Repellant for Sure. . . Malevalent?... Maybe

Rating: 2/10 (23 January 2019)

Best part was the textiles. . . The costume budget for this period piece must have run into the commissary bills, because not a lot of sharp focus was spent on the foods being gorged, but a ton was spent on sharply couture period wear. I wish more time was spent on the story and script,what there was of it. I'm pretty sure I heard the use of 'ok' and I know I heard a character describe being 'blindsided.' This does not good dialogue make.
It seems to be a period piece set out of its period. And there are no likable people in it, nor very believable people in it. It is a movie which winks.....maybe at itself. But is it trying for a modern statement or merely surrealism?
But after two hours I couldn't say what the relevance of any of this was other than slow entertainment. It seemed to be scene after scene of unrealistic and somewhat petty cattiness drossed up to what is supposed to be modern sensibilities.
I predict it will do well at the Oscars, not well among real large scale viewership, and vanish as an also- ran into the future. I do not think it is a pleasant watch for the average human, historian, but if you're into fabrics, definitely worth a rent.