It's certainly not lacking for visual splendour and unique ambition, but Lamb is a film that has such an overinflated sense of self-importance yet has so little to actually say.
It's not that I don't understand the film-I do. The primary theme of the story is the notion that people will accept and embrace some truly bizarre, unsettling things in order to alleviate their grief and start anew. It's just that this story is really stupid.
These characters are all selfish and naïve. The timing of the plot's final reveal doesn't make sense. And worst of all, this is one of the most unnecessarily slow-paced movies I have ever seen. I'm convinced that I could make a cut of all the scenes in Lamb that are completely inconsequential and it would be about 60 minutes long.
Lamb is a film that I admire for its ambition but it's unfortunately too frustrating and unintentionally hilarious to fully recommend.
It's not that I don't understand the film-I do. The primary theme of the story is the notion that people will accept and embrace some truly bizarre, unsettling things in order to alleviate their grief and start anew. It's just that this story is really stupid.
These characters are all selfish and naïve. The timing of the plot's final reveal doesn't make sense. And worst of all, this is one of the most unnecessarily slow-paced movies I have ever seen. I'm convinced that I could make a cut of all the scenes in Lamb that are completely inconsequential and it would be about 60 minutes long.
Lamb is a film that I admire for its ambition but it's unfortunately too frustrating and unintentionally hilarious to fully recommend.