When you only have one lens ...

Rating: 6/10 (25 February 2019)

The story is good and I like everything Emma Stone does,
It's also a pleasure to see Nicholas Hoult from Warm Bodies.
There are a few characters and you can feel the mechanics of power and manipulations, similar to Dangerous Liaisons.
I like the grotesque scenes, depicting the perversions of aristocratic people.
I have a huge problem with the cinematography though. It almost always uses a very wide lens, almost like a Fisheye, and it's really disturbing.
It's actually beautiful when used in Dolly shots, but when used as a steady cam is absolutely garbage, you can see a huge distorsion in all the corners and borders of the frame,
It just gave me nausea.
It seriously looks like they got only one lens.
(spoiler)
There is also a problematic plot hole for me : When Emma poisons her rival and then she comes back, she....slaps her.
She almost died and she just slaps her, and Emma to say "I accept your anger for now." Is this for real ? I expected her rival to just grab a shotgun and chase her down !
Emma just attempted murder, why her rival is so calm ???
Also, sometimes the music can be weird and irritating. Score is good but badly used.
The ending is poor and vague and very disappointing. It's not even an ending.
I have no idea why people expected comedy on some reviews ? It's not a comedy at all. What kind of trailer did you see ?
I recommend as a good acting performance, but godammit with this wide angle lens.