"The Widow's Secret" is a very enjoyable movie to watch. Its entertainment has surpassed the artistry. It is really a pleasure to watch the aunt's evolution. Hereby) become a puppet, life is better than death.
In fact, Huppert's perverted play has been on the road for a long time. From the "Grim Ritual" to the peak in "Piano Teacher", it is said that the audience in Cannes at that time saw her pick up the toilet paper in the trash can of the special video hall. When I sniffed it, I couldn't help but vomit and escape from the theater! On the screen, Aunt Yu was calm and happy. Aunt Yu's shocking performance not only won the Queen of Cannes, but also established her status as the French chief chasing queen.
Compared with the piano teacher, this film is a little trick at the level of "fun with you", even a little fresh. At the beginning of the film, with the nostalgic song BGM swaying, Aunt Yu is calmly casting bait and waiting for the wisher to take the bait, and the "super-killer girl" who is mature and fat and looks like a working woman just obediently comes to the door with her bag. Aunt Yu has grown from a masochist to a sadist. She tortured her own daughter to death earlier. In order to find a replacement, she came up with the coup of "losing the package in the subway".
The petite Aunt Yu did not think that the super-killing girl was too big, but she was very satisfied and tirelessly nurtured her into her own slave. This process is a bit absurd and a bit ridiculous, especially the drama of Aunt Yu's stalking, secret photography, crazy phone calls and text messages. Her spirit is comparable to that of an idiot. She later staged a crazy scene in which the restaurant table was flipped, which was really hysterical to the extreme. Unfortunately, I wasn't scared at all, instead I was amused and laughed.
It's a pity that this film is lackluster except for Aunt Yu. It's a pity that there are no evenly matched actors to compete with her acting skills. The only thing worth mentioning is the unfortunate professional, Neil Jordan's queen actor-Stephen Ray, who still plays the unfortunate in the play. This role is similar to the private detective Abigail in "Psycho". She was killed by Aunt Yu dancing ballet. I seriously doubt this movie was made as a comedy.
Maybe because there are too few starter points and some deviations, there is a Brian De Palma-like reversal in the play, and some surreal scenes (the elevator scene) are used to make up the scene, but they are nondescript. On the contrary, it affected the overall atmosphere of the film.
The thriller and horror movies directed by Neil Jordan are actually very powerful. His second movie "Wolf Clan" is also very exciting to watch now, not to mention the later "Interview with the Vampire". What surprises will he bring to us when he is nearly seventy years old? Just be patient.
Aunt Yu single-handedly played with the disabled super stupid girl
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