![]() ![]() Even a decade ago, Don’t Worry Darling would just be a good movie. Pugh gets an old-school star turn straight out of the early 1990s. ![]() At least in terms of directorial talent, Olivia Wilde proves that Booksmart was no fluke. For general moviegoers who want to see a fantastical erotic thriller with gorgeous movie stars amid a visually dynamic ‘fantasy’ world, that’s exactly what the film delivers. Olivia Wilde is following up her acclaimed 2019 high-school comedy directing debut 'Book smart' with. I’d expect the perpetually online to claim to be performatively confused while regular (or irregular) moviegoers accept the film on its own terms. Wilde says sex scenes between the two will feature 'female pleasure' rarely seen in movies. There’s a refreshing faith in moviegoers to accept elements and plot beats sans hand-holding exposition because they make sense for the characters. Wilde and Silberman seem less interested in the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ than the ‘why.’ There is a refreshing lack of explanation regarding (potentially) fantastical elements. Still, Wilde knows that this could be her only mid-budget, non-franchise, R-rated movie, and she’s leaving it all on the table. I will concede that the second and third acts are more redundant and thus longer than they need to be. Most of the melodrama centers around the heroine, her husband and the presumed puppet master. The rest of the cast, including Nick Kroll, mostly fades into the background. It’s an example of race-conscious, rather than race-blind, casting. It’s probably not an accident that this dark-skinned Black woman finds herself unable to cope with the conventionally ‘perfect’ post-World War II community. Olivia Wilde has a small but crucial supporting role as a kind of den mother of the group, while Gemma Chan has only a few choice moments as Pine’s wife and the town dance teacher. ![]()
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