A former alcoholic doctor is faced with a difficult choice: which of his wife and two children will have to die to save the others?
A sort of a very clinical and void Sophie's Choice. Yorgos Lanthimos seems to use the same template he used for The Lobster to represent a world where human behaviour is to say the least bizarre. It made sense for The Lobster but for this movie it just seems to be a partial and failed metaphor. In a logical and rational world, feelings and their externalisation seem out of place, but the actions of the characters say a lot. It may be a criticism of today's flat society, but the intrigue worthy of the First Testament is inappropriate and unexplained. Not even the belief in a higher power can explain it simply because of the injustice that accompanies it.
Nicole Kidman has to be praised for how much she manages to express when she says nothing and Barry Keoghan deserved to win all the nominations he received for portraying the sinister Martin.
Screenplay / direction: Yorgos Lanthimos
Featuring: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Raffey Cassidy, Barry Keoghan, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone
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