This movie has an interesting premise. Beginning of the movie was good, but later on it lost its charm. Simply because there were never introduced the rules of what was happening. Filmmakers probably wanted it to be ambiguous, but it came across as not thought through. There is quite good buildup for the mystery of "dying tomorrow", but it has no payoff.
The ideas that filmmakers are presenting to viewers aren't original or too much of thought provoking material.
Overall, I was disappointed. Premise, cast, good reviews from critics - it was all for nothing in the end.
147 Reviews
Style Over Substance
sheywadee24 August 2020
She Dies Tomorrow (2020), Directed by Amy Seimetz.
She Dies Tomorrow is the sophmore film from Amy Seimetz that's stylised visuals result in it feeling often times weightless and lacking density.
Seimetz's use of visual story telling here is impeccable, from the neon colours representing the central cursed idea, to the poignant lighting sparsley used, conveying terror when it is - the cinematography and visuals are by far the standout here; along with the sharp editing that keeps the pace on this albeit short film as it is, at a fluid pace throughout.
However, as much as I enjoyed this - mostly for its intriguing premise - unfortuantely, the execution just isn't fully there. Sitting at just one hour and 25 minutes, She Dies Tomorrow just didn't feel like there was enough meat on the bones; we get introduced to such an array of characters, yet spend such little time with any them to really understand who they are. As the film progresses, characters keep getting introduced but our interest in them fades more and more with every new addition. Because of this, the film begins to feel weightless.
The themes of mental health and the literal fear of death are poignant and relevant here, giving us something to relate to but because of our absence of any real main character, Seimetz almost throws the themes out there and hopes something will stick with audiences - and like most 'deep' films, its up to interpretation. This ambiguity some will like, adding to repeat viewings but not me, this comes across as unintentional and a cop-out for actually crafting an organised and cohesive film.
The acting throughout is stellar across the board, I just wish the cast had more to play with in their characters.
This feels like a common case of style over substance.
She Dies Tomorrow is the sophmore film from Amy Seimetz that's stylised visuals result in it feeling often times weightless and lacking density.
Seimetz's use of visual story telling here is impeccable, from the neon colours representing the central cursed idea, to the poignant lighting sparsley used, conveying terror when it is - the cinematography and visuals are by far the standout here; along with the sharp editing that keeps the pace on this albeit short film as it is, at a fluid pace throughout.
However, as much as I enjoyed this - mostly for its intriguing premise - unfortuantely, the execution just isn't fully there. Sitting at just one hour and 25 minutes, She Dies Tomorrow just didn't feel like there was enough meat on the bones; we get introduced to such an array of characters, yet spend such little time with any them to really understand who they are. As the film progresses, characters keep getting introduced but our interest in them fades more and more with every new addition. Because of this, the film begins to feel weightless.
The themes of mental health and the literal fear of death are poignant and relevant here, giving us something to relate to but because of our absence of any real main character, Seimetz almost throws the themes out there and hopes something will stick with audiences - and like most 'deep' films, its up to interpretation. This ambiguity some will like, adding to repeat viewings but not me, this comes across as unintentional and a cop-out for actually crafting an organised and cohesive film.
The acting throughout is stellar across the board, I just wish the cast had more to play with in their characters.
This feels like a common case of style over substance.
"She Dies Tomorrow"
JonaFloppa24 January 2021
I really appreciate the ideas this movie portrays. I believe this movie is commentary on nihilism. How nihilism can be very contagious, and can be easily spread like a disease. It was an interesting, and very important topic that not a lot of films explore. However I was just so bothered how needlessly repetitive and annoying the presentation was. there were so many scenes that attempted an experimental artistic style that came across as cringe-worthy. there was Nothing that was emotionally deserved in this movie, and I wished Amy Seimetz would've just develop the ideas and story more. Instead this movie just feels so static and lifeless, and when it was finished I wasn't at all satisfied.
There were definitely decent ideas and concepts going into this movie, like I said the subject matter and the topic was really interesting. Although I was just disappointed at this attempted artistic expression that in the end came across as pretentious.
5/10
There were definitely decent ideas and concepts going into this movie, like I said the subject matter and the topic was really interesting. Although I was just disappointed at this attempted artistic expression that in the end came across as pretentious.
5/10
Am I being trolled? (a rather serious review)
kuarinofu9 August 2020
Cause this film really felt like I'm being trolled. But I am going to approach this film seriously because in some way I can relate.
The film had a promising start, and I was interested in what this film is going to be about. Was it going to be about a destructive depression? Maybe about how this state affects the main lead or her closest ones? Well, no.
The film is just a mess of half-baked philosophical ideas that go nowhere and a bunch of "you know what would've looked cool" scenes with good music. I wouldn't call it artsy since they seemed to have a basic understanding of what they wanted to show and I understand that (it's easy to understand some of the basic allegories). Although some scenes are intentionally stretched out to get the film to full feature-length. And don't get baited on the reviews that say that this film is deep, I have seen internet videos and conversations on the themes of the film that were much more deep and compelling.
The film had no ending, it seems that for some reason (maybe writing themselves into a corner) the film had a different ending than whatever was planned since there were lots of weird cuts and the ending felt very disconnected. So, I am assuming they had no idea how to finish this or the ending was re-shot.
The idea of contagious suicidal thoughts did not impress me at all since I've seen a small film called Pontypool (2008) and it was great.
The tones of mortality and the meaningless efforts of trying to fill your life with anything you deem (or convince yourself) important are very mishandled. I mean, you can achieve a better story with the core idea of "anesthesia of life" that people administer onto themselves, like career, children, hobbies, anything on that matter. The writing was just too unrefined and raw, the dialogue and the delivery were so bizarre and out of place that I seriously thought I am being trolled. The script could've used more work. As nonsensical as it sounds, the film had real potential.
I know my depression, I had thoughts of me dying tomorrow many times, this is just not it, this is not how this works. This is not smart writing. Futility and mortality are handled so much better if you project those through a well-written character, the best example I can think of is Rust Cohle from True Detective (Season 1).
The film was short, not intentionally, but because they didn't know how to write the ideas into the story.
I rated this film 3 stars for some visuals and ideas, but it ultimately disappointed me because I saw the potential in it. They should've spent more time and effort on this.
I cannot recommend this to general audiences or horror fans, because this is not a good psychological thriller or horror, and this is not a good film altogether. I'm sorry.
The film had a promising start, and I was interested in what this film is going to be about. Was it going to be about a destructive depression? Maybe about how this state affects the main lead or her closest ones? Well, no.
The film is just a mess of half-baked philosophical ideas that go nowhere and a bunch of "you know what would've looked cool" scenes with good music. I wouldn't call it artsy since they seemed to have a basic understanding of what they wanted to show and I understand that (it's easy to understand some of the basic allegories). Although some scenes are intentionally stretched out to get the film to full feature-length. And don't get baited on the reviews that say that this film is deep, I have seen internet videos and conversations on the themes of the film that were much more deep and compelling.
The film had no ending, it seems that for some reason (maybe writing themselves into a corner) the film had a different ending than whatever was planned since there were lots of weird cuts and the ending felt very disconnected. So, I am assuming they had no idea how to finish this or the ending was re-shot.
The idea of contagious suicidal thoughts did not impress me at all since I've seen a small film called Pontypool (2008) and it was great.
The tones of mortality and the meaningless efforts of trying to fill your life with anything you deem (or convince yourself) important are very mishandled. I mean, you can achieve a better story with the core idea of "anesthesia of life" that people administer onto themselves, like career, children, hobbies, anything on that matter. The writing was just too unrefined and raw, the dialogue and the delivery were so bizarre and out of place that I seriously thought I am being trolled. The script could've used more work. As nonsensical as it sounds, the film had real potential.
I know my depression, I had thoughts of me dying tomorrow many times, this is just not it, this is not how this works. This is not smart writing. Futility and mortality are handled so much better if you project those through a well-written character, the best example I can think of is Rust Cohle from True Detective (Season 1).
The film was short, not intentionally, but because they didn't know how to write the ideas into the story.
I rated this film 3 stars for some visuals and ideas, but it ultimately disappointed me because I saw the potential in it. They should've spent more time and effort on this.
I cannot recommend this to general audiences or horror fans, because this is not a good psychological thriller or horror, and this is not a good film altogether. I'm sorry.
Tomorrow can't come soon enough.
Monolight11 August 2020
What if a sense of impending doom was transmittable? There. I just saved you 85 minutes.
There are no characters you care about, there aren't any deep interesting conversations, there aren't any events that take place. The promise of an atmosphere glimmers occasionally but nothing comes of it.
I think the cinematography was trying to be artsy but it came of as lazy. The main music choice that plays on repeat countless times is frankly absurd for a serious horror movie in 2020. However, that in addition to the editing, which had a downright comedic timing, make me think this is supposed to be a dark comedy. Either way it fails.
A short movie stretched to its absolute limits to get to feature length.
There are no characters you care about, there aren't any deep interesting conversations, there aren't any events that take place. The promise of an atmosphere glimmers occasionally but nothing comes of it.
I think the cinematography was trying to be artsy but it came of as lazy. The main music choice that plays on repeat countless times is frankly absurd for a serious horror movie in 2020. However, that in addition to the editing, which had a downright comedic timing, make me think this is supposed to be a dark comedy. Either way it fails.
A short movie stretched to its absolute limits to get to feature length.
I want to be useful in death
nogodnomasters12 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This is the film that begs the question, "Who mows their lawn knowing they are going to die tomorrow?" Amy (Kate Lyn Sheil) is depressed and is drinking again. She believes she is going to die tomorrow and desires her skin to be made into a leather coat. Her obsession with dying tomorrow spreads like a virus and people react differently knowing the futility of life.
That is about it. There is a scene about the sex life of dolphins who seemed to have it figured out, "So long and thanks for all the fish." The film is about theme and not plot. I did not find this "dark comedy" amusing. I felt more like the people in the film "Airplane" who committed suicide rather than hear a story.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
That is about it. There is a scene about the sex life of dolphins who seemed to have it figured out, "So long and thanks for all the fish." The film is about theme and not plot. I did not find this "dark comedy" amusing. I felt more like the people in the film "Airplane" who committed suicide rather than hear a story.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
IRONY
horrorgasm22 August 2020
It's almost funny, because this movie is clearly clumsily trying to say something about how people waste their lives living in fear and how they should really stop with all their boring vapid hipster nonsense and go out and really live.
and yet...here is this boring vapid hipster excuse for a movie trying to waste part of my life with its cheap stoned high school kid philosophy, when I could be doing something more fulfilling.
Well, congratulations movie, you win. I'm turning this off to do something else. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?
and yet...here is this boring vapid hipster excuse for a movie trying to waste part of my life with its cheap stoned high school kid philosophy, when I could be doing something more fulfilling.
Well, congratulations movie, you win. I'm turning this off to do something else. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?
Chemically Pandemically Bipolar...
Xstal31 August 2020
Someone will die tomorrow and it could be you! Would you be prepared? What if every day or most days or some days that thought crossed your mind, and your mind could change in the blink of an eye, as your brain chemistry distorts and malfunctions. Unsettling, in many ways, and not just because of its original and unique presentation but the great way it catches those with misogynistic tendencies.
Absolutely nothing happens throughout the whole film.
terrencepatrix5 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This movie is nothing but 1hr23m of middle aged women mumbling to each other about mundane nonsense and the realization that they're going to die some day. There's no twist, or plot, or mystery, or drama, or comedy...it's literally just a very boring representation of women realizing, and not even coming to grips with, the fact that they're getting older and going to die one day. And it's done in a drab, droll, dry, absolutely boring and ultimately pointless way. I can't fathom who would even be entertained by this, it was so basic that the credits took less than 2 minutes to run because nothing happens.
I guess that's a spoiler? But it's literally all the movie is. It's shot fine, but other than that you can't even comment on the acting but there really isn't any. The writer/director must be a self-absorbed narcissist to think people would find this remotely interesting, I kept watching in hopes something would happen and it just never did. Avoid unless you're a middle aged woman without a personality I guess, because that's all this movie featured.
I guess that's a spoiler? But it's literally all the movie is. It's shot fine, but other than that you can't even comment on the acting but there really isn't any. The writer/director must be a self-absorbed narcissist to think people would find this remotely interesting, I kept watching in hopes something would happen and it just never did. Avoid unless you're a middle aged woman without a personality I guess, because that's all this movie featured.
A nice film
epimenidas4 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Well.. truth is in the eye of the beholder.
I had read the supernegative reviews before watching this but i watched it anyways.
It was proposed by a source that i can't recall but the other movies also proposed were descent so i valiantly went on. And i didn't regret it.
I felt the movie as an allegory.
An allegory to psychosis.
Modern psychosis.
Modern social psychosis.
Basically it starts as a rumour, as an idea.
"You're going to die tomorrow".
It begins at first by an unseen "patient zero" pizza delivery guy telling it to the guy he delivers it at.
Once the idea is implanted it starts spreading around mouth to mouth.
To me it has a lot to do with the paranoia of conspiracy theories.
They are told around without any evidence yet they glue themselves to the subconscious of many. It starts to define them and drive them to actions non-logical as depression or vengefulness as also seen by the actions of certain characters in the film.
It's not a horror film.
It's not a thriller.
But it's a nice movie.
In my eyes it's worth watching.
JUST DIE ALREADY
lopezpatricia-061399 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
4 of us watched so class this review as 4. Wow what a infuriatingly crap film. Only one person dies and he kills himself. None of the others do. They just walk around in a trance trying to come to terms with their so called impending death. She doesn't die (not that we see) the most clue you get is a mild whispering twice leading one to conclude it's something subliminal getting them to act this way. Oh and it's one THAT STOPS DEAD AT THE END, just when you think your getting the explanation you deserve. My 67 yr old mum said whom ever made this film deserves to be marched of a cliff.
We're All Gonna Die
evanston_dad22 March 2021
Everyone has that moment in life when their own death stops being an abstract idea and instead becomes something much more immediate and tangible. You go from thinking "I'm going to die some day" to "Holy crap, I'm actually going to die some day!" My dad's death made me think a lot about it. I saw the actual process of death and I started picturing myself in the same bed, going through the same process.
But most people are able to get on with their lives despite knowing that those lives are going to someday end. You might think about it occasionally but you're then able to put the thought away and think about other things. But what about those who can't put the thought away? What about those who can't get past it? What about those who can't figure out how to possibly go about enjoying the time they have because they're so worried about it coming to an end? That's the feeling "She Dies Tomorrow" captures, and it captures it quite well.
And anyone who's ever struggled with some degree of anxiety knows that it could be anything. In this movie it happens to be death. But some other person might be obsessed with throwing up in public, or overwhelmed with repairs needed for their house, or any number of other things that seem silly and mundane and crazy to anyone who isn't obsessed with those things. But those things don't seem silly to the person experiencing the anxiety. Or rather, the person may know on some level that their worries are silly and disproportionate to the things they're worried about, but knowing that doesn't make the worry go away.
A year of global pandemic has I think made us all think about mortality a bit more than we normally would, and "She Dies Tomorrow" feels like a logical product of such a supremely anxious time. It requires some patience; it has that slow, droning quality that's really popular in the pseudo-horror genre these days, and which has made me despise some other recent examples of it ("Relic," "Possessor," "Mandy," "Color Out of Space"). But this is much better than any of those movies and rewards its audience much more for the patience they invest in it.
As someone who does have an anxious nature and tends to worry about stupid stuff, much of which is completely out of my control anyway, I found this movie to be weirdly comforting, because writer/director Amy Seimetz must have some experience with the same thing if she wanted to make this movie in the first place, and must have thought it was worth making because she believed there was a large enough audience of others who would understand and want to see it too.
Grade: A-
But most people are able to get on with their lives despite knowing that those lives are going to someday end. You might think about it occasionally but you're then able to put the thought away and think about other things. But what about those who can't put the thought away? What about those who can't get past it? What about those who can't figure out how to possibly go about enjoying the time they have because they're so worried about it coming to an end? That's the feeling "She Dies Tomorrow" captures, and it captures it quite well.
And anyone who's ever struggled with some degree of anxiety knows that it could be anything. In this movie it happens to be death. But some other person might be obsessed with throwing up in public, or overwhelmed with repairs needed for their house, or any number of other things that seem silly and mundane and crazy to anyone who isn't obsessed with those things. But those things don't seem silly to the person experiencing the anxiety. Or rather, the person may know on some level that their worries are silly and disproportionate to the things they're worried about, but knowing that doesn't make the worry go away.
A year of global pandemic has I think made us all think about mortality a bit more than we normally would, and "She Dies Tomorrow" feels like a logical product of such a supremely anxious time. It requires some patience; it has that slow, droning quality that's really popular in the pseudo-horror genre these days, and which has made me despise some other recent examples of it ("Relic," "Possessor," "Mandy," "Color Out of Space"). But this is much better than any of those movies and rewards its audience much more for the patience they invest in it.
As someone who does have an anxious nature and tends to worry about stupid stuff, much of which is completely out of my control anyway, I found this movie to be weirdly comforting, because writer/director Amy Seimetz must have some experience with the same thing if she wanted to make this movie in the first place, and must have thought it was worth making because she believed there was a large enough audience of others who would understand and want to see it too.
Grade: A-
I taste lovecraft!
Eb3ast7 August 2020
I loved this film. It isnt for people who just watch movies its for the people who love movies and can appreciate the work put into it. I hate scrolling through these reviews to see multiple people complaining about it being hard to follow, ITS COSMIC HORROR! No specific answers should be expected, but I can understand how not understanding the genre while enduring the film can cause complications. This film reminded me a lot of The Endless, another one of my favorite cosmic horror films. The amount of convoluted approaches it takes to put cosmic horror onto screen, you see so many lousy cosmic horror originals or adaptations, it feels so genuinely great to see a cosmic horror film I can sit back and appreciate, because these dont come around often.
Made me sort of wish I was dead now and not tomorrow...
paul_haakonsen23 September 2020
Oh dear, oh dear... What did I just watch?
I sat down to watch the 2020 movie "She Dies Tomorrow", as I was initially lured in by the movie's title. Sure, I had no prior knowledge about the movie, nor did I know what it was about. But I liked the title and the movie's cover/poster, plus the fact that it was a new movie that I hadn't already seen also helped to convince me to sit down and watch writer and director Amy Seimetz's "She Dies Tomorrow".
Well, I didn't even make it halfway through, then I simply gave up on the movie out of immense boredom. This movie was abysmal to sit through. The storyline was just a random heap of... Well, you get my meaning here. And it was a massive swing and a miss in terms of managing to entertain me.
I am sure that the actors and actresses in the movie were doing adequate jobs, but I cared so little about the characters, given the fact that the storyline and plot was utter rubbish, so I didn't invest any interest in the pointless characters.
"She Dies Tomorrow" was boring and odd, but not in a good way or enjoyable odd. The movie was just downright strange.
My rating of the 2020 movie from writer and director Amy Seimetz lands on a mere one out of ten stars. This was seriously one of the most pointless and boring movies I have had the misfortune of stumbling upon in a long, long time. And I can honestly say that there is a snowball's chance in Hell of me returning to watch the rest of the movie.
I sat down to watch the 2020 movie "She Dies Tomorrow", as I was initially lured in by the movie's title. Sure, I had no prior knowledge about the movie, nor did I know what it was about. But I liked the title and the movie's cover/poster, plus the fact that it was a new movie that I hadn't already seen also helped to convince me to sit down and watch writer and director Amy Seimetz's "She Dies Tomorrow".
Well, I didn't even make it halfway through, then I simply gave up on the movie out of immense boredom. This movie was abysmal to sit through. The storyline was just a random heap of... Well, you get my meaning here. And it was a massive swing and a miss in terms of managing to entertain me.
I am sure that the actors and actresses in the movie were doing adequate jobs, but I cared so little about the characters, given the fact that the storyline and plot was utter rubbish, so I didn't invest any interest in the pointless characters.
"She Dies Tomorrow" was boring and odd, but not in a good way or enjoyable odd. The movie was just downright strange.
My rating of the 2020 movie from writer and director Amy Seimetz lands on a mere one out of ten stars. This was seriously one of the most pointless and boring movies I have had the misfortune of stumbling upon in a long, long time. And I can honestly say that there is a snowball's chance in Hell of me returning to watch the rest of the movie.
Brutal
reywal992 September 2020
I say this with all seriousness, I'd rather watch a home video of the writer/director calling her friends on the phone and telling them of the 'inspired' (more like insipid) idea she has for a feature-length film and them telling her how brilliant it an idea it is. The premise is more doomed than the characters. I wouldn't normally be so mean, but the film is so pretentious, the snark is well-deserved.
Slow pacing, intriguing build up, no third act. I felt my time was wasted.
mike-nichols-789-7146499 August 2020
I like visually interesting art house-ish type of stuff, but this was just boring with no pay off. It's just poor story telling. Save your time and skip this one.
It's like mixing the taste of a modern film student with the "can't write an ending" constipation of Stephen King. Only in this case there wasn't even an attempt at an ending.
It's like mixing the taste of a modern film student with the "can't write an ending" constipation of Stephen King. Only in this case there wasn't even an attempt at an ending.
I'm gonna say spoiler but there isn't anything to spoil, nothing happens.
yoncenator11 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
NOTHING HAPPENS IN THIS FILM. NOBODY DIES. Well one person but you don't see it, just a body on the floor in the dark. If you like films with barely any light, barely any dialog, barely any story, zero substance, you'll LOVE this film.
The film BARELY alludes to a pathogen that moves through blood and is 100% contagious just by saying I'm going to die tomorrow. The (loosely termed) film goes through 3 couples and one single person's somber and mostly silent realization that they're going to die tomorrow.
THAT'S IT. There's no crazy crying, no crazy sex, no deep conversations, really no meaningful conversation of any kind in this 'film'.
The only subplots are: One couple wants pizza, she wants to make a coat from her own skin. She invites the biologist over. One couple's wife's drunken birthday. Oops you answered the door. One couple is breaking up (literally two sentences about it) they were at the party. The single woman is some kind of biologist that works from her dark spare bedroom and falls in love with the specimen on the microscope slide. She goes to the party, she's the ex-wife of the birthday girl's husband. She goes to a doctor, (there's nothing wrong with her) infects him, then roams the neighborhood and ends up at a house with two women (also dying) an dgoes in their swimming pool.
The only other thing in this film is some red and blue lights occasionally.
There. I've spoiled the ENTIRE FILM. What a waste of time and money.
The film BARELY alludes to a pathogen that moves through blood and is 100% contagious just by saying I'm going to die tomorrow. The (loosely termed) film goes through 3 couples and one single person's somber and mostly silent realization that they're going to die tomorrow.
THAT'S IT. There's no crazy crying, no crazy sex, no deep conversations, really no meaningful conversation of any kind in this 'film'.
The only subplots are: One couple wants pizza, she wants to make a coat from her own skin. She invites the biologist over. One couple's wife's drunken birthday. Oops you answered the door. One couple is breaking up (literally two sentences about it) they were at the party. The single woman is some kind of biologist that works from her dark spare bedroom and falls in love with the specimen on the microscope slide. She goes to the party, she's the ex-wife of the birthday girl's husband. She goes to a doctor, (there's nothing wrong with her) infects him, then roams the neighborhood and ends up at a house with two women (also dying) an dgoes in their swimming pool.
The only other thing in this film is some red and blue lights occasionally.
There. I've spoiled the ENTIRE FILM. What a waste of time and money.
click bait
lineart-129739 August 2020
A deliberately minimalist art movie, so not for everyone
youngcollind21 August 2021
While much of the criticism towards this film is fair; the pacing is often sluggish with very little in the way of a gut punch payoff to justify it, but at the same time, that's kinda the point. It's very intention is to be an art house flick that floats through a dream like haze of dread and despair without carving out an overly intricate plot. Not to say that there isn't a coherent linear narrative, but the film's strength is it's oddball sensibility and the nihilistic undercurrent of it's themes, backed up by tasteful music and visual effects. I still do have some points of contention though. For a film that favours allegory over conventional storytelling, there doesn't seem to be that much depth to it's message outside of "life is short, death is inevitable". I'm also choosing to believe that the frequently stiff/robotic dialogue and performances were the product of a creative choice to make things feel more off kilter and surreal, but I'm not sure this was the best call. Plus, even when accepting the artsy aesthetic, it's hard not to be a bit frustrated by the lack of resolution to the film.
Awful
trealexander15 August 2020
I paid for this and want my money back.
No beginning, no end, no plot. It wasn't even an artistic piece. It was just boring.
What did I watch?
I never write reviews for movies but was so disappointed in this one I had to.
No beginning, no end, no plot. It wasn't even an artistic piece. It was just boring.
What did I watch?
I never write reviews for movies but was so disappointed in this one I had to.
Halfway there.
LazyDaisee-368827 August 2020
Inaccessible, arthouse film where nothing happens
erin_rudert6 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I feel like this movie could have been good, but it was so inaccessible to the viewer that the meaning is lost. Literally nothing happens. If there is some point to be made about aging, the inevitability of death, mental illness...the writer/director needed to give us a bit more to get the message. Tomorrow never really comes, and no one dies. Beyond the idea that tomorrow is never really here and dying "tomorrow" is both always and never possible, this movie was a slow march nowhere.
Just because you didn't get it...
jeramy-ian8 November 2020
... does not mean it's the movies fault. This is existential and haunting and may very well not be for you. Art is subjective and not everyone has the patience for movies that are more moody than gory, more feeling than exposition, more cerebral than general. I enjoyed this, I enjoyed seeing this whole cast of great talents getting to show confusion and fear and peace. I wouldn't call this just a horror film, and it's a shame to see so many reviewers get frustrated over not being scared by this movie. I'm grateful for movies like this where our worries and anxious feelings are real and that's what can be scary. This was a very human horror, very relatable in that sense.
The Most Relatable Chaos Right Now
KyleLicht6 August 2020
This movie was a real challenge to watch. It's absolutely bizarre and absolutely gorgeous. The cinematography and editing are tremendous. The acting is like a painting, where they capture a single emotion perfectly. I have no clue what the movie was about or what was happening in any given scene. But what I do know is that this movie is weird and quirky and aesthetically perfect. Even though the plot escapes me (and is likely meant to), I find it accurately disturbing and stressful. It somehow illogically describes the chaos of my brain and the confusion of my emotions. It's an insane time to live in and this movie hits home. It's relatable in an emotional kind of way. I'd love to watch it again, especially while not sober.
Utter pretentious garbage
clarkmick3317 August 2020
First have of the movie has almost no dialogue. I think the director was trying to build emotional power but for me it came across as pretentious and boring.
But the time it gets anywhere interesting I think we are all asleep
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