Make Up

I enjoyed watching this. It did not easily fit into any genre, and was all the better for that. A rather episodic film, with no clear linear narrative, but it still retained my interest throughout.

It really captured the bleak, barreness of an out of season caravan park, with its motley collection of residents with nowhere else to go.

A bit overloaded with symbolism at times, but definitely worth watching in my view.

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.

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.

Unlike most reviewers on here I thought this was a terrific movie. Low budget yes, but all the better for it in my opinion. Much more realistic than those glossy films that have had a load of money thrown at them. And to those complaining about its slow pace, it says more about your lack of concentration than anything else. It allows the characters room to develop and the atmosphere to build. There is a sense of foreboding and the thought that something awful is about to happen. Coming of age/coming out dramas are not my usual fare but this was really well done.

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.