Curiosa

I only watched curiosa because Noémie Merlant from 'portrait of a lady on fire' is the lead actress. I thought she was brilliant in Céline Sciamma's film, but she is not good here. All of the acting was actually pretty laughable, everyone was trying way too hard and the performances ended up unintentionally funny. Especially Niels Schneider, he gives one of the worst performances I've seen in a while.

There is a lot fundamentally wrong with this film, but there were some things I did like about it. The cinematography was interesting and the shot composition isn't bad either. The use of reflections were pretty good, I love reflections being used to create interesting shots, not sure why but I do. Now onto the abundance of bad stuff.

The single worst element of curiosa is the screenplay. The dialogue is cringeworthy and everything that drives the plot forward just happens because the script says that it has to. There are so many conveniences as a result of extremely lazy writing.

So I love music, it's a huge part of my life, and I'd say I know quite a lot about it. The music in this film is some of the worst, ever. It doesn't fit the time period, and it doesn't fit any of the scenes that it's used in. It's also not composed well at all, it sounds awful.

Another issue I have with the writing is how the characters are written. None of the characters are relatable or likeable, again none of them were performed well, and they were so boring to watch. This whole film was one of the most boring experiences I've had in a long, long time.

Curiosa is not as interesting or deep as it thinks it is. It comes off so pretentious and as far as themes go, there's practically nothing. The only thing I can think of is that it tries to make a statement on male privilege. But the message is presented so poorly that it comes off as if the filmmakers believe that men are superior to women. I find this really interesting because Lou Jeunet, the co-writer and director of this film is a female. The presentation of this film let it down so much, not like the story was compelling anyway. I watched this a day ago and I'm ready forgetting what the story is, it's so boring and stupid.