A little flawed but still superb

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2020)

Visually beautiful, stunning. Sets and wardrobe are top-notch. Brad and Margot walk away with the film. Margot's role may be little more than an extended cameo, but she doesn't need many lines because her facial expressions say volumes; she could have been a silent movie star 100 years ago.
It makes more sense if you know the backstory well. The Easter eggs are plentiful. I'll admit this movie made me depressed. Seeing Sharon show off her unborn son's nursery made me sad and angry at once. Why do horrible things happen to good people? I appreciated Q.T.'s revisionist history, but I never stopped feeling the dread of what really happened.