Earwig

Name: Earwig
Genre: Drama
Released: July 15, 2022
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Alex Lawther, Anastasia Robin, Isabelle de Hertogh, Marie Bos, Martin Verset

2022

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Juno Films | Release Date: July 15, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Alex Lawther, Anastasia Robin, Isabelle de Hertogh, Marie Bos, Martin Verset, Michael Pas, Paul Hilton, Peter Van den Begin, Romane Hemelaers, Romola Garai

Summary: Albert is employed to look after Mia, a girl with teeth of ice. Mia never leaves their apartment, where the shutters are always closed. The telephone rings regularly and the Master enquires after Mia’s well-being. Until the day Albert is instructed that he must prepare the child to leave.

Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 114 min

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The Playlist Jason Bailey

Sep 18, 2021

Movies like “Earwig” defy criticism or even explanation. ... Lucile Hadžihalilović took a risk by making a movie this peculiar; it feels like the least we can do is take a risk by watching it. Read full review

Martyn Conterio

Jun 7, 2022

In a just world, Hadžihalilović would be as acclaimed as somebody like Tim Burton, whose greatest films boast a spiritual connection of sorts to the French director. Read full review

Donald Clarke

Jun 14, 2022

It hardly needs to be said that the film will not be for everyone. But even those frustrated by the knotted plotting will admit that Hadžihalilović masters the crucial trick of presenting the narrative as if it makes sense to itself. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jul 15, 2022

Hadžihalilović's latest is both too hazy to make a great adaptation and too focused to be genuinely dream-like. Read full review

Beatrice Loayza

Jul 14, 2022

Hadzihalilovic is an expert conjurer of other worlds, and “Earwig” unearths a startlingly seductive array of visual and sonic textures that don’t quite add up to much more than a powerful mood. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Jun 11, 2022

Earwig, the director’s first English-language film, lacks the macabre logic of Evolution, or the precision of Innocence; the audience is left fumbling for meaning in the gloom. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Jun 10, 2022

This is at the very least a beautifully designed failure, marrying crepuscular photography with faultless art direction, and blessed by a gorgeous, otherworldly score by Augustin Viard, a specialist in the ondes Martenot. It looks and sounds so darkly inviting – but sends you home unsated. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Aug 17, 2022

Creativity and an intense atmosphere unfold in a film that doesn't seem to have a straight story and no clear direction.
I understand it's based on a book of which I've never heard before, so I can't say anything about that plot or whether it was properly adapted, but ambiguity is theCreativity and an intense atmosphere unfold in a film that doesn't seem to have a straight story and no clear direction.
I understand it's based on a book of which I've never heard before, so I can't say anything about that plot or whether it was properly adapted, but ambiguity is the trademark of this version. There's a lot more to infer than what the movie allows itself to explain and I don't disagree with that, it's just that I couldn't quite figure out if I was missing information to get a better idea of what was happening on screen or I just wasn't able to make sense of it with what I could appreciate. Earwig is as frustrating as it is intriguing, just not truly satisfying.… Expand

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alanpotter17

Jan 20, 2023

Típico filme que precisa de muito envolvimento e carisma com os personagens para funcionar, ele se passa na maior parte do tempo sem palavras, acompanhando um homem meio sádico cuidando de uma garota que usa prótese dentária.
Há uma ambientação até boa, você sente a claustrofobia do casarãoTípico filme que precisa de muito envolvimento e carisma com os personagens para funcionar, ele se passa na maior parte do tempo sem palavras, acompanhando um homem meio sádico cuidando de uma garota que usa prótese dentária.
Há uma ambientação até boa, você sente a claustrofobia do casarão em que habitam e a fotografia escura também ajuda. Mas é apenas isso. As situações são insípidas e a diretora meio prepotente ao achar que cenas minimalistas e arrastadas vão transformar aquilo tudo em arte. Torna-se um tremendo aborrecimento.
Quando surgem outros personagens, até melhora o dinamismo, mas fica tudo sem um porquê, uma violência gratuita pois como não desenvolve bem os personagens, você pouco se importa com os acontecimentos. É um filme completamente desnecessário e que precisaria de uma história mais visceral para valer a conferida.… Expand

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