A brilliant piece of cinema

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2019)

After seeing the trailer and being disappointed by some of A24's recent releases such as High Life & Gloria Bell, I wasn't too excited for Asters second feature.
Initially I was expecting my predisposed thoughts about the film to be true, with a slow start and some questionable dialogue. However starting with some fantastic camera work on the journey out to the festival, we are completely thrown into this new world, and before we know it we start to see the americans as the insane ones in the story.
Despite some dodgy prosthetics, the film is 100% immersive and through the use of a fantastic script, great direction and even better acting, we are taken through 2 and a half hours of the story before we even realise.
With a a beautiful ending to a fantastic film, it leaves us questioning our own understanding of community.