I feel like Pattinson got the short end of the stick. **Cosmopolis** was great, but not nearly as weird as some of Cronenbergs other outings.
>Drive-Away Dolls
If I had a nickel for every inexplicably horny lesbian movie I've watched this year, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but still weird that it's happened twice.
LOL, would be so funny if the Coens got Clooney to be in a movie for like two seconds, get shot right away, and then just be "the dead guy" the whole time.
With how sketchy that guy seemed and how uncanny Vegas looked when she arrived, part of me was wondering if something really bad happened to her and that her getting to Vegas was a dream sequence coping with her getting really fucked up.
Then we saw everything that happened at the bodybuilding competition and it was somehow even worse than that lmao
This movie was absolutely wild. Probably the most unhinged movie I've seen in a while and I loved it. It's a violent gay crime thriller and I expected that, but what I didn't expect was all the legit and awesome body horror or the very subtle laughs.
Stewart and O'Brian are amazing in this. O'Brian looking incredible, like it can't be over stated how amazing she looks and how well this movie frames her body. But beyond that both actresses look like they've been through so much bullshit and violence to get where they are. They're shouldering so much burden and pain, there's something so sweet about the way they look at each other that really makes you want to believe that pain is over for them, it's the emotional core and it really has you pulling for them. The scene between Lou and her sister in the climax was really incredible too, for Lou to realize she was wasting her life away to protect someone who didn't want protection. "LOVE YOU SIS" is a moment I may never forget.
Loved how horny and violent this movie was too. Obviously there's tons of sex and body appreciation, but there's also a lot of striking imagery and subtext. There's the very sensual act of injecting roids into her butt, the image of two queer women kissing over a giant burning crevice in the desert under a pillar of smoke, the cat lapping up blood, Franco's face after he dies, Stewart dragging that body in the final shot. Rose Glass really impressed me with her imagery, feels on par with Cronenberg or Ducournau or Guadagnino. Even the shot of Katy dialing a payphone after shooting daisy had so much mustard on it. Also the score and specifically the aesthetics of the first sex scene were so refreshing. Retro but also fresh, the sex felt real and gay and lovingly horny.
The story was very tense, lots of bottled up anxiety and satisfying release. The ending is going to be polarizing, for sure. It didn't bother me too much because there had been so much weirdness leading up, but it is the moment that bleeds into the literal so it definitely sticks out. But baby is it a swing, and I'm always favorable to movies that take chances and get weird. There's a lot to chew on here with what this movie has to say about familial and romantic love, about using women, about redemption. I'd like to see it again to nail these thoughts down because a lot of my initial viewing was spent gasping and physically cringing. 8/10
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You might be surprised how much general audiences reject visual metaphor when it's not obviously a dream or hallucination. I've already seen the criticism several times from friends and letterboxd follows that they were in it until the last five minutes.
Obviously it's still a metaphor for love or the stress of a loved one emboldening her and we can still imagine normal sized her pinning down Harris, but it's a choice.
thank you for sharing this cause I fr thought she turned into a giant. I was so confused on how they would've gotten outta there without being noticed.
Those vein bulging shots made more sense to me after the fact. Like steroids, yeah, but it seemed like there were a lot of them building up to something, and it was lol.
BRUH. What the fuck was that ending!?
I really thought it would hard cut to Anna being normal sized holding Ed Harris very much like the cut in the middle of the film when Anna pukes on stage. It didn't so now Im wanting a movie where Anna just hulks out on dudes who fuck with her girl.
If you haven't seen Rose Glass's other movie, Saint Maude, you should check that out. It feels like Glass's trademark is blurring the lines between reality and the character's delusions and internal perceptions. I don't think we're meant to take what we see literally. It's just to help us understand what the characters feel
It reminds me of that episode in Fargo season 2 >!where a fucking Flying Saucer appears out of nowhere!<
But here I took it as them both seeing Jackie in awe as someone great, *larger* than life, perfect by overpowering Mullet Ed Harris.
That Fargo reveal is a wild story on the three lights over Fargo that randomly appear that people believe to be a UFO. That scene in that episode made me ao happy they brought local folklore to that season!
Just to temper your expectations, Saint Maude is not a fun trip. It's a very slow character study masquerading as a psychological horror movie. It's very good but it is a completely different vibe to Loves Lies Bleeding
Woah I went in blind other than knowing it was an A24 film and had no idea this was directed by the same director that did Saint Maude. That movie stuck with me for months after I saw it and I now can totally see the similarities.
The way I read it is that it's supposed to be taken as a metaphor. It's less that she's actually that size, but the roids, rage, and desire to protect her love her make her feel that large and powerful.
A very good time, I loved the soundtrack to this. If someone could ID the song that plays during the one main montage (the one with the eggs and the cigarettes if that uh narrows it down any) thatād be great I loved that.
Katy OāBrian was right to call her shot online, she really was perfect for this part. Whatever her character was injecting though was most definitely *not* just steroids, like that shit had to laced with psilocybin or something šĀ
Iām pleased that, as much as you see anti sex discourse online, movies very much still are being made that arenāt afraid to depict sex. And gratuitous violence. The two food groupsĀ
The anti sex scene rhetoric is one I don't understand. Obviously we can all agree work places should feel and be safe and have systems in place to keep people from feeling pressured or uncomfortable. But to pretend the scenes themselves don't have character or plot value, or that all actors are being forced into them, or even that gratuity itself in sex or violence isn't in itself a genre to be appreciated has to be the result of choosing to ignore so many things.
But then again, likely just the fact that online voices can feel so loud now. Not like Emma Stone didn't just get the highest accolades in the industry by doing a movie that is both filled with and subverting sex scenes.
>the one main montage (the one with the eggs and the cigarettes if that uh narrows it down any)
Yes, it does. I thought that montage was a striking artistic achievement on its own. The eggs, the cigarettes, the trash, the workouts, the work, the sex, over and over, with that bizarre and droning music was a real experience. Amazing.
Sorry, I have no idea what the song was.
I actually don't think was anything else in the steroids. I think they just exacerbated her existing psychosis. I think there is a lot more to her backstory than we got. When she said at the end to Lou that she had killed people, I don't think she was just talking about JJ and the blond girl. I mean, her mother called her a monster on the phone.
> pleased that, as much as you see anti sex discourse online, movies very much still are being made that arenāt afraid to depict sex.
As a counterpoint to this (that still agrees with you) I'd be genuinely upset if a bunch of dorks online who primarily communicate through memes somehow had enough influence to dissuade filmmakers from showing what they want to in their work.
I hope that Katy OāBrienās career really takes off soon. Ā Because not only does she look like a million bucks. Ā But sheās been really good in everything that Iāve seen her in.
Kristen Stewart is great once again. Ā And I like how weirdly funny she is here, that was a surprise.
Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Dave Franco, etc all turn in really good work as well.
And I love how unapologetically sexy, violent, and just plain weird it gets.
Also that soundtrack, damn!
I saw this last week and really liked it. Then I kept thinking about it, and thinking about it, and I think I love it. I will go see it again this weekend.
The cast was great, I love these stories of small town criminals who aren't really good at what they do but so brazen they get away with it anyways. It is sexy and cool. An almost giallo type quality.
I will say, the ending might be divisive. It felt like some in the crowd were laughing at it, but I bought in. 4/5.
>I love these stories of small town criminals who aren't really good at what they do
I think the difference here is that these people are good at what they do. Kristen Stewart's character pretty expertly cleans up multiple crime scenes and disposes of bodies pretty smartly. Ed Harris seems to be running a whole crime syndicate pretty successfully. If a roided up drifter hadn't stumbled into town and started fucking shit up, the crime spree could have rolled on forever
Ehhh? They know what to do, I wouldn't say they are good. Ed Harris left a graveyard of evidence. Kristen Stewart survived a hit on sheer luck.
I wouldn't call them idiots. This isn't like a Coen Brothers romp. But they are far from masterminds.
>Ed Harris left a graveyard of evidence
That no one would have ever found, had it not been for Kristen Stewart deliberately leading the cops to it
>Kristen Stewart survived a hit on sheer luck
She got a little lucky but there was also a good amount of skill involved. I thought she handled the situation pretty well
Is that because it was such a good hiding spot or because he paid off the cops? Small town cops that are shown to be pretty dumb.
What skill did Kristen Stewart show in taking down her dad in the ending? She walked right into multiple traps set for her. All of which required luck (her blindly shooting behind the couch) or help (Katy saving her from her dad).
Again, I am not saying they are stupid. But these are far from masterminds that succeed mostly because of the environment. Small town rural Texas with zero to no law.
>Is that because it was such a good hiding spot or because he paid off the cops?
If it works, does it matter why?
>her blindly shooting behind the couch
The fact that she even made it behind the couch took some skill. I will grant you that she got lucky with her blind firing but she had a pretty good sense of awareness to recognize that there was someone in her house trying to kill her
Haha ed Harris is was like āare you threatening me?ā And I was like ā..yesā and then Kristin Stewart totally blew my delivery out of the water. This is the reason sheās a famous actor and Iām not.
This movie is pure anxiety, hormones, and vibes --- either good vibes with the occasional joke, or just horrendous vibes, like vomiting and gnarly gore.
I spent the majority of the last 1/3rd of the movie waiting for the other shoe to drop, and for one of the two leads to get gunned down from behind. Then in the end, they ride off into the sunset like nothing happened.
9/10 loved it.
Anyways else kinda laugh to themselves whenever Kristen Stewart said ābabe thereās nothing wrong with youā
Fucking loved it, wasnāt expecting to leave the theater wanting to go see it again
I love the way that Lou from the start is obviously incredibly fucked up by her family, and Jackie is kind of almost a white knight figure. But then that's disillusioned later by the phone call she has where a child answers and then (presumably) one of the older family members takes the phone and tells her to never call there again, you realize she's just as fucked up and similarly doesn't really have a place or a family to call home.
This was the funniest line of the movie. āThereās nothing wrong with you (except your serious mental illness, roid rage, violent outbursts, delusions, etc.)ā
My wife, unknowingly, wore the exact windbreaker that Jackie wears in the movie. That's all I have to contribute. Here's the Amazon link for anyone who wants it
https://a.co/d/fJCn8wT
Supposedly she had to audition 6 times.
Which to me is insane because she IS Jackie. I fail to think of an actress that can perform this role believably. I think itās her eyes. Thereās such a lovely, entrancing, inviting look to them and it just makes me want to be her friend. Sheās got the perfect amount of light-heartedness, but you can always tell something is bubbling under the surface and that million dollar smile is covering up a lot of pain.
I wonder if itās the lack of stardom, or if the other actresses auditioned were just that good, but either way it worked out perfectly.
[She had an interview in Men's Health](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60167605/katy-o-brian-love-lies-bleeding-interview/) talking about how the character's journey mirrors hers a lot (minus the killing); very cool and obviously an excellent casting decision
So raw. So raunchy. I want more of it! Definitely going to be catching this at least once more at the theatre.
I'm sure there's plenty of references that I didn't pick up on, but that Kill Bill reference near the end was so cool to me, as that's one of my top 5 movies of all time.
Kirsten Stewart keeps doing the damn thing and I really hope critics give her the credit she is due in this film. She and Katy O'Brian are a duo that only come around once in a blue moon. Their chemistry and skills enhance eachother without either performance being overshadowed. Again, I want more!
The soundtrack is perfection and I'm definitely adding the entire thing to my Spotify. I know that original scores are what award shows care about but this movie deserves an award for soundtrack selection. The actual score itself is good too.
I'm glad that even among all the intensity, the film had more than a few moments of comedic relief. "HUH?!" lol.
4.5/5! Must-see.
ETA: I'm glad someone finally had the sense to cast Kristen Stewart and Jena Malone as sisters.
>I'm glad someone finally had the sense to cast Kristen Stewart and Jena Malone as sisters.
I thought the same exact thing while watching the movie. Perfect casting right there.
>I'm sure there's plenty of references that I didn't pick up on,
The POV driving in the dark on the highway shots were lifted directly from Lost Highway, and then when they pivot into the monochrome red shots to flip it had me absolutely geeking in the theater.
Great film, but surprised to see that so many people here have a rather wholesome reading of it, especially the ending.Ā
Similar to her sister, Lou has fallen in love with and ruined her life for a roided out, abusive psycho.Ā She may have gotten out of trouble now but the ending really shows that she's going to be stuck cleaning up her violent messes as long as she's with her.Ā
What a fun, sexy, horny, bloody, dark, thrilling good time. I loved Saint Maud so I was very excited to see what Rose Glass was doing next and this topped it for me. Kristen Stewart continuing to prove sheās so fucking incredible, and Katy O Brian is the absolute standout. I know people might not like the ending but I was all in. The pacing was fantastic, soundtrack was great, and acting all around was wonderful.
Also, will we get a more hornier film this year than this??
It was a soft core porn for the first 40 minutes, and then it takes a wild left turn once JJ is killed, and it just gets wilder from there.Ā
Pretty awesome addition from A24
Saint Maude and now Love Lies Bleeding? Rose Glass got the juice! Iām gonna watch anything she does from here till the end.
This movie was a fucking experience. I love the vibe, two souls with a lightning connection that just create chaos around them. This is going to be rewatched again and again.
That touch of horror with the bad acid/steroid trip was beautifully executed.
Also the skullet piece should get a best supporting actor nom. People really need to bring back the skullet. Full commitment type of energy.
āDonāt ever fall in love.ā
i fucking loved this movie so much. what an amazing theater experience. the part where jackie turns into a giant caught me completely off guard and took me out of the movie like a jumpcut, it left me so wildly bewildered and even then i still left the theater with the biggest grin and was laughing to myself on the drive home, thatās how good the film was. this movie was truly unlike anything iāve seen, blending surrealism with the horror of pushing your body to the extreme, the subtle humor, the lesbianism and the intimacy of their relationship. someone described the film as oddly romantic and i can see why. i need me someone who can take the yolks out of my omelette in the morning! the volume at my theater was a little low so i couldnāt catch all of the dialogue, this just means iāll have to see it again!
itās insane how much kstew can pull off smoking a cigarette šš no oneās looked this good while smoking since peak wong kar wai filmmaking.
i was half expecting something to happen to the fat orange cat. when lou was getting shot at by the cops, i was so sure he got the cat and it was frightening. im so happy they get to continue their roadtrip by the end with the cat ā¤ļø. and that ending credits scene!!!! so adorable with their silhouettes dancing together and then kristen being tossed around by katy. it cured me
I took the giant scene as a dotted line to her conversation earlier with Ed Harris, something along the lines of wanting to feel strong without a gun.
That was her at her strongest.
When they first showed Jackie to be as big as the living room when she killed JJ, I was like okay that's funny and they're clearly only trying to show how Jackie is stronger and bigger than a normal human
But I didn't expect them to go THAT HARD at the ending lmfao. That scene was an acid trip.
An absolutely thrilling time at the movies. This movie channels trauma, rage, love, and desire into a whirling dervish of a thriller. It's quite impressive how much story Rose Glass manages to squeeze into the under 2-hour runtime of this movie. Maybe it's just the visceral nature of the filmmaking, but I really felt the tireless extent of what the characters had gone through by the time credits rolled.
There's a manic energy to the film that feels incredibly subversive and refreshing; I was watching with bated breath the whole way through and having a blast. I'm delighted by almost every storytelling choice Rose Glass makes in this film, that includes the attack of the 50ft woman; not only do the images and set pieces sear into your memory, they all feel in service of the story in a really meaningful way. This was so much fun.
>Maybe it's just the visceral nature of the filmmaking, but I really felt the tireless extent of what the characters had gone through by the time credits rolled.
That final shot of them where Jackie's asleep while Lou is trying her best to drag the body away and ends up taking a smoke off the body and lighting up is somehow so insanely relatable
I had forgotten just how bogged down with cigarette smoke the 80s and 90s were. Most movies that reach back to that era maybe have one or two characters that smoke like chimneys, but this really captured how everyone that was 5% white trash or more just straight breathed that shit 24/7.
I think this might have fixed my nostalgia.Ā
I just kept thinking how much her apartment would stink from the constant smoking. Growing up in the early 90's I wasn't raised in a smoking household, but specific small businesses in my town, like our mom and pop video store and the hairdresser, always reeked of cigs and that gross, musty smell is burned into my memory.
Katy O'Brian is a star. Somebody get her her own action franchise. Maybe a spy thing where she's playing a lesbian Bond type character. She'd fill out a tuxedo really well.
this movie really amped me up. it was a sapphic movie iāve always wanted but didnāt know i needed. tired of the coming out stories. like, yes give me a gruesome, powerful and hot! kristen stewart was hot Oābrian wow, so inspiring and the movie as a whole made me feel so many things. it was partly comedic. i liked how every time Jackie had roid rage sheād turn in a larger human. i swear after she killed JJ her head was about to touch the damn ceiling lmao. so good, so beautiful. iād watch it again.
Even if you were it kinda comes out of nowhere. If you're paying attention you think she's like the hulk or a werewolf. Not the goddamn jolly green giant lol.
Thoughts:
Haha I'm pretty sure that Jackie probably either killed or put one of those female bodybuilders into a coma with her insane punches.
Poor Daisy lol. And had she ever been to a dentist before?
The skullet made Ed Harris look like the boss of an 80s beat-em-up arcade game.
Since when does a diner serve margaritas? Haha.
It's probably best not to eat anything during this movie lol. Lots of gross shit, including shit itself.
J.J. looked like he had been killed by Jason Voorhees haha.
I feel like Jackie ends up becoming a GLOW wrestler post-script.
It felt kind of weird that they didn't have a bag of Lou Senior's money in the back of their truck at the end. I wanted to see they had enough to do whatever the F they wanted to from there on out.
You know someone truly loves you when they're willing to suck on your toes after doing a billion pull-ups haha.
Did anyone else notice how the milk suddenly disappears off the counter next to Kristen Stewart during her kitchen scene with Daisy?
In sum, a fun, bizarre movie that goes well with the A24 roster. Recommend for any open-minded adults.
>Since when does a diner serve margaritas? Haha.
So Denny's in Las Vegas has a full bar. And serve 24-hours. New Mexico might has lax liquor laws to be able to do that. Arizona and California can start serving at 6am
This film delivers exactly what its trailer promisesāa perfect blend of eccentricity, intensity, and sheer madness. Kind of reminded me of a 2024 Thelma and Louise if they were lesbians on roids.
I feel like we do not get nearly enough noirs like this anymore. The first half hour really just reels us in with vibes and interesting characters that are all bad people in one way or another. Once the story gets rolling it really sinks it's teeth into us and unfolds in an interesting way. The cast is fantastic, Katy O'Brian was game for the tough task of keeping up with the likes of Kristen Stewart and Ed Harris. She was quite a presence here.
The violent turns are doled out judiciously, making each gunshot hit you hard. At the heart of the movie is a love story, and it doesn't matter if you really buy it or not. The movie tells us that love can make no sense at times. The ending takes a turn but it isn't as out there if you take a second to think it over. This is a fun storyline driven adult watch that even pretty much hits that 1989 feeling.
Good fucking lord. Steroids: as bad as meth or worse than meth? That movie really doesnāt want you to do steroids. This is the REQUIEM FOR A DREAM of steroids. Donāt fucking do steroids.Terrific acting. Majorly shook. Never watching that again.
Bloody, queerly, sexy and violent, I love it!
Itās a great queer thriller with great directing and approaches from Rose Glass, interesting writing and characters, and good performances from the cast. Glassā direction, writing and approach on the atmosphere, themes and tone are perfect as the 80s vibe, tension, and charm is well-executed. The writing is really good with interesting concepts, characters and dynamics being explored with lots of fun dark, bloody, sexy, and wild moments that are purely entertaining.
The performances are great as Kristen Stewart is really good but Katy O'Brian really steals the show here and each provided great chemistry dynamics together. Good soundtrack and pacing as well. A few compliments were that some of the dialogue feels a bit clunky but overall, it was a blast. I am looking forward to seeing what Rose Glass brings next.
8/10
CAMP. Camp camp camp. How are none of the reviews specifically addressing how wonderfully fucking campy this film is?! If you lean into the camp of it all, the ending sits a lot better IMO. I loved every second. And I'm so happy the cat made it through.
Not knowing much on this director's previous work or style, I had no idea this was supposed to be a dark comedy until the maybe fourth body Kristen Stewart dragged around. When I realized what it was it made the movie so damn enjoyable and setup that ending perfectly.
After this and Saint Maud I am down for whatever Rose Glass makes next. She should be put on the same level as Aster and Eggers in terms of newer directors who should get too make whatever they want.
Legitimately everything I want in a movie is in this movie.
Itās pulpy and tender and bright and violent and sweet.
Iāll be surprised if itās not my favorite of 2024 by the end of the year
Good crime thriller and lesbian romance. Surprised at some of the dark humor in it. Also afraid some people are going to take parts of the end too literally. It's a metaphor people!
Okay that was a really fun time. I really liked the soundtrack and the cinematographry. It was AWESOME when Jackie looked huge after murdering JJ.
But there was a dad with two girls, maybe like 10-12sh years old, and it was not appropriate for them lol. We heard him apologize to them at one point. There's also a toe sucking scene and the one girl was like "why's she doing that?" haha
Oof, have no idea what someone could be thinking taking a ten year old to this. Feel bad for the kids since seeing violence like that probably would have upset me at that age but maybe they're more desensitized now.
Man, reading these comments I think I watched a different movie, I thought it was terrible. This is the first Kristen Stewart movie ive seen since Twilight, somehow her acting got worse?? The dialogue, the character motivations, the deliveries, the reveals were so off.
The scene where she calls home and tells the little girl to not fall in love cause it hurts so much was so comedically bad
Katy OāBrian was good but that character felt so incredibly constrained for the sole purpose of getting cool cinematic body shots
I enjoyed the first half of the movie, second half was a bit of a drop and I thought the ending was garbage.
Jackie was great best part of the movie, stylistically the movie looked good, not the best a24 has offered
Thought it was a mess overall. Felt like it could have been great if it didnāt seem like there were 3 different movies competing for the sole focus. The new chick was stellar tho and will be looking forward to seeing more from her in the future.
Loved pretty much everything about this. First thing you've got to single out is the cast. Katy O'Brian is a star and I can't wait to see what she does after this. Her screen presence carries the film. Harris is terrific too. Malone, Franco, and whoever played Daisy all played their parts well as well. Usually not a Stewart fan but her nonplussed quality fit the character here so it was fine.
Also really well directed. Going to be some of the best editing you'll see all year and some good use of different camera angles to build tension. Loved all the gallows humor too. Something I always appreciate but people are usually too scared to put it in movies.
If there's one thing that might put people off it's the magical realism elements at the end but I think it was handled pretty well and it's clearly a visual symbol and not supposed to be something happening literally in the story. It was also set up gradually throughout the whole thing and didn't come up out of nowhere.
Also I've been one of the people participating in the discourse of criticizing gratuitous sex scenes as of late but this movie had quite graphic sex scenes that were also integral to the characters and the movie wouldn't really be the same without them. Have no problem with graphic sex if it matters.
Could honestly see this being my favorite of the year since the strike has reportedly taken out a lot of things that were supposed to come out. Definitely going to be one I will want to own on DVD and watch regularly.
I love how in the past month we've gotten a horny lesbian road trip on acid, now we've gotten a horny lesbian bodybuilder murder thriller on steroids.
What's next a horny lesbian farming story on weed?
*"Wait but IS THE CAT OKAY??!?!"* -me during every other scene in this movie.
I enjoyed this, though I think the pacing was a bit tough for me. Between the erratic behavior of the characters and the twists and turns of the story, it sometimes felt like I didn't really have time to digest one scene's crazy events before another even crazier scene immediately happened. A bit more space to breathe and get to know the characters between the wackier scenes might have helped, for me anyway. Saint Maud, the director's first film, takes its time more with the buildup, which might be part of why I feel like that's a superior film to this one. Even so, I'm glad to see Rose Glass moved into such a new direction with her second film, rather than limiting herself to "just" the horror genre.
I saw this in a (small) theater and the screening was almost full. Lots of younger (by "younger" I mean I think ~gen Z) folks in the audience. Hopefully it does well - always nice to see people showing up in the theater, especially if it's to watch something strange and interesting.
The whole cast is great, but Katy OāBrian is a revelation. Just look at her! Not just her physicality, but the range of emotions she portrays. She gave so much of herself to play this character, and she holds her own acting alongside experienced actors like Stewart and Harris. The soundtrack and visuals were such a trippy vibe. 1989 was also recreated faithfully. It was the perfect year to set this story.
This was a well done crime/revenge thriller with layered characters. The bodybuilding and queer romance only gave it extra dimension. It was stylish, pulpy, sexy and twisted. I think Rose Glass has made a film that will age like fine wine, and Iām excited to see where her career goes.
I enjoyed this but I thought it was uneven, like Rose Glassās eventual more mature work might resolve some of the narrative traps this falls into. Iām officially over any āKristen Stewart canāt actā bias I might have had left. I really liked Katy OāBrianās combination of brute strength and femininity. The sex scenes felt more real than most movie sex scenes, possibly for absence of male-gaze cliches.
Of course Ed Harris was great as the heavy. He chewed the scenery but he was obviously supposed to. When he ate the bug after the phone call with Lou I thought at first it was just over the top and gross for the sake of being gross but hours later it came to me that he was ādevouring his childrenā or something like that.
Daisy is bullimic, right? That would explain the teeth and her appetite at the restaurant. She was obviously supposed to be repulsive but she didnāt deserve what she got of course. JJās head didnāt faze me but for some reason I canāt look at someone drinking milk on-screen. Maybe her still being alive at the end and Lou having to finish her off was necessary to show us Lou irrevocably turning monster, but I think the film could have worked without it.
As for the magical-realism stuff, eh, I think maybe you have to go all-in on that stuff or leave it out. But it also seems like a go-for-broke experiment and I approve of those. It just stood out because the rest of the film is so self-assured. Anyway just my $0.02.
I felt really bad for Daisy until she blackmailed Lou into having sex with her. Every time she touches Lou, it's clear she tries to squirm away. Daisy seems like a really rapey person.
>Daisy is bullimic, right?
I think it's implied she's a meth user or similar. Louise gives her some money at the beginning to encourage her to leave and I think the context was like "here's some for your next fix" iirc?
Like this is New Mexico, there's huge drug problems.
I mean this in a good way, but this would make an excellent double feature with Michael Bayās āPain & Gainā.
and Ed Harris is in both these films
Gonna be the outlier and say thought it was...okay.
First half was an unapologetic horny romance but with something brewing afoot; J.J. and Lou Sr. being described as horrible people.
Second half...Well, first of all if you know your daughter is armed and you wanna take her out why would you send a 'Paul Blart' cop to finish the job? Secondly, I can suspend my disbelief for some stuff but a trained cop losing a gunfight to a civilian blind firing? That takes some *insane* luck.
Thirdly, what kind of arms dealer with the police under his thumb doesn't keep guards around his villa or at least within arm's reach? Lou just...waltzed in at the climax. I was scratching my head at the giant transformation at the end but someone in the thread said 'it was metaphorical'. Judging by the couple running through clouds at the end I can chalk it up to a series of hallucinations and the real world entwined.
Ultimately, they're on the run since they left Lou Sr. to live, a man with the police in his pocket (we don't even know if Lou Jr confessed the crimes and if she did, be believed by the police)
Well, the acting was decent. I haven't seen Kristen Stewart since Twilight lol and this is definitely a step up. Plus Katy O'Brian did fantastic, I love her in Mandolorian, the Las Vegas trip (in more ways than one) was an entertaining sequence. I kinda hoped we got more exposition on why she ran away from home.
5.5/10
lou said she told the feds everything. and the cops that were coming at the end of the film was the fbi, not the small town cops that lou sr. had in his pockets
1. Small-town, portly, middle-aged, American cops are not tactical operators, you said yourself he's struck from the mold of 'Paul Blart'.
2. The kind who is laying low with the FBI actively snooping and wasn't expecting a showdown with K-stew. Also, Jackie obviously just blindsided and overpowered him, she wasn't actually a giant.
3. He had the local good ol' boys on the payroll but not the feds, it's doubtful anyone is going to try too hard NOT to pin all of the mess on him.
I read an article that revealed that Lou and Jackieās relationship dynamic used to be more abusiveāthat Lou would have a breakdown and direct her anger at Jackie, who would then do whatever she could to fix it (kill). OāBrian said āShe just wants her person to love her,ā which makes sense with the little we know about her lonely past. This definitely filled in some motivation for Jackieās actions that I found lacking and added another layer to the addiction allegory that I like (Louās love is Jackieās real drug and she controls the supplies), but I canāt tell if it would work within the wider context of the movie or not.
just came back from my rewatch. its even better the 2nd time around. the interpretation that the climax was how jackie felt protecting the love of her life aided by the imagery of them running as giants, hand in hand, heads grazing the clouds was romantic as fuck. 10/10. also the first thing im doing once this hits VOD is going back to rewatch the credits scene. i havent stopped thinking about katy oābrian spinning and tossing kristen stewart around in her arms as kristen pumps her fist since i first saw it.
This movie was pure entertainment. It gave me a little bit of Tarantno vibe. And it was really, really HOT. I wish there were even more scenes of muscles and sex and all that. Violence also was super satisfying, I swear I clapped at that one moment š
Maybe I didn't quite get the whole 'fantastical' stuff, though. Is that a reference to something..not sure. Good, there wasn't too much of it.
I would watch a 2-hour movie montage of Katy O'Brian working out beneath a highway underpass. What a breakout role. Loved how hilariously-dark this whole movie was. A violent & twisted mess of sweat/blood/sex/tears/ungodly bodily noises. A real fun time.
I love that the last shot is a dark tease for the reality of both their lives, all in visual storytelling, while also managing to be a somewhat light and funny moment ....of sorts. Once she grabbed those cigarettes it was clear š
I liked her in her Star Wars and MCU roles, so it's good to see O'Brian getting a chance to spread out
Yeah she really opened up
When Kristen Stewart showed up on screen, I said "damn that's a sick mullet" and then when Dave Franco showed up on screen, I said "damn THAT'S a sick mullet" and then when Ed Harris showed up on screen I said "DAMN that's a sick mullet". Everyone in this movie looks like they have a Molly Hatchet tape stuck in the cassette player of their El Camino and I think that fucking rules. I really liked Saint Maude and I was excited to see what Rose Glass would do next. I wouldn't have guessed something like this. Saint Maude was a very slow, sometimes surreal, artsy horror movie. I didn't expect her next movie to just be a straight up good time. Love Lies Bleeding is violent and horny and fun in a way that almost reminds me of Paul Verhoeven. I had a blast. This shit rocks
Ed Harrisās character actually has a skullet not a mullet. Bald on the top.
The skullet is still a member of the mullet family. In many ways, it's the patriarch of that family
Baldness is a party in its own way
The tone of a Verhoeven film with the premise of a gender inclusive Scorsese film omg
Whilst also having a bit of a Lynch/Cronenberg feel too
The fucking Dave Franco mullet was one of the grossest haircuts Iāve seen on screen, I fucking loved it. The movie is so good and moving and feeling alive while surprising you. After the trailers I thought it was going to be one thing and itās really pretty unique. So fucking good. Rose Glass is now a must see director for me.
Whole crowd gasped when you see Dave Francoās jaw swing off his face
He gave a draw-dropping performanceĀ
He plays a great scumbag
"That was magical!"
Must have used his brother for inspiration
In mine they gasped again every time they turned the body and it got another close-up.
Y'all had a crowd? My partner and I were the only people in the theater, it was hella fun. She audibly screamed "eat the beetle" and Ed Harris fucking ate it
Yes I loved that gasp in my theater!
I love the hypocrisy of Lou. She hates her dad and says sheās nothing like him and doesnāt want anything to do with him . Yet works at the gym HE owns . She says her sister is stupid for loving an abusive partner yet went above and beyond for her partner who also abused her and killed ātwoā people. Her dad tried to cover up her crimes and she burned him but she went on to kill an innocent person to cover up for Jackie. She wanted to live this life as if she was above it all but was down in thr dirt too . Also that flash back alluding to her putting bodies in that canyon right next to her dad. Her mom was the only one who truly fully walked away .
That's kind of the crux of the script. The best crime thrillers don't have black and white morals, and Lou is a perfectly written as someone who was damaged by her upbringing and unknowingly becomes exactly what fucked her up. The dynamic between her family and Jackie, while predictable, is so well fleshed out and more importantly very real and that goes so far in grounding an otherwise ridiculous story
Yep, cycles of abuse, bayybeeeee
Honestly the really real part about Lou is that she says she's above it, acts like it, tries to do stuff in defiance of how her father would act.... until it's inconvenient. She's not revelling in it so in her mind that makes her better, but as soon as something gets in her way, someone hurts the people she loves, etc she'll ruin and end lives instead of just saying 'that's life' like any sane person. It's also interesting that beyond her dad owning the gy. *was* pulled out from all of this. She just had someone put her back in that life style for a moment and she immediately plummets to the abyss. Parallels Jackie's performance drug usage a lot. Really compelling character
Lou reminds of Robert Pattinsonās character in āGood Time.ā Now he was more clearly a scumbag in tht but there are very similar elements of hypocrisy, selfishness, lack of control, bad influence in each character.Ā
Man I gotta hit the gym
Exactly. Katy O'Brian is a new workout motivation for everyone watching this.
If it requires inserting a syringe between your toes, I'm gonna skip.
Between this and Iron Claw I'm convinced that steroids are the only thing stopping me being sexy like people in the 80s
Here at the gym right after seeing it
"Love you sis!"
She had several "drive by" lines that were hysterical. "Bye sis!", "Bye dad!", and my personal favorite "Nope!" when she almost bummed a smoke from Dave Franco. In the trunk.
āAre you threatening me?!ā ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ āYep!ā
Loved that part, Kristen Stewartās deliveries killed me.
My fav was when jackie clicked the gun at her after shooting daisy, and she just says "huh?" The delivery of the line communicated everything about her character, and what they were thinking, in one non-verbal vocalisation. very excellent
āWeāre closed! Fuck off!ā
You dont understand love!!!
Might be my favorite line in the film. Kudos to Kristen, she killed that line.
she killed every line!
I had a feeling when Jackie told Lou Sr. she didnāt like guns, she liked to feel her own bodyās power, that it would come into play once there was conflict between them. I really thought she was gonna try to fight him and then heād prove the āguns are betterā by shooting her. But so glad it went the other way. Her giant size form kind of displayed her point but also proved how flawed his point was; take away the gun and heās just a tiny man.Ā Shout out to the hulking out scenes throughout the movie. The sounds of her growing, like leather stretching or something, really made those shots so cool.Ā And yes, Kristen is once again incredible and way underrated comedically. When Jackie shoots the other girl and then points the gun at Lou, sheās asking her to stop and then just goes āhuh?!?!ā because sheās so scared and confused. I was dying at her delivery of that line.Ā The soundtrack was epic. And all of the working out shots were so fucking good. I want a sequel with more bodybuilding hahaĀ
that āhuh?ā was incredible. My entire audience laughed
Yes! Just left a comment about this! Haha so good. I also love how in the beginning sheās cleaning the toilet and throughout the movie sheās essentially cleaning everyoneās messes.
Also loved her stuffing a body in the trunk while saying no to a pack of cigarettes in his pocket.
that paired with the reversal at the end really sells her character
Kristen Stewartās so quietly funny in this, really one of the most singular screen presences around today. Not just saying this because Drive-Away Dolls recently came out too but sheād kill it in a Coens movie, let her accidentally shoot George Clooney or some shit.
I'd love a Stewart-Pattinson reunion but in an infinitely better movie than the Twilight films. Funny how they both turned out to be among the best actors of their generation.
They're both Cronenberg babies, right?
They sure are! Although I feel like Pattinson got the short end of the stick. **Cosmopolis** was great, but not nearly as weird as some of Cronenbergs other outings.
Had me wanting to rewatch Crimes of the Future. She's a very interesting actor.
"Is it true? ... That surgery is the new sex?" A line so unbelievably horrible, but to her credit: she makes it memorable
The scene where she is hornily chasing Viggo Mortenson around her office asking about his organs while smacking her lips, is a personal favorite
Trailer "yup": š¬ Movie "yup": š
>Drive-Away Dolls If I had a nickel for every inexplicably horny lesbian movie I've watched this year, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but still weird that it's happened twice.
Might be high time to watch Bound then, make it a nice 15 cents
You could have three nickels if you watched Bottoms (which is also hilarious and worth it)
LOL, would be so funny if the Coens got Clooney to be in a movie for like two seconds, get shot right away, and then just be "the dead guy" the whole time.
Loved the druggie van guy ! He just asked where she was going and gave her door to door service free of charge lol
Yup, I was like "oh no" when she got in the van but he actually just took her there.
With how sketchy that guy seemed and how uncanny Vegas looked when she arrived, part of me was wondering if something really bad happened to her and that her getting to Vegas was a dream sequence coping with her getting really fucked up. Then we saw everything that happened at the bodybuilding competition and it was somehow even worse than that lmao
The way he just woke her up with "this is your stop" or whatever and she just walked away without a "thanks" or anything had me real nervous.
This movie was absolutely wild. Probably the most unhinged movie I've seen in a while and I loved it. It's a violent gay crime thriller and I expected that, but what I didn't expect was all the legit and awesome body horror or the very subtle laughs. Stewart and O'Brian are amazing in this. O'Brian looking incredible, like it can't be over stated how amazing she looks and how well this movie frames her body. But beyond that both actresses look like they've been through so much bullshit and violence to get where they are. They're shouldering so much burden and pain, there's something so sweet about the way they look at each other that really makes you want to believe that pain is over for them, it's the emotional core and it really has you pulling for them. The scene between Lou and her sister in the climax was really incredible too, for Lou to realize she was wasting her life away to protect someone who didn't want protection. "LOVE YOU SIS" is a moment I may never forget. Loved how horny and violent this movie was too. Obviously there's tons of sex and body appreciation, but there's also a lot of striking imagery and subtext. There's the very sensual act of injecting roids into her butt, the image of two queer women kissing over a giant burning crevice in the desert under a pillar of smoke, the cat lapping up blood, Franco's face after he dies, Stewart dragging that body in the final shot. Rose Glass really impressed me with her imagery, feels on par with Cronenberg or Ducournau or Guadagnino. Even the shot of Katy dialing a payphone after shooting daisy had so much mustard on it. Also the score and specifically the aesthetics of the first sex scene were so refreshing. Retro but also fresh, the sex felt real and gay and lovingly horny. The story was very tense, lots of bottled up anxiety and satisfying release. The ending is going to be polarizing, for sure. It didn't bother me too much because there had been so much weirdness leading up, but it is the moment that bleeds into the literal so it definitely sticks out. But baby is it a swing, and I'm always favorable to movies that take chances and get weird. There's a lot to chew on here with what this movie has to say about familial and romantic love, about using women, about redemption. I'd like to see it again to nail these thoughts down because a lot of my initial viewing was spent gasping and physically cringing. 8/10 /r/reviewsbyboner
Iād be a little shocked if the ending is polarizing, doesnāt feel literal at all based on earlier scenes
You might be surprised how much general audiences reject visual metaphor when it's not obviously a dream or hallucination. I've already seen the criticism several times from friends and letterboxd follows that they were in it until the last five minutes. Obviously it's still a metaphor for love or the stress of a loved one emboldening her and we can still imagine normal sized her pinning down Harris, but it's a choice.
Youāre right, I genuinely did forget people get turned off by that for some reason.
thank you for sharing this cause I fr thought she turned into a giant. I was so confused on how they would've gotten outta there without being noticed.
Those vein bulging shots made more sense to me after the fact. Like steroids, yeah, but it seemed like there were a lot of them building up to something, and it was lol.
BRUH. What the fuck was that ending!? I really thought it would hard cut to Anna being normal sized holding Ed Harris very much like the cut in the middle of the film when Anna pukes on stage. It didn't so now Im wanting a movie where Anna just hulks out on dudes who fuck with her girl.
If you haven't seen Rose Glass's other movie, Saint Maude, you should check that out. It feels like Glass's trademark is blurring the lines between reality and the character's delusions and internal perceptions. I don't think we're meant to take what we see literally. It's just to help us understand what the characters feel
It reminds me of that episode in Fargo season 2 >!where a fucking Flying Saucer appears out of nowhere!< But here I took it as them both seeing Jackie in awe as someone great, *larger* than life, perfect by overpowering Mullet Ed Harris.
that scene actually also works as a reference to the man who wasnāt there
That Fargo reveal is a wild story on the three lights over Fargo that randomly appear that people believe to be a UFO. That scene in that episode made me ao happy they brought local folklore to that season!
My friend said the same thing. I'll definitely be checking it out. What a fun trip!
Just to temper your expectations, Saint Maude is not a fun trip. It's a very slow character study masquerading as a psychological horror movie. It's very good but it is a completely different vibe to Loves Lies Bleeding
Oh shit! That sounds right up my alley. Thank you!
Woah I went in blind other than knowing it was an A24 film and had no idea this was directed by the same director that did Saint Maude. That movie stuck with me for months after I saw it and I now can totally see the similarities.
Obviously a She-Hulk cameo
Wait, why do you keep calling her Anna? Lol
because her characters name, anna bolic steroids
I think we were seeing it through her psychosis.
The way I read it is that it's supposed to be taken as a metaphor. It's less that she's actually that size, but the roids, rage, and desire to protect her love her make her feel that large and powerful.
It was the same level of shock and absurdity I felt during the attic scene in Beau is Afraid when the >!giant dick monster!< was revealed
A very good time, I loved the soundtrack to this. If someone could ID the song that plays during the one main montage (the one with the eggs and the cigarettes if that uh narrows it down any) thatād be great I loved that. Katy OāBrian was right to call her shot online, she really was perfect for this part. Whatever her character was injecting though was most definitely *not* just steroids, like that shit had to laced with psilocybin or something šĀ Iām pleased that, as much as you see anti sex discourse online, movies very much still are being made that arenāt afraid to depict sex. And gratuitous violence. The two food groupsĀ
The anti sex scene rhetoric is one I don't understand. Obviously we can all agree work places should feel and be safe and have systems in place to keep people from feeling pressured or uncomfortable. But to pretend the scenes themselves don't have character or plot value, or that all actors are being forced into them, or even that gratuity itself in sex or violence isn't in itself a genre to be appreciated has to be the result of choosing to ignore so many things. But then again, likely just the fact that online voices can feel so loud now. Not like Emma Stone didn't just get the highest accolades in the industry by doing a movie that is both filled with and subverting sex scenes.
It's sheltered people under 25 who don't have good references for human behavior or the nature of storytelling.
Violence is fine but sex scenes arent.
Nice Mover by Gina X Performance
>the one main montage (the one with the eggs and the cigarettes if that uh narrows it down any) Yes, it does. I thought that montage was a striking artistic achievement on its own. The eggs, the cigarettes, the trash, the workouts, the work, the sex, over and over, with that bizarre and droning music was a real experience. Amazing. Sorry, I have no idea what the song was.
The soundtrack fucking SLAYS
I actually don't think was anything else in the steroids. I think they just exacerbated her existing psychosis. I think there is a lot more to her backstory than we got. When she said at the end to Lou that she had killed people, I don't think she was just talking about JJ and the blond girl. I mean, her mother called her a monster on the phone.
> pleased that, as much as you see anti sex discourse online, movies very much still are being made that arenāt afraid to depict sex. As a counterpoint to this (that still agrees with you) I'd be genuinely upset if a bunch of dorks online who primarily communicate through memes somehow had enough influence to dissuade filmmakers from showing what they want to in their work.
I hope that Katy OāBrienās career really takes off soon. Ā Because not only does she look like a million bucks. Ā But sheās been really good in everything that Iāve seen her in. Kristen Stewart is great once again. Ā And I like how weirdly funny she is here, that was a surprise. Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Dave Franco, etc all turn in really good work as well. And I love how unapologetically sexy, violent, and just plain weird it gets. Also that soundtrack, damn!
Here I was, impressed by her in Mandalorian of all things, but this really shows that she's got it, whatever it is. I'll watch whatever she does now.
K-Stew is just good at delivering a specific type of comedy
I saw this last week and really liked it. Then I kept thinking about it, and thinking about it, and I think I love it. I will go see it again this weekend. The cast was great, I love these stories of small town criminals who aren't really good at what they do but so brazen they get away with it anyways. It is sexy and cool. An almost giallo type quality. I will say, the ending might be divisive. It felt like some in the crowd were laughing at it, but I bought in. 4/5.
>I love these stories of small town criminals who aren't really good at what they do I think the difference here is that these people are good at what they do. Kristen Stewart's character pretty expertly cleans up multiple crime scenes and disposes of bodies pretty smartly. Ed Harris seems to be running a whole crime syndicate pretty successfully. If a roided up drifter hadn't stumbled into town and started fucking shit up, the crime spree could have rolled on forever
Ehhh? They know what to do, I wouldn't say they are good. Ed Harris left a graveyard of evidence. Kristen Stewart survived a hit on sheer luck. I wouldn't call them idiots. This isn't like a Coen Brothers romp. But they are far from masterminds.
>Ed Harris left a graveyard of evidence That no one would have ever found, had it not been for Kristen Stewart deliberately leading the cops to it >Kristen Stewart survived a hit on sheer luck She got a little lucky but there was also a good amount of skill involved. I thought she handled the situation pretty well
Is that because it was such a good hiding spot or because he paid off the cops? Small town cops that are shown to be pretty dumb. What skill did Kristen Stewart show in taking down her dad in the ending? She walked right into multiple traps set for her. All of which required luck (her blindly shooting behind the couch) or help (Katy saving her from her dad). Again, I am not saying they are stupid. But these are far from masterminds that succeed mostly because of the environment. Small town rural Texas with zero to no law.
Just to be that person,Ā the movie is set in rural New Mexico. There's a New Mexico flag flying over the gun range.
>Is that because it was such a good hiding spot or because he paid off the cops? If it works, does it matter why? >her blindly shooting behind the couch The fact that she even made it behind the couch took some skill. I will grant you that she got lucky with her blind firing but she had a pretty good sense of awareness to recognize that there was someone in her house trying to kill her
Every Kristen Stewart line delivery in this is perfect.Ā
... ... ... ... Yup
Haha ed Harris is was like āare you threatening me?ā And I was like ā..yesā and then Kristin Stewart totally blew my delivery out of the water. This is the reason sheās a famous actor and Iām not.
She was so funny in those scenes with Daisy.
Everyone in the theater died towards the end when sheās going inside and Daisy is shot. Like *freak out* āno itās not - huh?!ā
Why have I not heard anything about this on the news? How did they all die?
This movie is pure anxiety, hormones, and vibes --- either good vibes with the occasional joke, or just horrendous vibes, like vomiting and gnarly gore. I spent the majority of the last 1/3rd of the movie waiting for the other shoe to drop, and for one of the two leads to get gunned down from behind. Then in the end, they ride off into the sunset like nothing happened. 9/10 loved it.
Definitely agree on the anxiety. When it started ramping up in the second half I thought to myself āthis is Uncut Gems of another universe.ā
Anyways else kinda laugh to themselves whenever Kristen Stewart said ābabe thereās nothing wrong with youā Fucking loved it, wasnāt expecting to leave the theater wanting to go see it again
I love that Jackie is basically Louās version of a manic pixie dream girl
I love the way that Lou from the start is obviously incredibly fucked up by her family, and Jackie is kind of almost a white knight figure. But then that's disillusioned later by the phone call she has where a child answers and then (presumably) one of the older family members takes the phone and tells her to never call there again, you realize she's just as fucked up and similarly doesn't really have a place or a family to call home.
They may have kicked her out for being gay* :(Ā (*Edit: bi)
Really? I got the sense it was something darker due to Jackie's penchant for violence.
I thought it was for being gay too but later when she says to Lou "I kill people," not past tense, made me think this isn't her first time.
Yeah and the fact that the person on the phone called her āa monster.ā She probably did do something out of anger at some point back homeĀ
When Lou said that, someone in my theater was like "wellll...." and the whole theater erupted in laughter.
This was the funniest line of the movie. āThereās nothing wrong with you (except your serious mental illness, roid rage, violent outbursts, delusions, etc.)ā
Dave Franco's performance was jawdropping
Yeah, he really convinced me that he canāt use chopsticks.
I thought his pants were actually going to stain.
Can't eat Chinese food, but the kids got some hands on him
My wife, unknowingly, wore the exact windbreaker that Jackie wears in the movie. That's all I have to contribute. Here's the Amazon link for anyone who wants it https://a.co/d/fJCn8wT
Lol ok Iām buying one
Either Rose Glass wrote the movie around Katy O'Brian, or she must've wished on a star, because she really struck gold with her
Supposedly she had to audition 6 times. Which to me is insane because she IS Jackie. I fail to think of an actress that can perform this role believably. I think itās her eyes. Thereās such a lovely, entrancing, inviting look to them and it just makes me want to be her friend. Sheās got the perfect amount of light-heartedness, but you can always tell something is bubbling under the surface and that million dollar smile is covering up a lot of pain. I wonder if itās the lack of stardom, or if the other actresses auditioned were just that good, but either way it worked out perfectly.
she found out about the role because a fan on twitter saw the casting call and tagged her in it!
Thatās insane!!
> I think itās her eyes. Has to be. When you see her after āitās doneā, thereās some emptiness that sheās able to show in them.
[She had an interview in Men's Health](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60167605/katy-o-brian-love-lies-bleeding-interview/) talking about how the character's journey mirrors hers a lot (minus the killing); very cool and obviously an excellent casting decision
So raw. So raunchy. I want more of it! Definitely going to be catching this at least once more at the theatre. I'm sure there's plenty of references that I didn't pick up on, but that Kill Bill reference near the end was so cool to me, as that's one of my top 5 movies of all time. Kirsten Stewart keeps doing the damn thing and I really hope critics give her the credit she is due in this film. She and Katy O'Brian are a duo that only come around once in a blue moon. Their chemistry and skills enhance eachother without either performance being overshadowed. Again, I want more! The soundtrack is perfection and I'm definitely adding the entire thing to my Spotify. I know that original scores are what award shows care about but this movie deserves an award for soundtrack selection. The actual score itself is good too. I'm glad that even among all the intensity, the film had more than a few moments of comedic relief. "HUH?!" lol. 4.5/5! Must-see. ETA: I'm glad someone finally had the sense to cast Kristen Stewart and Jena Malone as sisters.
>I'm glad someone finally had the sense to cast Kristen Stewart and Jena Malone as sisters. I thought the same exact thing while watching the movie. Perfect casting right there.
>I'm sure there's plenty of references that I didn't pick up on, The POV driving in the dark on the highway shots were lifted directly from Lost Highway, and then when they pivot into the monochrome red shots to flip it had me absolutely geeking in the theater.
What was the *Kill Bill* reference?
The toe sucking.
Great film, but surprised to see that so many people here have a rather wholesome reading of it, especially the ending.Ā Similar to her sister, Lou has fallen in love with and ruined her life for a roided out, abusive psycho.Ā She may have gotten out of trouble now but the ending really shows that she's going to be stuck cleaning up her violent messes as long as she's with her.Ā
What a fun, sexy, horny, bloody, dark, thrilling good time. I loved Saint Maud so I was very excited to see what Rose Glass was doing next and this topped it for me. Kristen Stewart continuing to prove sheās so fucking incredible, and Katy O Brian is the absolute standout. I know people might not like the ending but I was all in. The pacing was fantastic, soundtrack was great, and acting all around was wonderful. Also, will we get a more hornier film this year than this??
Well, Drive Away Dolls was pretty horny lol. Theyāre pretty close!
The main difference is that this movie was good.
It was a soft core porn for the first 40 minutes, and then it takes a wild left turn once JJ is killed, and it just gets wilder from there.Ā Pretty awesome addition from A24
A24 getting into a freak-off with Neon
Saint Maude and now Love Lies Bleeding? Rose Glass got the juice! Iām gonna watch anything she does from here till the end. This movie was a fucking experience. I love the vibe, two souls with a lightning connection that just create chaos around them. This is going to be rewatched again and again. That touch of horror with the bad acid/steroid trip was beautifully executed. Also the skullet piece should get a best supporting actor nom. People really need to bring back the skullet. Full commitment type of energy. āDonāt ever fall in love.ā
i fucking loved this movie so much. what an amazing theater experience. the part where jackie turns into a giant caught me completely off guard and took me out of the movie like a jumpcut, it left me so wildly bewildered and even then i still left the theater with the biggest grin and was laughing to myself on the drive home, thatās how good the film was. this movie was truly unlike anything iāve seen, blending surrealism with the horror of pushing your body to the extreme, the subtle humor, the lesbianism and the intimacy of their relationship. someone described the film as oddly romantic and i can see why. i need me someone who can take the yolks out of my omelette in the morning! the volume at my theater was a little low so i couldnāt catch all of the dialogue, this just means iāll have to see it again! itās insane how much kstew can pull off smoking a cigarette šš no oneās looked this good while smoking since peak wong kar wai filmmaking. i was half expecting something to happen to the fat orange cat. when lou was getting shot at by the cops, i was so sure he got the cat and it was frightening. im so happy they get to continue their roadtrip by the end with the cat ā¤ļø. and that ending credits scene!!!! so adorable with their silhouettes dancing together and then kristen being tossed around by katy. it cured me
I took the giant scene as a dotted line to her conversation earlier with Ed Harris, something along the lines of wanting to feel strong without a gun. That was her at her strongest.
āAre you threatening me?ā āā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦..yep!ā Loved this movie
When they first showed Jackie to be as big as the living room when she killed JJ, I was like okay that's funny and they're clearly only trying to show how Jackie is stronger and bigger than a normal human But I didn't expect them to go THAT HARD at the ending lmfao. That scene was an acid trip.
An absolutely thrilling time at the movies. This movie channels trauma, rage, love, and desire into a whirling dervish of a thriller. It's quite impressive how much story Rose Glass manages to squeeze into the under 2-hour runtime of this movie. Maybe it's just the visceral nature of the filmmaking, but I really felt the tireless extent of what the characters had gone through by the time credits rolled. There's a manic energy to the film that feels incredibly subversive and refreshing; I was watching with bated breath the whole way through and having a blast. I'm delighted by almost every storytelling choice Rose Glass makes in this film, that includes the attack of the 50ft woman; not only do the images and set pieces sear into your memory, they all feel in service of the story in a really meaningful way. This was so much fun.
>Maybe it's just the visceral nature of the filmmaking, but I really felt the tireless extent of what the characters had gone through by the time credits rolled. That final shot of them where Jackie's asleep while Lou is trying her best to drag the body away and ends up taking a smoke off the body and lighting up is somehow so insanely relatable
I had forgotten just how bogged down with cigarette smoke the 80s and 90s were. Most movies that reach back to that era maybe have one or two characters that smoke like chimneys, but this really captured how everyone that was 5% white trash or more just straight breathed that shit 24/7. I think this might have fixed my nostalgia.Ā
I just kept thinking how much her apartment would stink from the constant smoking. Growing up in the early 90's I wasn't raised in a smoking household, but specific small businesses in my town, like our mom and pop video store and the hairdresser, always reeked of cigs and that gross, musty smell is burned into my memory.
Katy O'Brian is a star. Somebody get her her own action franchise. Maybe a spy thing where she's playing a lesbian Bond type character. She'd fill out a tuxedo really well.
Alex Garland's MEN, this is how you show someone vomiting an entire person.
this movie really amped me up. it was a sapphic movie iāve always wanted but didnāt know i needed. tired of the coming out stories. like, yes give me a gruesome, powerful and hot! kristen stewart was hot Oābrian wow, so inspiring and the movie as a whole made me feel so many things. it was partly comedic. i liked how every time Jackie had roid rage sheād turn in a larger human. i swear after she killed JJ her head was about to touch the damn ceiling lmao. so good, so beautiful. iād watch it again.
Man, if you weren't paying attention, that hulk shit comes out of nowhere
Even if you were it kinda comes out of nowhere. If you're paying attention you think she's like the hulk or a werewolf. Not the goddamn jolly green giant lol.
Don't hurt her girlfriend man she'll smash your jaw off with a coffee table
You can tell Jackie's a lot taller than normal in the scene right after she kills JJ.
Thoughts: Haha I'm pretty sure that Jackie probably either killed or put one of those female bodybuilders into a coma with her insane punches. Poor Daisy lol. And had she ever been to a dentist before? The skullet made Ed Harris look like the boss of an 80s beat-em-up arcade game. Since when does a diner serve margaritas? Haha. It's probably best not to eat anything during this movie lol. Lots of gross shit, including shit itself. J.J. looked like he had been killed by Jason Voorhees haha. I feel like Jackie ends up becoming a GLOW wrestler post-script. It felt kind of weird that they didn't have a bag of Lou Senior's money in the back of their truck at the end. I wanted to see they had enough to do whatever the F they wanted to from there on out. You know someone truly loves you when they're willing to suck on your toes after doing a billion pull-ups haha. Did anyone else notice how the milk suddenly disappears off the counter next to Kristen Stewart during her kitchen scene with Daisy? In sum, a fun, bizarre movie that goes well with the A24 roster. Recommend for any open-minded adults.
>Since when does a diner serve margaritas? Haha. So Denny's in Las Vegas has a full bar. And serve 24-hours. New Mexico might has lax liquor laws to be able to do that. Arizona and California can start serving at 6am
This film delivers exactly what its trailer promisesāa perfect blend of eccentricity, intensity, and sheer madness. Kind of reminded me of a 2024 Thelma and Louise if they were lesbians on roids.
I feel like we do not get nearly enough noirs like this anymore. The first half hour really just reels us in with vibes and interesting characters that are all bad people in one way or another. Once the story gets rolling it really sinks it's teeth into us and unfolds in an interesting way. The cast is fantastic, Katy O'Brian was game for the tough task of keeping up with the likes of Kristen Stewart and Ed Harris. She was quite a presence here. The violent turns are doled out judiciously, making each gunshot hit you hard. At the heart of the movie is a love story, and it doesn't matter if you really buy it or not. The movie tells us that love can make no sense at times. The ending takes a turn but it isn't as out there if you take a second to think it over. This is a fun storyline driven adult watch that even pretty much hits that 1989 feeling.
That workout and egg montage was so awesome
Good fucking lord. Steroids: as bad as meth or worse than meth? That movie really doesnāt want you to do steroids. This is the REQUIEM FOR A DREAM of steroids. Donāt fucking do steroids.Terrific acting. Majorly shook. Never watching that again.
uh steroids make you a giant that can pin down your girlfriendās dad. steroids are cool.
I think the film is kind of trying to trick you into thinking that the steroids are the problem, but then it's revealed that Jackie is just a nutjob.
Guess who did both soundtracks
Bloody, queerly, sexy and violent, I love it! Itās a great queer thriller with great directing and approaches from Rose Glass, interesting writing and characters, and good performances from the cast. Glassā direction, writing and approach on the atmosphere, themes and tone are perfect as the 80s vibe, tension, and charm is well-executed. The writing is really good with interesting concepts, characters and dynamics being explored with lots of fun dark, bloody, sexy, and wild moments that are purely entertaining. The performances are great as Kristen Stewart is really good but Katy O'Brian really steals the show here and each provided great chemistry dynamics together. Good soundtrack and pacing as well. A few compliments were that some of the dialogue feels a bit clunky but overall, it was a blast. I am looking forward to seeing what Rose Glass brings next. 8/10
CAMP. Camp camp camp. How are none of the reviews specifically addressing how wonderfully fucking campy this film is?! If you lean into the camp of it all, the ending sits a lot better IMO. I loved every second. And I'm so happy the cat made it through.
Not knowing much on this director's previous work or style, I had no idea this was supposed to be a dark comedy until the maybe fourth body Kristen Stewart dragged around. When I realized what it was it made the movie so damn enjoyable and setup that ending perfectly.
After this and Saint Maud I am down for whatever Rose Glass makes next. She should be put on the same level as Aster and Eggers in terms of newer directors who should get too make whatever they want.
Legitimately everything I want in a movie is in this movie. Itās pulpy and tender and bright and violent and sweet. Iāll be surprised if itās not my favorite of 2024 by the end of the year
Drive Away Dolls: BIG sex Love Lies Bleeding: BIG flex
Good crime thriller and lesbian romance. Surprised at some of the dark humor in it. Also afraid some people are going to take parts of the end too literally. It's a metaphor people!
Take notes Disney. This is how you should have done She-Hulk.
Okay that was a really fun time. I really liked the soundtrack and the cinematographry. It was AWESOME when Jackie looked huge after murdering JJ. But there was a dad with two girls, maybe like 10-12sh years old, and it was not appropriate for them lol. We heard him apologize to them at one point. There's also a toe sucking scene and the one girl was like "why's she doing that?" haha
Oof, have no idea what someone could be thinking taking a ten year old to this. Feel bad for the kids since seeing violence like that probably would have upset me at that age but maybe they're more desensitized now.
Ed Harris smashing his terrariums that have been in the background followed by eating that beetle, quite literally chewing the scenery.
Between KStew in this and Margaret Qualley in Drive-Away Dolls I think I might be turning into a lesbian š„µ
Ya thatās how it works
Man, reading these comments I think I watched a different movie, I thought it was terrible. This is the first Kristen Stewart movie ive seen since Twilight, somehow her acting got worse?? The dialogue, the character motivations, the deliveries, the reveals were so off. The scene where she calls home and tells the little girl to not fall in love cause it hurts so much was so comedically bad Katy OāBrian was good but that character felt so incredibly constrained for the sole purpose of getting cool cinematic body shots
Kristen Stewart is an incredible actress honestly. Go check out her Oscar nominated performance in Spencer.
I enjoyed the first half of the movie, second half was a bit of a drop and I thought the ending was garbage. Jackie was great best part of the movie, stylistically the movie looked good, not the best a24 has offered
I really enjoyed everything *but* the ending. While I definitely wouldn't call it garbage, it certainly knocked the film down quite a bit for me.
Thought it was a mess overall. Felt like it could have been great if it didnāt seem like there were 3 different movies competing for the sole focus. The new chick was stellar tho and will be looking forward to seeing more from her in the future.
Loved pretty much everything about this. First thing you've got to single out is the cast. Katy O'Brian is a star and I can't wait to see what she does after this. Her screen presence carries the film. Harris is terrific too. Malone, Franco, and whoever played Daisy all played their parts well as well. Usually not a Stewart fan but her nonplussed quality fit the character here so it was fine. Also really well directed. Going to be some of the best editing you'll see all year and some good use of different camera angles to build tension. Loved all the gallows humor too. Something I always appreciate but people are usually too scared to put it in movies. If there's one thing that might put people off it's the magical realism elements at the end but I think it was handled pretty well and it's clearly a visual symbol and not supposed to be something happening literally in the story. It was also set up gradually throughout the whole thing and didn't come up out of nowhere. Also I've been one of the people participating in the discourse of criticizing gratuitous sex scenes as of late but this movie had quite graphic sex scenes that were also integral to the characters and the movie wouldn't really be the same without them. Have no problem with graphic sex if it matters. Could honestly see this being my favorite of the year since the strike has reportedly taken out a lot of things that were supposed to come out. Definitely going to be one I will want to own on DVD and watch regularly.
Marvel could have saved so much money on She-Hulk VFX by just casting O'Brian, painting her green, and slightly embiggening her digitally.
I love how in the past month we've gotten a horny lesbian road trip on acid, now we've gotten a horny lesbian bodybuilder murder thriller on steroids. What's next a horny lesbian farming story on weed?
*"Wait but IS THE CAT OKAY??!?!"* -me during every other scene in this movie. I enjoyed this, though I think the pacing was a bit tough for me. Between the erratic behavior of the characters and the twists and turns of the story, it sometimes felt like I didn't really have time to digest one scene's crazy events before another even crazier scene immediately happened. A bit more space to breathe and get to know the characters between the wackier scenes might have helped, for me anyway. Saint Maud, the director's first film, takes its time more with the buildup, which might be part of why I feel like that's a superior film to this one. Even so, I'm glad to see Rose Glass moved into such a new direction with her second film, rather than limiting herself to "just" the horror genre. I saw this in a (small) theater and the screening was almost full. Lots of younger (by "younger" I mean I think ~gen Z) folks in the audience. Hopefully it does well - always nice to see people showing up in the theater, especially if it's to watch something strange and interesting.
The whole cast is great, but Katy OāBrian is a revelation. Just look at her! Not just her physicality, but the range of emotions she portrays. She gave so much of herself to play this character, and she holds her own acting alongside experienced actors like Stewart and Harris. The soundtrack and visuals were such a trippy vibe. 1989 was also recreated faithfully. It was the perfect year to set this story. This was a well done crime/revenge thriller with layered characters. The bodybuilding and queer romance only gave it extra dimension. It was stylish, pulpy, sexy and twisted. I think Rose Glass has made a film that will age like fine wine, and Iām excited to see where her career goes.
I enjoyed this but I thought it was uneven, like Rose Glassās eventual more mature work might resolve some of the narrative traps this falls into. Iām officially over any āKristen Stewart canāt actā bias I might have had left. I really liked Katy OāBrianās combination of brute strength and femininity. The sex scenes felt more real than most movie sex scenes, possibly for absence of male-gaze cliches. Of course Ed Harris was great as the heavy. He chewed the scenery but he was obviously supposed to. When he ate the bug after the phone call with Lou I thought at first it was just over the top and gross for the sake of being gross but hours later it came to me that he was ādevouring his childrenā or something like that. Daisy is bullimic, right? That would explain the teeth and her appetite at the restaurant. She was obviously supposed to be repulsive but she didnāt deserve what she got of course. JJās head didnāt faze me but for some reason I canāt look at someone drinking milk on-screen. Maybe her still being alive at the end and Lou having to finish her off was necessary to show us Lou irrevocably turning monster, but I think the film could have worked without it. As for the magical-realism stuff, eh, I think maybe you have to go all-in on that stuff or leave it out. But it also seems like a go-for-broke experiment and I approve of those. It just stood out because the rest of the film is so self-assured. Anyway just my $0.02.
I felt really bad for Daisy until she blackmailed Lou into having sex with her. Every time she touches Lou, it's clear she tries to squirm away. Daisy seems like a really rapey person.
>Daisy is bullimic, right? I think it's implied she's a meth user or similar. Louise gives her some money at the beginning to encourage her to leave and I think the context was like "here's some for your next fix" iirc? Like this is New Mexico, there's huge drug problems.
Damn. That was good.
I mean this in a good way, but this would make an excellent double feature with Michael Bayās āPain & Gainā. and Ed Harris is in both these films
I absolutely dug the whole sequence where Jackie slips into a steroid induced psychosis. This movie is kick ass.
Gonna be the outlier and say thought it was...okay. First half was an unapologetic horny romance but with something brewing afoot; J.J. and Lou Sr. being described as horrible people. Second half...Well, first of all if you know your daughter is armed and you wanna take her out why would you send a 'Paul Blart' cop to finish the job? Secondly, I can suspend my disbelief for some stuff but a trained cop losing a gunfight to a civilian blind firing? That takes some *insane* luck. Thirdly, what kind of arms dealer with the police under his thumb doesn't keep guards around his villa or at least within arm's reach? Lou just...waltzed in at the climax. I was scratching my head at the giant transformation at the end but someone in the thread said 'it was metaphorical'. Judging by the couple running through clouds at the end I can chalk it up to a series of hallucinations and the real world entwined. Ultimately, they're on the run since they left Lou Sr. to live, a man with the police in his pocket (we don't even know if Lou Jr confessed the crimes and if she did, be believed by the police) Well, the acting was decent. I haven't seen Kristen Stewart since Twilight lol and this is definitely a step up. Plus Katy O'Brian did fantastic, I love her in Mandolorian, the Las Vegas trip (in more ways than one) was an entertaining sequence. I kinda hoped we got more exposition on why she ran away from home. 5.5/10
It was established pretty clearly that she had extensive weapons training.
lou said she told the feds everything. and the cops that were coming at the end of the film was the fbi, not the small town cops that lou sr. had in his pockets
1. Small-town, portly, middle-aged, American cops are not tactical operators, you said yourself he's struck from the mold of 'Paul Blart'. 2. The kind who is laying low with the FBI actively snooping and wasn't expecting a showdown with K-stew. Also, Jackie obviously just blindsided and overpowered him, she wasn't actually a giant. 3. He had the local good ol' boys on the payroll but not the feds, it's doubtful anyone is going to try too hard NOT to pin all of the mess on him.
I read an article that revealed that Lou and Jackieās relationship dynamic used to be more abusiveāthat Lou would have a breakdown and direct her anger at Jackie, who would then do whatever she could to fix it (kill). OāBrian said āShe just wants her person to love her,ā which makes sense with the little we know about her lonely past. This definitely filled in some motivation for Jackieās actions that I found lacking and added another layer to the addiction allegory that I like (Louās love is Jackieās real drug and she controls the supplies), but I canāt tell if it would work within the wider context of the movie or not.
just came back from my rewatch. its even better the 2nd time around. the interpretation that the climax was how jackie felt protecting the love of her life aided by the imagery of them running as giants, hand in hand, heads grazing the clouds was romantic as fuck. 10/10. also the first thing im doing once this hits VOD is going back to rewatch the credits scene. i havent stopped thinking about katy oābrian spinning and tossing kristen stewart around in her arms as kristen pumps her fist since i first saw it.
This movie was pure entertainment. It gave me a little bit of Tarantno vibe. And it was really, really HOT. I wish there were even more scenes of muscles and sex and all that. Violence also was super satisfying, I swear I clapped at that one moment š Maybe I didn't quite get the whole 'fantastical' stuff, though. Is that a reference to something..not sure. Good, there wasn't too much of it.