POSITIVES:
1) The performances are very good. The two female leads make their characters feel very complex and fleshed out, whilst Ed Harris is one of my favourite actors and is his usual intimidating self here 2) The film has some incredibly tense moments that had me squirming and gripping my seat. For example, moments like Lou having to hide in JJ's closet when her father enters the house were so gripping and nerve wracking 3) The film has a great soundtrack and it feels like the music choices actually add to the scene rather than just being there for the sake of it
NEGATIVES:
1) The film made me feel dirty and in need of a wash afterwards. I can't say I enjoyed watching the film because all of the smoking and the drug taking and the general messiness of everyone's house / car was simply filthy 2) I checked my watch several times throughout because I thought the pacing was too slow; especially in the first half prior to JJ's murder where things felt like they were going at snail's pace 3) I hated the ending so much. The film is extremely gritty and dirty for its whole runtime but then the ending just undercuts all of that by being so insanely silly. I actually think there would've been a way to make this twist work, like if she only grew to slightly superhuman size, like The Thing from Fantastic 4 for example, but instead she grows to the size of a mansion and the effects looked goofy and it just completely took me out of the film.
1) The performances are very good. The two female leads make their characters feel very complex and fleshed out, whilst Ed Harris is one of my favourite actors and is his usual intimidating self here 2) The film has some incredibly tense moments that had me squirming and gripping my seat. For example, moments like Lou having to hide in JJ's closet when her father enters the house were so gripping and nerve wracking 3) The film has a great soundtrack and it feels like the music choices actually add to the scene rather than just being there for the sake of it
NEGATIVES:
1) The film made me feel dirty and in need of a wash afterwards. I can't say I enjoyed watching the film because all of the smoking and the drug taking and the general messiness of everyone's house / car was simply filthy 2) I checked my watch several times throughout because I thought the pacing was too slow; especially in the first half prior to JJ's murder where things felt like they were going at snail's pace 3) I hated the ending so much. The film is extremely gritty and dirty for its whole runtime but then the ending just undercuts all of that by being so insanely silly. I actually think there would've been a way to make this twist work, like if she only grew to slightly superhuman size, like The Thing from Fantastic 4 for example, but instead she grows to the size of a mansion and the effects looked goofy and it just completely took me out of the film.