Correct love story between two centennial vampires in current times suffering from a lack of focus for what concerns the tone of the film, jumping all over the place between existentialist drama, to romance, to comedy, etc. This ambiguity in genre and overall message from the film refrains it from being better than just ok.
The team of Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair give us an enjoyable crude revenge story populated by a bunch of common non-special in any regard type of people, differently to the usual canon of the genre that calls for some sort of either ruthless or to some extent “crafty” type of person when it comes to killing.
More of a sensorial experience rather than a traditional narrative film is what Jonathan Glazer provide us with Under the Skin, and being completely honest, even if it for sure delivers on this purely emotional aspect, a tiny bit more of attention and care on the story itself it is what is missing to go from being a really a good movie to an amazing one.
James Spader and Rob Lowe are the perfect odd couple in this unsettling thriller that builds up very strongly until its middle section but drops dramatically after it, resulting in a weaker third act and conclusion.
Orson Welles produces and leads this good noir, alongside his then wife Rita Hayworth, which has garnered classic status although being far from great.
