Make Up

An 18 year old girl arrives at an out-of-season caravan park by the sea to stay with her boyfriend who works there. She quickly suspects he is involved with another girl and becomes somewhat paranoid. The setting is perfect for the mood and atmosphere the director wants to convey; bleak, lonely, downbeat, and often downright creepy and unsettling. The movie has a very slow pace which in my view works very well, but it will alienate some.

The story has a serious flaw however in that we never really get to know the main character before her certainties begin to unravel and so are not really invested in her plight as we should be. The movie is far more comfortable when tackling her burgeoning friendship with a female character from the campsite than it is when we are asked to believe in her relationship with her boyfriend, which is glossed over and shallow and never really convincing. I like how the director was married to visual storytelling but we needed some kind of conversation between the main character and her boyfriend to believe something was at stake. The ending also falls a little flat, if it can be called an ending. It feels more like we are being told this mysterious, ethereal film was really just a lot of fuss about nothing.

My rating is generous because I like this style of film-making and would definitely watch more by this director, but if she wants to use male characters they should be more than just props and plot conveniences. 6/10

Newb filmmaker Claire Oakley did a fine job at directing, but the writing was paced slower than a snail's pace. The 86 min runtime felt like an eternity, and there were far too many unnecessary random few-second shots. It made matters worse that lead Molly Windsor's role was drab and depressing. It's a good metaphorical story, but should've been a short film instead, which is up Oakley's alley. Cinematography and score were decent. It's a 6/10 from me.

This was a confusing and complicated movie. It wasn't a bad movie, overall, but it was just too, too slow and very confusing. Maybe I missed something but I doubt I'll watch it again tonfigure out what it was. I'm still not sure what this movie was about and I don't care to find out.

Most viewers may not like the slow pace and sparse dialogue but I thought overall it was quite effective in telling a good story. I'm a fan of Eric Roehmer. The slow everyday-pace set a tone of mystery. The young woman is trying to figure out what's going on as are we. I hope to see more from the director-writer. The lead actress is exceptional.

I'm not quite sure what I've just watched .

The trailer indicated that this was some sort of Psychological horror but far from it .

It starts off with a young woman who goes to stay with her long term boyfriend in a caravan park in Cornwall and starts to she suspect her boyfriend has cheated on her but when her suspicions ease it she who embarks on tasting the forbidden fruit.

I quite like the first half this film. The non trippy part , you might say , but the the longer the film went on the weirder it got and less likeable the film became.

The performances are ok but not enough to give the film any heft and in the end it pretty much just fizzles out despite the decisions Ruth makes .

Disappointing.