Anya a tailor-made joy...!

Rating: 6/10 (24 January 2020)

Allow me to enthuse about the true merit of a movie that starts off very, very promising, but steadily begins to derail and SPLIT apart with an uneven performance, at times seriously flawed, by the lead actor. That said, this is a good movie, it certainly has some suspenseful moments, but all in all, built on a bunch of psycho-babble claptrap... I mean, I watch a buncha vampire TV shows and superheroine TV shows, but ol' Betty Buckley here with her these people's suffering and trauma brought us to the breakthrough, aw, bull, come on...! Metamorphosis is best left to caterpillars.
Largely disappointing except for one. There is a jewel of a performance in this movie, Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, oh, that beautifully-intense girl with the long, long brown hair and the soulful brown doe eyes. She's the one who should be mentioned as the true acting talent, because she was consistent all the way through... (and the reason for me being on this one, for I got a sneak preview of the parking lot scene)
Too much old lady. Too little of the two other victim girls. Too little Beast. Too much Hedwig. Oh, and by the way, when alter-ego Patricia was on the scene, gee whiz, a guy in high heels, attack, attack, attack, off balance, couldn't have recovered...! :)
Anya 10/10, movie started off like an eight or nine, but gets a dismal seven on merit with minus points for failed opportunity to make something better worthy off Anya = 6 points
And I won't be signing up for the sequel or prequel, thanks.