100 Nights of Hero

A visually striking and fantastical adaptation, 100 Nights of Hero comes alive through its stellar cast, lush visuals, and masterful production. The film captures the magic and weight of its source material while creating an experience all its own. The original end-credits song adds a lovely cherry on top - fittingly so. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to revel in the wild, mythic world of storytelling as brought to life by Cherry and Hero.

In a world where women are not allowed to read, write or seemingly even think for themselves a young woman called Cherry (Maika Monroe) has her 'faithfulness' tested by her husband Jerome (Amir El-Masry) by being left alone with a handsome young rake called Manfred (Nicholas Galitzine). With only her (lesbian?) maid Hero (Emma Corrin) for protection will she and her 'honour' survive for 100 days as the dick gets closer and closer? Writer/director Julian Jackman's 2025 feature film is based on Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel, being a satirical women's liberation reimagining of 'One Thousand and One Nights', and comedy of sexual politics and relationships set in a world with rampant misogyny (and a bird theme) running through it, whose oppression and marginalisation of women seems eerily similar to a planet which is already known to us. Your reminded vaguely of the films of Yorgos Lanthimos in a generally effective, nice to look and at the end moving fantasy imagining of some of the trials women have had to go through, seemingly because of the insecurities and shortcomings of certain men. And of course in this world that isn't a fantasy.

This missed the mark for me, ironically a film about story telling was a tale, I felt was poorly told. This had all the right elements, great actors, costumes and set but it's been put together badly. I really loved the concept, the message, the idea and the cast but it lacked fluidity and chemistry needed.