Movie Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
This movie is really weird. If you’ve seen the trailer you know already most of the themes that are explored in this movie (with the sole exception of the ending). Which is pretty disappointing. That’s not how you’re supposed to make a trailer.
When I said that the movie is weird I meant it. The ambiance is very strange and can only be described as “autistic” (and no, this is not a joke). At the beginning of the movie all of the characters act as if they’re on the autism spectrum. All the protagonists talk as if they’re robots, completely devoid of anything that could be described as an emotion. As the movie progresses and as things start to escalate the protagonists finally start to act like normal human beings. It’s highly likely that this was done intentionally but I found it to be a little “gimmicky”.
The one thing that the movie has going for it are the totally ridiculous dialogues. I know, this is supposed to be a horror movie but some of the dialogues in the movie were so bizarre that they’re more akin to comedy.
Many of the funniest dialogues were even exaggerated due to the contrasting presentation of the actors. Here are some of my personal favorites:
“I won’t let you go until you taste my tart”… (obvious double-entendre)
“My girl started menstruating last week”… (WTF?!)
“Can you take off your shirt and show me”… (said the kid to the doctor)
“I will make you eat your hair!”… (spoke the father to his son)
And that’s not even all of it. There is this weird scene where the protagonist tells his son a “secret”. It’s quite messed up (the story that he tells him).
There was a lot of suspense but I can’t help but feel confused. I don’t quite get the movie to be perfectly honest. I think it was too artsy fartsy but maybe I’m missing something.
Final verdict: can’t recommend (it’s too out-there)
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5715874/
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