Darren Aronofsky's last film, released just a year ago, starring Brendan Fraser sent shockwaves through the world of cinema. The talks around the film were mainly two: Brendan Fraser's epic comeback, showcasing a terribly awesome performance and the controversy stirred up by woke commentators and critics; as the movie went against the new laws of woke rhetoric.
The movie is a heart-melting high-intense drama, which is impossible to sit through without one's emotions getting boiled and cooked up into a dish of distress and sadness. The grippy writing and penetrating direction combined with Fraser's performance make the film complete and powerful.
The story is layered and deep. With a protagonist living in regret, depression and disgust. Ruminating his mistakes and errors, he tries to do what he can to rectify them but dives more into the same regret and depression as he isn't finding acknowledgement for doing so. He loses hope but tries to fire it up using positive affirmations and optimism. But at the end of the day, he lives a life so disgusting and pathetic. In the waste of his self-destructive obesity and over-eating disorder. The physical condition of the protagonist, unhealthy and unattractive, which invited much criticism and controversy with even allegations of fatphobia and fat shaming, is actually a fitting image reflective of his suffering and brokenness.
The film questions certain ideals. For example, the ideals of honesty and staying true to ourselves. His life went downhill when the protagonist embraced his true sexuality. His whole life turned itself upside down, to the point of finding no repair. This poses a question of whether we should choose, to stay true to who we are or the overall stability of our life and those around us.
The film's depth goes much more, towards questioning religion, and established narratives for securing emotional well-being, with an afterlife far better than the current life. But the film asks, if one is too hard in his sufferings, can he even stare for at least a single moment at the sight of that so-called afterlife, even if it's full of beauty and glory?
The film is deeply disturbing, thought-provoking and heart-wrenching. The aspect ratio, and focus on the protagonist, as the film's centre, with the whole world closed inside his house, provide the perfect mood and ambience the film needs.
A film that portrays what we are all afraid of, which could haunt us every one, just like it did to the protagonist.
The movie is a heart-melting high-intense drama, which is impossible to sit through without one's emotions getting boiled and cooked up into a dish of distress and sadness. The grippy writing and penetrating direction combined with Fraser's performance make the film complete and powerful.
The story is layered and deep. With a protagonist living in regret, depression and disgust. Ruminating his mistakes and errors, he tries to do what he can to rectify them but dives more into the same regret and depression as he isn't finding acknowledgement for doing so. He loses hope but tries to fire it up using positive affirmations and optimism. But at the end of the day, he lives a life so disgusting and pathetic. In the waste of his self-destructive obesity and over-eating disorder. The physical condition of the protagonist, unhealthy and unattractive, which invited much criticism and controversy with even allegations of fatphobia and fat shaming, is actually a fitting image reflective of his suffering and brokenness.
The film questions certain ideals. For example, the ideals of honesty and staying true to ourselves. His life went downhill when the protagonist embraced his true sexuality. His whole life turned itself upside down, to the point of finding no repair. This poses a question of whether we should choose, to stay true to who we are or the overall stability of our life and those around us.
The film's depth goes much more, towards questioning religion, and established narratives for securing emotional well-being, with an afterlife far better than the current life. But the film asks, if one is too hard in his sufferings, can he even stare for at least a single moment at the sight of that so-called afterlife, even if it's full of beauty and glory?
The film is deeply disturbing, thought-provoking and heart-wrenching. The aspect ratio, and focus on the protagonist, as the film's centre, with the whole world closed inside his house, provide the perfect mood and ambience the film needs.
A film that portrays what we are all afraid of, which could haunt us every one, just like it did to the protagonist.