I am a big fan of some of Yorgos Lanthimos' earlier work, so The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which I had been told in no uncertain terms would be a straight up horror movie, was well and truly on the agenda for 2017. Unfortunately, I found that not only was _Sacred Deer...

What a shame this could have been excellent

This film depicts the life of upper class people as we like to imagine it, and brilliantly so. The medical doctors couple have it all figured out, speak in complete sentences and are firm and polite. The house is gorgeo...

I found this to be one of the better Yorgos Lanthimos films, but I just cannot get behind his writing style. The stories he delivers are incredibly unique and I want to like them so much more than I actually do. Despite those drawbacks, The Killing of a Sacred Deer wa...

My immediate response as soon as this finished was "MASTERPIECE." Lanthimos is back to Dogtooth-level craziness with this film and I couldn't be happier. The Lobster was a favourite of mine in 2016, but something about this one's hopelessness drew me in more - odd, ...

Finally got the chance to see this via Amazon.

Dogtooth and The Lobster (from the same Greek director, who I must admit has a keen sense of storytelling) did not impress me at all. Very interesting ideas; atrocious presentations. Dogtooth was indecipherable and The Lob...

This film managed to keep me fully engaged. I watched it at 1.0 speed, which has been challenging for me lately. The plot was so thrilling, but after it ended, I had this feeling of uncertainty. Perhaps I did not realize something, or maybe there was a hidden reason beh...

This movie was incredibly strange and didn't work at all for either myself or my group of friends, with whom I watched it.

We felt that there was a serious direction problem in this. ALL of the performances felt flat and boring, and were all a fairly flat monotone th...