Fennell does it again! A story about power and human consumption - mental cannibalism. Keagans' performance is Oscar-worthy and the script is clever and scarry. It's too long though - in that regard the script could have been even tighter.
Complete with MGMT tracks and low-rise jeans, Saltburn is a stylized take on the early 2000s, capturing the hollow aspirations of a generation raised on the grit and glamor of early reality TV.
A lovely supporting turn from Rosamund Pike – and a raucous cameo from Carey Mulligan – are the main reasons to like the opening movie of the London film festival...
An update of “The Talented Mr. Ripley” set in the mid-aughts, “Saltburn” is deliciously, wickedly mean—seductive and often surreal—with lush production values and lacerating performances.
The main redeeming feature is Keoghan’s fine performance, sliding inscrutably from humiliation to heartless Mr Ripley-style manipulation and (literally) grave misdemeanours, as Oliver’s plans for Felix messily unravel.
Beautiful scenery, so many scenes that just straight up look like an oil painting.. but the story was full of holes and i mean yes sex and disgust is always a welcoming combo but it felt a bit flat.. the actors were real nice tho!