Longlegs
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Review by kailey Pro

Longlegs 2024

★★★½

Watched Sep 29, 2024

as someone who really enjoyed the other two oz perkins movies i've seen, i felt like the bones of this one were too intricate and dense for the relatively light meat that surrounds it. the premise demands either a very careful explanation or ambiguous chaos: the third act of longlegs splits the difference to disappointing results. it's clear that it wants to operate mostly on unsettling vibes and then that pesky thing called plot keeps bumping in the way. want desperately to live in the universe where this movie had the exact feel of the brilliant 90s unsolved murder website neon released in advance to market this. will take the trembling look that lee gives her mother in the finale as consolation.

eta: the movie this most reminded me of actually wasn't cure (though go watch cure right now) but noroi, a found-footage film from the early aughts. now there's a masterclass in how to build up a complicated mystery involving a demon/his accomplice(s) with a satisfying pay-off!

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