“It’s easy to imagine this being screened at that rally on Jan. 6.”
“There’s more syrup than spell-casting here, though I found it pleasantly sweet.”
“A slasher flick that doubles as sex therapy…”
“The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind of Spider-Man movies…”
“… galvanizing, glorious, out-of-this-world-while-clearly-created-within-it filmmaking.”
“… resonates so well in 2026 because it riffs on the enshittification of the consumer experience.”
“Choreography as caustic social commentary.”
“… something of an Adam and Eve rock video (Tangerine Dream did the score), set in a land that J.R.R. Tolkien forgot.”
“Parton’s smile wins 1,000 hearts and deflects twice as many harassing come-ons.”
“Like an unsettled mind, this is littered with background disturbances…”
“A delectably malleable metaphor movie…”
“Half of a high concept…”
