Throughout the second act, which can otherwise be a little workmanlike in its presentation of the facts and setting, Cave breaks things up with a few excellent sequences playing to her strengths with sound and rhythm. As Cave lays out the meticulously decorated floorplan with a glossy camera, Kahn walks us through the situation while planting all the necessary (if sometimes seemingly arbitrary) details for the rest of the plot. That’s just a comedy trope brought in for support, because there’s no way that Anastasia Steele would ever have a Black friend.Īs Noa comes to terms with the terrible situation she and countless other women have found themselves in, the film finds its strongest material. Gibbs), often queer, who is the only person with a brain in their head” thing.
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It’s a bold move that would’ve worked wonders if it all didn’t feel a little predictable.Īs the movie unveils its bloody scenario, it plays into tropes to such an extent that it can feel like a sketch about Dating In The Modern World spun out from the idea of “What would really happen in 50 Shades of Grey?” Except for the “having a Black friend (Jojo T. This goes on for a good half-hour-during which the starry-eyed and bland Noa claims Steve is cute (he is, in a movie star way), funny (he is not, even in a movie star way), and charming (he doesn’t openly neg her)-before we finally get to the title card and the meat (ha!) of the movie. To even get to the fun, Fresh asks a high price: Weathering Noa’s (Daisy Edgar-Jones) played-out dating app horror stories and a psychopathic meet-cute with grocery store creep Steve (Sebastian Stan) that’s clearly leading nowhere good. Music video director Mimi Cave adds some glitz to Adam McKay disciple Lauryn Kahn’s script in her feature debut, but the film lacks the necessary bite either in its body horror or humor to truly pull off its cannibalistic commentary. This review originally ran as part of Paste’s Sundance 2022 coverage.Īpp dating gets its Bumbling psychothriller with Fresh, a movie that Hinges upon its literal and allegorical human meat Grindr.
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