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Jacob B Part psychological horror, part satire, part surreal character study. Robert Altman’s usual large canvas that is dotted with a large cast is thrown away here in favor of an intimate story told on a small scale. Shelley Duvall gives a career best performance. Those who need linear story lines and who need everything explained in the end, they should probably look elsewhere. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/16/25 Full Review Ernst S OK, maybe the art fest aficionados appreciate this film on an eclectic level. Maybe film schools find it an example of experimental cinematic daring. I respect that, and all the comments in that vein. But... I just binged the 3 Women series on Starz and found this 1977 film available on blu-ray. Reviews were stellar so I bought it for view in my rather-decent home theater. Not sure what I was expecting, but it WASN'T this! I'm open minded. I enjoy many "out there" domestic and foreign films. BUT NOT THIS ONE Let's just start with the soundtrack, referred to as "music." I found it as interesting and enjoyable as fingernails on a chalkboard... just wished it would stop! Absolutely awful. Then there's the storyline. Impossible to follow and understand. Make up whatever you want and you could probably make it fit. Characters? Boring and unbelievable, basically. Not a single one is likeable enough to like, or evil enough to hate. For me they all remained strangers I would ignore on a bus. Dialogue? One cliche after another. The photography is excellent, but everything in this film is butt-ugly, indoors and outdoors. Wherever any scene takes place, I don’t want to be there. If I had this to do over I would have skipped suffering through the movie and gone straight to Altman's scene-by-scene commentary. That may have been enlightening instead of excruciating... Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/17/25 Full Review W. W. W a dumb story, tricky roles to play not badly Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/02/25 Full Review Ronald S While this film started strong 💪🏽 with its creepy, unknown plot line and strange, quirky characters……somewhere along the middle between finding out who the characters were and how they all fit into each other’s lives…everything went to the toilet 🚽. At first I was interested in what was going to happen, I was invested in the characters and their stories! I really wanted to see how they could incorporate their real lives with their awkward relationships and their pitiful existences. Then, things got creepy and started pointing towards what was heavily portrayed as a cult or some sort of evil 😈 sex coven in which one of the characters was painting images of all the people involved. This wasn’t a bad thing, except for the fact that the characters were never matched up WITH THE PAINTINGS SO THE VIEWERS KNEW WHO WAS WHO, or explained even with subtle clues! It’s like the writer just opted to bow out of this game he’d begun to play with our heads; showing a broken woman who barely spoke and only drew creatures of iniquity and lust, complete with sexual organs and some sort of religious expression. After that it just got weird and frustrating enough for me to quit watching for about three months until I finally remembered I needed to finish it to write a proper review and STOP 🛑 EVERYONE WHO READ THE MISLEADING GOOD REVIEWS ABOUT THIS FILM LIKE I DID. THIS IS NOT A GOOD FILM. DO NOT WASTE TWO HOURS OF YOUR LIFE YOU CANNOT GET BACK, THE WAY I DID. You have been warned! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/05/24 Full Review Alec B The kind of enigmatic and strangely menacing movie that I wish Altman had done more often. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/24 Full Review Audience Member What seems to be the makings of a fun, tense and catty chick flick lead me on to some disappointment. Although Altman's direction and cast are great, the key tools at his disposable are more or less wasted in this slightly dull and fascinating 70's picture. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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