In Fabric (2018)
A haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences..
Country: UK
Directed By: Peter Strickland
Written By: Peter Strickland
Starring: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Leo Bill, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Julian Barratt, Caroline Catz, Steve Oram, Gwendoline Christie, Hayley Squires
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In Fabric belongs to 13 collections
1. A24 (public: moderated by elhenzo - 10 stars)
2. mother-son relationship (public: moderated by livelove - 2 stars)
3. Festival: PIX 2018 (public: moderated by KasperL - 1 star)
4. 38. İstanbul Film Festivali (public: moderated by Johnny Mo - 1 star)
5. 42nd Portland International Film Festival (2019) (public: moderated by 5Z5qjRCfM2)
6. Journey of an object (public: moderated by iconogassed)
7. vitamine.cineville.nl (public: moderated by amsterdam020)
8. Unravelling the Narrative (private: lillakniven - 1 star)
9. Curzon Ripon (private: mandy)
10. jeff_h's films to remember (private: jeff_h)
11. seen in 2019 (private: sproost)
12. NZIFF 2019 (private: adwilson)
13. Sight & Sound 50 Best Films of 2019 (private: TychoCelchuu)
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| Jan 18 |  |
doddsinator | 7 28% |
| Jan 17 |  |
Zoltan | 60 41% |
| Jan 15 | testaccount5 | 8 74% |
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| Jan 10 |  |
budinjm | 70 58% |
| Dec 28, 2020 | NotALemon | 53 46% |
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| Dec 19, 2020 | dijones21 | 87 30% |
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| Dec 12, 2020 |  |
AshenRayne | 5 20% |
| Dec 12, 2020 |  |
Teproc | 36 13% |
| Dec 06, 2020 | mpf2788 | 80 0% |
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| Nov 29, 2020 | seantaylxr | 86 86% |
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| Nov 29, 2020 |  |
lucas M. | 80 45% |
| Nov 26, 2020 |  |
ZombieBuffet | 60 49% |
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TheShiznit | 51 59% |
| Nov 14, 2020 | emilija114 | 68 24% |
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| Nov 02, 2020 |  |
kubrickvari | 20 1% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | petewentos | 80 48% |
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| Oct 20, 2020 |  |
felipelahm | 45 24% |
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Some good ideas here and there, I suppose -- consumerism as generic, but timeless ghost --, and the first half looks promising. Too bad the second one feels lost in so many half-baked stuff that never takes off. Good finale, though.
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| Oct 19, 2020 |  |
amazedemon | 61 25% |
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I can't decide if In Fabric is pretentious or just dumb. The blend of horror and comedy never worked for me, offering mild tension via a synth-esque soundtrack and the occasional wry dialogue exchange. For 2 long hours, I was subjected to oddball side-characters with almost zero agency to the plot and a Dress that's more sensitive than a Guardian reader. Jean-Baptiste delivers a good performance, but the film doesn't achieve anything by way of convincing commentary nor entertainment.
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| Oct 11, 2020 | MAStevens | 82 87% |
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| Oct 08, 2020 |  |
LadyStardust | 90 95% |
| Oct 02, 2020 |  |
sebby | 50 26% |
| Sep 24, 2020 | michaelm2391 | 84 83% |
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| Sep 14, 2020 | tyranmollusk | 55 71% |
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| Sep 14, 2020 |  |
VltChimaera | 70 84% |
| Sep 14, 2020 | vesuvius | 57 43% |
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| Sep 12, 2020 | BenjiReina | 55 27% |
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| Sep 08, 2020 |  |
JSchlansky | 68 55% |
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Video review: https://youtu.be/Yyae6Bz_eew I was loving In Fabric early on. My enjoyment became more sporadic as further plot developments unfolded. Stylistically speaking, In Fabric is wonderful. A pitch-perfect Dario Argento tribute while still having its own voice. Story-wise, I feel the need to ruminate on this one a bit. My gut reaction is a dislike for the way certain plot elements were handled but I would like to give Peter Strickland the benefit of the doubt.
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| Sep 04, 2020 | flat circle | 6 67% |
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| Sep 03, 2020 | hairchow | 75 68% |
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| Sep 02, 2020 | mrci | 25 8% |
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Killer dress. A few beautiful scenes and memoirs, i.e. changing room and last few minutes. Failing at being funny or haunting.
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| Aug 25, 2020 | Saliqo | 50 7% |
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| Aug 12, 2020 |  |
acrolyne | 85 69% |
| Aug 02, 2020 |  |
modul8ted | 48 11% |
| Jul 27, 2020 | leemarvins | 70 42% |
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| Jul 17, 2020 | martin! | 75 74% |
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| Jul 09, 2020 | DePalma | 57 53% |
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| Jul 09, 2020 | Gabriel_p | 60 20% |
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Not awful, but over 90% critics score in RT? I must be missing something...
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| Jul 01, 2020 | RichardvDam | 73 29% |
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| Jun 28, 2020 | pck00 | 87 70% |
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| Jun 25, 2020 |  |
fenixdown | 68 31% |
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Truly weird!
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| Jun 15, 2020 |  |
murtyrock | 60 24% |
| Jun 09, 2020 | elizabethlk | 75 49% |
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| Jun 08, 2020 |  |
rihrey | 58 76% |
| May 31, 2020 |  |
immolations | 60 50% |
| May 25, 2020 | dogafton | 80 0% |
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| May 07, 2020 |  |
FancyClown | 68 33% |
| Apr 29, 2020 | account2 | 61 66% |
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| Apr 26, 2020 |  |
Ariaz | 59 27% |
| Apr 18, 2020 | Tazurel | 75 38% |
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| Apr 16, 2020 | squint | 62 19% |
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| Apr 12, 2020 | Patryk | 22 0% |
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| Apr 11, 2020 |  |
homosuperior | 89 83% |
| Apr 09, 2020 |  |
1903 | 45 13% |
| Apr 09, 2020 | DLawrence | 80 76% |
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| Apr 08, 2020 |  |
jackdrek | 70 75% |
| Apr 01, 2020 |  |
christof | 90 94% |
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Loved it!
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| Mar 25, 2020 |  |
Squin | 84 70% |
| Mar 22, 2020 | Bricks | 48 22% |
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| Mar 21, 2020 | pezizales | 60 20% |
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| Mar 21, 2020 |  |
Nathan | 59 27% |
| Mar 20, 2020 | matthagen | 54 63% |
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| Mar 17, 2020 | senolatnap | 70 62% |
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| Mar 16, 2020 |  |
RYM-byrates | 67 68% |
| Mar 15, 2020 |  |
Gnalkthere | 52 12% |
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One of the best scores I've ever heard but I was going from "*sighs* *unzips pants*" to being confused to the point of alienation. This is my first Peter Strickland film so from what I've heard his other films might not be so different from this.
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| Mar 13, 2020 |  |
adidawha | 55 29% |
| Mar 08, 2020 | sergerde | 75 56% |
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| Mar 01, 2020 | TheBreather | 70 47% |
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| Feb 25, 2020 |  |
AAAutin | 9 2% |
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It's a movie about a killer dress.
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| Feb 24, 2020 |  |
istpielbergg | 100 95% |
| Feb 21, 2020 |  |
hemestnt | 80 46% |
| Feb 18, 2020 | sky3088 | 8 69% |
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| Feb 13, 2020 |  |
randyluu | 3 33% |
| Feb 11, 2020 | jelesais | 70 35% |
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| Jan 27, 2020 | conjuroglou | 78 71% |
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| Jan 27, 2020 |  |
AFlickering | 4 62% |
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only huggable malleable dermatologists need apply. https://i.ibb.co/Tkdgvsy/unnamed-10.jpg
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| Jan 24, 2020 |  |
glumpy_99 | 97 91% |
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Invigorating mind fuck finds Strickland wallowing in a perverse and esoteric bent that would put Lynch to shame; while there is a clear (and harsh) critique of consumerism folded in, this is really an "experience" movie, grounded by a stunning Jean-Baptiste and a hilariously sinister Mohamed. While the second half arguably loses a little steam (with Bill and Squires lesser substitutes for MJB), the supporting players step up, especially Barratt and Oram's venal bank managers.
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| Jan 21, 2020 |  |
LB94 | 81 65% |
| Jan 20, 2020 | Phyne | 30 4% |
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| Jan 17, 2020 |  |
scott.mcc | 70 63% |
| Jan 13, 2020 |  |
inmate | 59 12% |
| Jan 12, 2020 |  |
norval_jones | 69 30% |
| Jan 10, 2020 |  |
DSouza_Vasco | 70 51% |
| Jan 09, 2020 | tomwalsh | 80 84% |
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| Jan 08, 2020 |  |
Alex Watkins | 4 70% |
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A unique and enjoyable blend of archly self-aware giallo and Gilliam-esque bureaucratic/social satire. Perhaps slightly overdone and overlong, but such an original homage that it can be forgiven for eventually losing the thread.
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| Jan 05, 2020 |  |
pustota | 70 60% |
| Jan 05, 2020 | exehbs | 80 69% |
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| Jan 03, 2020 | spwnofstan | 67 39% |
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| Jan 02, 2020 |  |
dgprim | 40 11% |
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TraverseTown | 90 91% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | roscoe_1891 | 80 60% |
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| Dec 30, 2019 |  |
Phelipe | 21 4% |
| Dec 29, 2019 |  |
ManInBlack | 6 35% |
| Dec 27, 2019 | LordCouture | 27 8% |
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| Dec 27, 2019 | TheStraub | 63 35% |
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| Dec 20, 2019 |  |
bof | 66 52% |
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Curious movie. I kind of wish they'd either made it more or less episodic; I'd gladly watch an entire Netflix season of Death Dress: The Dress That Kills, but when we only get two stories, it feels a bit disjointed. That said, it's fun, appropriately dream-logic weird, and has some really neat performances.
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| Dec 19, 2019 | deluxe1 | 70 72% |
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| Dec 18, 2019 |  |
CCLZA | 65 40% |
| Dec 16, 2019 |  |
seroş | 80 6% |
| Dec 16, 2019 |  |
gunay | 65 7% |
| Dec 15, 2019 |  |
antidood1 | 75 73% |
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Really enjoyed it, despite there not really being a story, character arcs, or worked-out ideas. It really shines through its individual scenes. A couple are great, none are boring and some are very memorable. The vibe is amazing too, like an old-school fever dream. A lot of weird shit happens, but somehow it never feels out of place; you just accept that this is how this world operates. It's not a great story, but as a purely cinematic experience, it succeeds wonderfully.
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| Dec 14, 2019 |  |
tipar | 30 8% |
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Unbelievably overrated. A metascore of 83; they did it the other way, I mean they probably should have written 38.
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| Dec 14, 2019 |  |
M_A | 72 64% |
| Dec 12, 2019 | bubib | 30 14% |
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| Dec 12, 2019 | tayylorr | 80 73% |
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| Dec 08, 2019 |  |
redboots | 90 95% |
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The Argento-style, garishly colorful tone of social satire put me in mind of The Love Witch, but here the target is consumerism. The film creates a flawlessly kitschy world, and the ending descent into the "abode of production" is chilling and delicious. Fatma Mohamed's portrayal of the supernatural department store clerk left me craving gifs of all her lines with which to confuse my friends.
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| Dec 07, 2019 | filmcricket | 83 93% |
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| Dec 02, 2019 |  |
Spunkie | 30 15% |
| Nov 26, 2019 |  |
Ryderlol | 40 9% |
| Nov 23, 2019 |  |
LuxeTenebras | 45 8% |
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RadioFreeLee | 87 83% |
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nichollsgg | 80 41% |
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Gymnopedies | 60 35% |
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FreddieQuell | 92 93% |
| Nov 09, 2019 |  |
ptkw | 80 94% |
| Nov 05, 2019 | gackt | 60 28% |
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| Nov 04, 2019 |  |
Mr. Mocata | 90 90% |
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vishal8492 | 46 48% |
| Oct 31, 2019 |  |
pazienzo | 57 32% |
| Oct 28, 2019 | sadwitch | 30 53% |
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| Oct 26, 2019 | lillakniven | 90 97% |
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| Oct 26, 2019 | slanbexx | 86 79% |
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| Oct 26, 2019 |  |
vordven | 80 71% |
| Oct 23, 2019 |  |
Judo Koala | 83 85% |
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YigitAta | 2 11% |
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tom20 | 80 62% |
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kk3thess | 65 49% |
| Oct 13, 2019 | elimpe | 65 34% |
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TechnoPop | 70 61% |
| Oct 05, 2019 | abesempire | 90 75% |
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| Oct 04, 2019 |  |
onrkrsvglu | 50 12% |
| Oct 03, 2019 |  |
nickv | 80 91% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | naco77 | 75 63% |
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| Sep 28, 2019 |  |
Licio | 71 9% |
| Sep 25, 2019 | nuotio | 50 31% |
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I really wanted to like this as I've enjoyed Strickland's previous films. I felt right at home from the gialloesque credits sequence and Cavern of Anti-Matter's soundtrack. I enjoyed the mood and especially MJ-B's acting, but I though they made a big mistake with splitting the film into two stories as the 1st one was a lot stronger and did a better job at walking the thin line between comedy and horror. I might give this a re-watch with revised expectations; but I doubt my view will change.
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| Sep 23, 2019 |  |
sproost | 70 67% |
| Sep 22, 2019 | Parasite | 60 68% |
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| Sep 21, 2019 | bobdigi | 77 72% |
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| Sep 21, 2019 | firebirdekb | 55 15% |
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| Sep 19, 2019 |  |
skinnylegend | 55 38% |
| Sep 12, 2019 | Philosofem | 71 49% |
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| Sep 12, 2019 |  |
MetaCritic2 | 84 92% |
| Sep 12, 2019 |  |
Asm Nabil | 65 38% |
| Sep 11, 2019 | eattherude | 50 7% |
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| Sep 08, 2019 |  |
chadisdanger | 80 58% |
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Methouse | 60 12% |
| Sep 08, 2019 | tomi | 80 66% |
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| Sep 08, 2019 |  |
barisius | 80 70% |
| Sep 08, 2019 |  |
Yiannos | 60 46% |
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Read as a consumerist critique, but I think that, when it's commenting on it (i.e on the sense of attachment to--and desire for--material things), it's more in relation to it offering an escape from humdrum reality and life's disappointments. This is especially the case with Jean-Baptiste's character, and the section with her is the stongest because of it. Strickland has a certain talent for blending images with sound, but In Fabric only really works in fits and starts. A director to watch.
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| Sep 04, 2019 |  |
Leffingwell | 75 68% |
| Sep 02, 2019 |  |
MSoprano | 75 69% |
| Aug 31, 2019 |  |
fat!h | 80 81% |
| Aug 31, 2019 |  |
MrHallenbeck | 88 75% |
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Feverishly bizarre, fiendishly perverted, and absolutely hilarious.
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| Aug 29, 2019 |  |
Ramy | 0 6% |
| Aug 28, 2019 |  |
Guernica | 16 9% |
| Aug 27, 2019 | Aventinus | 65 61% |
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| Aug 27, 2019 | KingBread | 50 18% |
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| Aug 26, 2019 |  |
Obdurate | 70 39% |
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From the opening vibes I thought I was going to enjoy this a lot more than I did. The satire works I guess, for the most part, but the horror doesn't. I didn't find it especially funny but it did do a good job of poking fun at the ridiculousness of retail and whatnot. Sometimes it tried too hard, other times it nailed the atmosphere perfectly. A good film, but disappointing.
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| Aug 19, 2019 |  |
TMDaines | 80 72% |
| Aug 16, 2019 | adwilson | 75 69% |
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| Aug 03, 2019 | zomgmouse | 100 97% |
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Karr | 75 40% |
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avgcrtckr | 56 57% |
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filmaffinity | 59 42% |
| Jul 23, 2019 | Coheed | 90 90% |
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| Jul 03, 2019 | debaser1985 | 71 65% |
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| Jul 03, 2019 | Siegel Hans | 70 57% |
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| Jul 01, 2019 |  |
DBibby | 63 27% |
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laika | 88 92% |
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TheRojBlake | 85 56% |
| Jun 26, 2019 |  |
mandy | 7 74% |
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Has a strong 1970's vibe, very stylish, slightly fetishistic and open to interpretation.
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| Jun 11, 2019 |  |
mevrensel | 70 37% |
| May 14, 2019 | bmmello | 68 21% |
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| Apr 28, 2019 |  |
guvolefou | 75 54% |
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ugur | 8 74% |
| Apr 23, 2019 | adabora | 60 28% |
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| Apr 19, 2019 |  |
HKi | 73 68% |
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ilkyaz | 60 19% |
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ahherdemc | 72 48% |
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walkabout | 65 53% |
| Apr 17, 2019 | baronliu | 76 87% |
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| Apr 17, 2019 |  |
volken | 75 40% |
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asperastrum () | 56 20% |
| Apr 16, 2019 |  |
serenadsiir | 50 5% |
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medinavi | 53 10% |
| Apr 13, 2019 |  |
Aras | 70 35% |
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tenant | 70 73% |
| Apr 13, 2019 |  |
Paxton | 75 76% |
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A nutso good time that feels very much like Roger Corman rushed out a haunted dress movie after hearing about The Phantom Thread. Very arthouse and very Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.
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| Apr 13, 2019 |  |
kidmaniac | 72 58% |
| Apr 12, 2019 |  |
jagarnyfiken | 69 53% |
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mentosibo | 30 6% |
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tsumanne | 74 68% |
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38. İstanbul Film Festivali, Rexx
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| Apr 11, 2019 |  |
SpecUsame | 60 8% |
| Apr 10, 2019 |  |
bybrt | 45 18% |
| Apr 10, 2019 |  |
devrimozkan | 56 33% |
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EmreZabun3 | 71 53% |
| Apr 09, 2019 |  |
ibodirector | 72 64% |
| Apr 08, 2019 | janus | 60 31% |
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Saw this like a month ago and can't remember virtually anything about it.
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| Mar 22, 2019 |  |
DarrenCB | 90 85% |
| Mar 18, 2019 |  |
JakeAesthete | 82 81% |
| Jan 06, 2019 | lefterisd99 | 80 77% |
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| Dec 30, 2018 |  |
KMcNeil | 8 84% |
| Dec 12, 2018 |  |
lauratron | 75 53% |
| Nov 16, 2018 |  |
matimend | 6 26% |
| Nov 09, 2018 |  |
RealMacgyver | 90 93% |
| Oct 19, 2018 | cayh | 90 89% |
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| Oct 08, 2018 | DancingP | 71 59% |
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| Oct 08, 2018 |  |
Dean Franz | 40 37% |
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About a 10 minute youtube-clips worth of silly comedy dragged into mediocre arthouse infinity by Strickland at his laziest. He pulls off the decadent department store scenes fairly well because that seems to be in his wheelhouse, but the rest is as goofy as it is clichéd. And slow. If you want to watch spoofy, sumptuous and ridiculous arthouse fare that works, just watch The Fourth Man again.
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| Oct 06, 2018 |  |
DavidBlast | 80 80% |
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A delightful little Giallo themed arthouse comedy. Watch sober.
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| Oct 06, 2018 |  |
FrederikA | 80 86% |
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Arthouse satire clearly made by a man tired of going cloth shopping with his wife. More goofy than I expected from Strickland but stylistically wonderful as always.
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| Oct 06, 2018 |  |
KasperL | 75 77% |
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One of those movies you live in for two hours instead of bothering to decipher it. Strickland, once again, does entirely his own thing, and it's even more off-kilter and esoteric than ever. And a lot funnier. Jean-Baptiste's convincing performance grounds a film that is so stylistically superior that it could get away with being about almost anything, really. Case in point: the plot is centered around a haunted dress, something which would be too ridiculous in the hands of most other directors.
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| Average Percentile 50.36% from 210 Ratings |  |
