Study about the human condition wrapped in a gorgeous looking period piece

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2019)

It seems, by all accounts, at least in a cinematic way, that this new year is getting off to a brilliant start. This movie is a jewel, and not only in the visual sense, but also screenplay wise. A study of how fickle, unpredictable and mean, human nature can be, hasn't been put to the screen with such attention to grousome detail in quiet some time. Helped by a magnificent script, spot on cast and gorgeous cinematography, this is one the best movies I've seen this year and according to sources, it promises to get better and better. Lanthimos uses witty, ironic and often abusive language to portray a series of characters and an era, that was well known for cultivating an appetite for the excessive. Not one character in this movie escapes unscathed and the visual style and cinematography, remind me very much of another masterpiece, Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. See it with an open mind. It'll blow you away. Mesmerizing.