Opus

Hard to rate, hard to review. I don't think I've ever seen a cult story like this before. Apart from the music, eeriness, and acting, all of which were done brilliantly with a wild amount of enigmatic tension, nothing stood out like the premise. It knows you're expecting the traditional 'escape' style narrative, so seeing certain things play out weirdly felt...weird. Most of the negative reviews seem to miss the sinister conversation 'Opus' calls for. The director wants us, like Ayo, to question what makes a cult. Who? Why? How? Whether it be moderate or extreme, cult behaviour has always been mainstream..."Teach them young and the world will be yours".

They never circled back to the whole bush shaving thing

"Teach them young and the world will be yours".♡
Terrible from start to finish. The film tried desperately to be something it's simply isn't, not even close.
And none of its elements helped make it even remotely decent. The story was so weak and hollow and pretty much lacked-

Boring, predictable, and nothing new. My expectations of A24 films are low but this was better than the other bs they’ve been putting out. Beautiful picture as always to give credit where it’s due.

it was soo good like it was so simple but like the 🎬 acting was soo goodd

Not quite as good as some recent similar films where our main character is in a scary place. More The Menu it me than Midsommar. Personally, I wish it focused more on critiquing celebrity/pop culture but the other stuff was fine if not a bit messy. Overall I like Ayo and Malkovich