Make Up

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.

A young women discovers more than she expected when she goes to live with her boyfriend on a bleak Cornwall caravan park as the season closes. Conjuring an array of potential outcomes from the off, it's left to the viewer to fill in the gaps and provide the explanations for their meaning as the haunting, occasionally claustrophobic and suffocating sequences play out - for real or imagined. Ultimately a voyage of discovery, that stays in the shallows, doesn't sail too far from the coastline, narrating a familiar tale but done so in an imaginative way.

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.

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.