A well acted, beautifully shot pile of trash

Rating: 4/10 (2 February 2020)

I think critics were so impressed with Aster's masterpiece Hereditary that they tried, and succeded in talking this movie up to the point that you were expecting something fabulous here. You were, i expect, disappointed.
Lush and beautifully shot, it falls on its face after the prologue sequences, but not after tempting you with good dialogue and well constructed interior shots. At which point this film slides down the toilet.
You can see from the sets and costumery that major weirdness is at hand, and the strange attitude of Pelle towards the whole thing reinforces that. But i wanted to join in and p*ss on the ancestral tree when i saw there was no expositon. I felt as if the incest kid was writing the script, splashing paint on paper as Astor translated it into scenes.
Somehow the critics found meaning in this movie; why i dont know. I hope astor's next film is better and more watchable. Skip this one!