The film is pretty cerebral, much like the novel invoked throughout. I was prepared for that, but not to the level this steps up to. I suspect if I had been, I would've given it a 9 instead of an 8. The direct foreshadowing of the main character's death might be a little too on point, but the more subtle foreshadowing throughout provides a literary feel we rarely see in movies.
Honestly, watch when you're in the mood for a very deep movie on multiple levels. The weight and how people react to it is just the tip of the iceberg, no pun intended. The main story is just how hate, lack of understanding and empathy create issue upon issue in every aspect of our lives, especially from the pious religious lack of empathy. But it gets deeper into lack of understanding in perception. It also touches indirectly from multiple views from the different characters on the way we process grief, almost using eating as the metaphor for how some of us "eat" our grief and how that eventually can devour us.
In my opinion, the bad reviews and hate of this movie has gotten really stems from our discomfort with anything we as a society deem unacceptable, and obesity is definitely frowned upon with very little empathy or understanding. For the more intelligent viewer, the movie will get better as you ponder it after.
8, until you really let it settle. 9 overall after.
Review by Alexandra EBlockedParent2023-11-23T01:18:02Z
The film is pretty cerebral, much like the novel invoked throughout. I was prepared for that, but not to the level this steps up to. I suspect if I had been, I would've given it a 9 instead of an 8. The direct foreshadowing of the main character's death might be a little too on point, but the more subtle foreshadowing throughout provides a literary feel we rarely see in movies.
Honestly, watch when you're in the mood for a very deep movie on multiple levels. The weight and how people react to it is just the tip of the iceberg, no pun intended. The main story is just how hate, lack of understanding and empathy create issue upon issue in every aspect of our lives, especially from the pious religious lack of empathy. But it gets deeper into lack of understanding in perception. It also touches indirectly from multiple views from the different characters on the way we process grief, almost using eating as the metaphor for how some of us "eat" our grief and how that eventually can devour us.
In my opinion, the bad reviews and hate of this movie has gotten really stems from our discomfort with anything we as a society deem unacceptable, and obesity is definitely frowned upon with very little empathy or understanding. For the more intelligent viewer, the movie will get better as you ponder it after.
8, until you really let it settle. 9 overall after.