Alps

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Dionisis T With the exception of the lobster every collaboration between Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Philippos is a twisted disaster.On the other hand its plot as a movie was quite interesting from one perspective... Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review elana k This film's premise is so exciting so why did it have to be so dull at times? I understand this is part of Yorgos Lanthimos' style as a director but still, some scenes were utterly dull and could have been treated with more care. The long pauses and banal conversations should serve the narrative, not stall it or create a void which might otherwise have been filled with more encounters with the absurd. They could've jammed more action into the plot without taking away from the madness that resides in the mundane- the perplexing realism of non-reality that is characteristic of the worlds this director often creates. Alps arrives much earlier than the later successes in Lanthimos's career, first in Greece and then in the international film scene, but it hints at his burgeoning vision as an impressively original filmmaker. All in all, I found this film to be a success. It made me think and it made me feel and there was a cleverness to it that I really enjoyed. I left with the idea that "people pleasing will make you mad ". Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review dave s Despite the awkward subject matter, Yorgos Lanthimos' Alps is filled with pitch black humor. In the film, four individuals serve to ease the bereaved through the grieving process by impersonating the deceased loved ones. As one would expect from Lanthimos, it is an original idea that is filled with awkwardness and discomfort as he examines how we deal with loss. While the plot doesn't have much of a narrative arc to it, the whole thing remains bizarrely fascinating. Like most of his films, it is something that will be loved and appreciated by some and reviled by others. Watch it and pick a side. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review john l One thing you can count on with Lanthimos is a movie that's definitely different from all other directors. Compared to his others beginning with Dogtooth and continuing through The Lobster, Killing of a Sacred Deer, and The Favourite, this one is a low spot for him. It's decidedly the weakest among his feature films from Dogtooth onward. (I've not seen Kinetta.) The underlying story concept is unique, holding more promise than was realized. Acting is quite good. It's the disconnected and disjointed character stories in the screenplay that drag the movie down toward mediocrity. A script revision to tie the characters and their individual stories together better would have made this one a winner. All that said, had Hollywood attempted this plot concept, the result would have been an utterly abysmal disaster. Bottom line: it's an OK workmanlike film, but most certainly no masterpiece with some significant screenplay flaws. I'm looking forward to his Poor Things in a year or so anticipating it will be on par with The Favourite, Sacred Deer, and Lobster. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A bleak film in the style of Dogtooth Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Take "Kynodontas", detract the claustrophobic setting, the mystique of the premise and the surprise factor, and you have "Alps": watered-down, nerveless and wholly unremarkable. As a successor to the breakthrough, and trademark, movie of Lanthimos and Filippou, it treads familiar ground instead of moving forward, and it does so in a decidedly less captivating manner. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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