2016 Directed by Danny Perez
In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread.
me after reading the plot synopsis: there's no way this is gonna be better than the x files season 8 arc in which scully gets impregnated with an alien
me, 1 hour & 34 minutes later: i was right
watching this is kinda like meeting somebody who likes all the same stuff as you and gets all your jokes and its great but after an hour youre like, ok
bioluminescent acid reflux, bong ash, dirty afghans spread over dirtier couches, vega/rev dance parties, leggings under dazzey dukes, alien abduction infomercials, uninsured body horror as daily grind. this is a world that i not only understand and worse yet it is a world i still live in even though that world is gone and i don't live in it anymore. these things are what home feels like no matter how lost or contingent that sense of home might be. that home could fall away or slip out from under you, leaving you old and wasted and adrift, with what appeared to be semi-stable referents no longer referring, just junk in a pile of eviction trash from weekly rate motels off…
Antibirth is a kaleidoscope of garishness meets gross body/pregnancy horror, I'm contractually obliged to at least enjoy it, add Natasha Lyonne in a starring role and things are only looking up from here, right?
Mostly.
As much as I love Meg Tilly (and she was great, because she's always great, and I'm so glad she has returned to acting), I could have done without her character because she seemed tacked on and unnecessary, but nothing deserved to be cut from Antibirth more than all of the "Fun Zone" Mascot scenes that were forcibly tacky, sort of like a knock-off White Zombie music video.
Other than that, this was a stylish horror film that leaves me very curious about, director, Danny Perez and where he goes from here.
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Being torn apart from the inside out. Gnarly, disgusting art-trash, shifting between a border of surrealism and the vibe of pimple-popping videos. Natasha Lyonne is incredible.
I want to like movies like this. I want to encourage you to watch movies like this. I want more movies like this to exist.
But not like this at all.
After finishing Antibirth, I had a moment of self realization that I personally have grown past storytelling like this. Where the visuals (no matter how appealing they are) are incredibly dysfunctional. The sound choices really don't lend to the scenes. The editing is a fucking mess of what pretends to be experimental but feels a lot more like a reedit to save something not working about the narrative. I have personally grown past this sorta "fuck you audience" storytelling.
I understand the inclination to challenge people, and I do…
oitnb ruined natasha lyonne for me or maybe natasha lyonne ruined natasha lyonne for me who knows! i don't want anymore tho sorry
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Confusion, paranoia, unexplained pregnancy, weird goo-gushing growths... is it all the drugs, or is there really some evil design afoot? Lou (Natasha Lyonne) is trying to piece this together in the wake of a blackout at a party that's left her with troubling signs of pregnancy. She's positive no intercourse took place, either during those missing minutes or for a considerable time prior, while the havoc the speedy growth wreaks on her body is clearly not expected from an average gestation. Lou seems mostly annoyed at this affliction, an inconvenience for a life that revolves around booze, pot and whatever else she and her best pal (Chloë…
Natasha Lyonne is spectacularly good as Lou, a total caner who lives in a filthy shack on the outskirts of a snowy small town, in this bizarre Canadian movie that mixes downbeat social realism with surreal body horror to astonishing effect. We also get Meg Tilly's first big-screen role since 1994, and the two of them are so great that Chloë Sevigny - who, believe it or not, is also a co-star - comes off as a bit too ordinary. But what a strong cast for such a wild, uncommercial, horrifying film! Lyonne's performance reminded me of Amanda Fuller's in Red White & Blue, in that it's rare to see so-called "white trash" portrayed so believably and humanely in genre cinema.…
Exumes the feeling that no-one Involved gave a good goddamn. Would have made a very fun 5-minuter.
I don't know how I found out about this movie. I think I just saw the poster, heard pregnancy body horror, and saw the cast and was like alright sign me up. (Classic judge a book by it's cover case)
I think this is the most disgusting movie I've ever watched like I feel like I need a shower. If there's not weird gore going on you're just watching Natasha Lyonne smoke a ciggy or take a bong rip.
Best parts were the weird vision and the ending... But it just wasn't enough to warrant me ever reccomending (maybe only to my stoner friends) this or wanting to watch it again.
a filmografia da Natasha é como a teoria do universo da Pixar.
filme patético, mas não no bom sentido.
Holy Shit
This movie is an aesthetic if i've ever seen one. there's something really cathartic about the relentless weirdness of it all. I am not a foot fan so there was a scene i Did Not Enjoy but otherwise this movie felt like a giddy acid trip and made me really happy.
I will add that my girlfriend was not as entertained as i was.. you need to have an affinity for not knowing what the FUCK is happening until the end because I like that and she does not.
im so glad this is not longer than it is.
"I don't talk about aliens when I'm getting high, alright. I have a strict policy. Just don't do it."
Dude, same.
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