"When it comes to marmite cinema, there are few directors more earning a love or hate reaction than Yorgos Lanthimos. After the wonderfully surreal feel of The Lobster, this film is more grounded in a reality which only leads to the psychological horror being even more terrifying and thought provoking.
A deft blend of pitch black humour and gut punching terror, the story weaves between a seemingly picturesque family led by cardiologist Colin Farrell who are given a shocking ultimatum from the brilliant Keoghan, a teenager Farrell has been spending time with after the death of his father at the hands of Farrell on the operating table.
The dialogue shares the same flat, robotic feel of the Lobster and is again used to great effect by Lanthimos to grow this continuous sense of unease - there is a multitude of instances where you are unsure if you should laugh or be worried.
Similarly, the camera work shifts from spectral high verticals to slithering foot high followings; there is a chaos in every element of the technical side of this film that leads to the knot in your stomach growing and growing"
- 9/10
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