“Strange Darling” Review

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Lady and The Demon.

A thrilling and violent tale told in 6 chapters - but out of order? Keep your eye out, as the devil is in the details!

From Strange Darling's opening, the film will have you feel like you're watching an indie Tarantino movie, shot on 35mm film and all.

It looks visually fantastic, alongside our two leads Willa Fitzgerald(as "The Lady") and Kyle Gallner("The Demon") that deliver phenomenal commanding performances. But the real star of the show here is the writing. Rare it is to sit down to a film so full of little surprises where you are rewarded for paying attention, and it feels "smart" as opposed to forced or trying to be entertaining.

Simply the plot just works - you are grasped instantly as we are thrust into opening chase scene - Kyle Gallner gun in hand, hot on the heels of Fitzgerald... and the ride has begun.

At first, returning backwards in the timeline feels questionable whether it will work in form of old information keeping our interest, but we quickly start to fall in love the narrative structure, the characters and how theyve gotten into this mess.

It's hard to talk about this movie without revealing too much of the story and the characters we meet along the way that are simply too fun to spoil - so I'll leave it at this... If you only see one Thriller this year, make sure it's "Strange Darling".