Overview
- The film is now on wide release in the US and UK via MUBI, following its festival debut and early November rollout.
- In a new interview, Ramsay urges viewers not to reduce the story to a postpartum diagnosis and stresses themes of isolation, desire and creative drought.
- Critics consistently single out Jennifer Lawrence’s ferocious performance, while several reviews describe the film as uneven in tone and pacing.
- Reviewers highlight Seamus McGarvey’s 4:3 photography and the abrasive sound design for amplifying the film’s claustrophobic, experiential approach.
- Adapted from Ariana Harwicz’s 2012 novel by Ramsay with Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, the film stars Robert Pattinson with Sissy Spacek, LaKeith Stanfield and Nick Nolte, and was championed to Lawrence by Martin Scorsese.