Green Room
First screened in September 2015
Director: Jeremy Saulnier. Cast: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Mark Webber, Patrick Stewart, Joe Cole, Macon Blair, Eric Edelstein, Kai Lennox, Callum Turner, Taylor Tunes. Screenplay: Jeremy Saulnier.

Twitter Capsule: Blue Ruin had assets in all areas; this has zero in any. What happened? Quoth its own eviduh, "This is taking too long."

VOR:   "Political comments" often sink to easy signifiers: swastika! n****r! Gamble on tricky locked-room structure still feels vapid, strained, and gratuitous.



Photo © 2015 A24/Broad Green Pictures/Film Science

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: F


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