This one’s really, Really tricky for me to review. Most of the movie is terrific fun, with frequent tonal shifts between humor and horror that are beautifully played. Lupita Nyong’o kills it in what is (somehow) her first starring role. I had a great time.
Until the ending. Which is…. I don’t want to say garbage, but I’m afraid that’s what it is. Garbage. Way too much time is spent explaining what just happened, and the explanation is stupid. It doesn’t make sense as metaphor, and it certainly doesn’t hold up as a thing that could actually physically happen.
I’m going to focus on the good times, and give this a recommendation as an entertaining fun house ride, but I’m also very disappointed.
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