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Thoroughbreds (2017) - 8/10
Really liked this. For a 1st time writer/director this is very well shot and very well directed. If this was the first thing i had seen Anya Taylor Joy in id assume she was going to be a star. A lot of whati liked though isin the script and i think what makes it work is these characters are constantly acting in ways i couldnt predict.
Predict isnt the right word. I deliberately try to not predict where a narrative is goingu less the film is specifically asking me to. Unexpected perhaps. Their agency all works in the confines of their characters but with the exception of Olivia Cooks character no one is particularly forthcoming with who they are. This made for a pretty captivating watch but i think in the context of this post the less said the better.
The film markets itself off a review quote of something to the effect of "a teen-girl american psycho" and while this is not in the same universe of quality on paper, as a premise, i can see it.
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