I didn't really understand "Black Bear". I may as well make that clear from the outset. I also admit that my lack of comprehension hindered my "enjoyment", for lack of a better word.
The movie is told in two parts. The first is much shorter than the second. In the first, Aubrey Plaza is a filmmaker and actress who goes to stay in a rural setting with a guy played by Christopher Abbott and his wife. This couple seem to be trying to give the one in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" a run for its money in terms of dysfunctionality. The husband cannot say anything without being contradicted by the wife, and vice versa. We are not at all surprised when they have a fight, and that Aubrey's attempts to defuse the situation only heighten the tension, and Aubrey and Abbott end up in each other's arms. This story only becomes more harrowing when, upon discovery of the two cheating on her, the wife intervenes, things get physical, and the wife, who was apparently pregnant (I didn't notice) goes into labour. The trio have to rush to the hospital, and have a car accident on the way. This segment ends with the collision.
Part two feels like the same actors in the same location doing a different story. In this one, Abbott is the filmmaker and Aubrey is the actress. Abbott colludes with his wife to drive Aubrey crazy behind the scenes, and thus elicit a genuine madness on set. Perhaps they push her too far, and she goes missing, getting drunk. They find her again, for some reason naked except for a bra, and get some pants on her and make her finish the take, while other crew members are stoned and one has diarrhoea.
Some other stuff happens after that, I think. I can't really remember. I don't understand how these two parts fit together. And I don't understand the second part. The movie has great acting from Aubrey and Abbott. Aubrey could be an Oscar contender, but they don't give Oscars for weird movies like these... and probably so they shouldn't. I hope she gets in a movie with a better script that also lets her cut loose like this one did.
The movie is told in two parts. The first is much shorter than the second. In the first, Aubrey Plaza is a filmmaker and actress who goes to stay in a rural setting with a guy played by Christopher Abbott and his wife. This couple seem to be trying to give the one in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" a run for its money in terms of dysfunctionality. The husband cannot say anything without being contradicted by the wife, and vice versa. We are not at all surprised when they have a fight, and that Aubrey's attempts to defuse the situation only heighten the tension, and Aubrey and Abbott end up in each other's arms. This story only becomes more harrowing when, upon discovery of the two cheating on her, the wife intervenes, things get physical, and the wife, who was apparently pregnant (I didn't notice) goes into labour. The trio have to rush to the hospital, and have a car accident on the way. This segment ends with the collision.
Part two feels like the same actors in the same location doing a different story. In this one, Abbott is the filmmaker and Aubrey is the actress. Abbott colludes with his wife to drive Aubrey crazy behind the scenes, and thus elicit a genuine madness on set. Perhaps they push her too far, and she goes missing, getting drunk. They find her again, for some reason naked except for a bra, and get some pants on her and make her finish the take, while other crew members are stoned and one has diarrhoea.
Some other stuff happens after that, I think. I can't really remember. I don't understand how these two parts fit together. And I don't understand the second part. The movie has great acting from Aubrey and Abbott. Aubrey could be an Oscar contender, but they don't give Oscars for weird movies like these... and probably so they shouldn't. I hope she gets in a movie with a better script that also lets her cut loose like this one did.