Together
2025-08-31
Vancouver, BC

The idea of moving to the countryside is a nightmare in itself to me. It just makes me want to squirm. I don't think that's the intended takeaway here, but I'm disappointed in how it held back when it had the opportunity to really unhinge itself. I can just imagine it garnering a more visceral reaction out of me in the hands of a Julia Ducournau, if she ever wanted to go more Hollywood, or a Brandon Cronenberg — I'll spare his father from this one. And the construction of this thing felt very odd, like it was filmed at a handful of unrelated locations and cobbled together. There's not an ounce of world-building developing this town — if I can even call it a town, because I can't really gather how each location is connected to the next.

Watched at the International Village Cineplex. First of my double feature for $5 movie weekend for Labour Day weekend.