Entanglement

2017 Directed by Jason James

Weirdly complicated love life

While recovering from a suicide attempt, Ben Layten accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister - and then things start to get weird.

Thomas Middleditch Jess Weixler Diana Bang Johannah Newmarch Jena Skodje Marilyn Norry B. J. Harrison Randal Edwards Shauna Johannesen Graeme Duffy Angelo Renai Michael Bardach Nicole LaPlaca

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Review by ethan

kinda just watched this in the right spot in the right time. it hs almost every aspect of a movie i dislike- it has quirks upon quirks, the millennial matter of factness to it all, the painfully underwritten twist and manic pixie girl. but- BUT there's something to be said here about memory which feels painsakeingly familiar about the way it portrays a similar mental health issue I'm dealing with. my head just feels like a bunch messed up wires at the moment and the wires keep on going into the wrong slots so my head is just so unbelievably messy. and this film kinda sorta gets that right with what it feels like to deal with that. i don't know bro i cried a lot lmao.
Review by ♦️•Lily•💋 ½ 2

Choices were made
Review by haley

this was the cringiest thing ive ever seen. like cringier than the kissing booth. atleast the kissing booth knew how ridiculous it was but you could tell this movie thought it was such a serve. "i want to have intercourse with you" is a real line from this movie which i think says enough
Review by •°▪︎James▪︎°• ★★★

I was actually enjoying this films ✨ whimsical quirkiness ✨ until it tried to pull a Fight Club on us and couldn't quite stick it's landing due to it basically being too short and lacking in any substance.
Review by Marian ★★★★ 1

is it superficial of me to say i want all the clothes in this movie including thomas middleditch's?
Review by Matt ★★★ 4

You know when you're watching something and there's that niggling feeling in the back of your mind that you fear the film is going to go a certain way but you really hope it doesn't, then it does and you're a bit let down but appreciate that it's pretty much what 'should' have happened since it makes sense within the context of the story? This is one of those.
Review by Jack ★★½

Film Cult
Thomas Middleditch is an underrated comedy actor. He's great in Silicon Valley and here too. The story can be a half baked at some times but, I can totally understand why people relate to this story. A lot of people go through ex-relationshipa in different ways. This highlights the struggle of being single in a competitive world.
Review by brooklyn ★★★ 2

i was gonna call this a romcom but then i realized the main character literally tried to commit suicide in the first 5 minutes
Review by Dylan Hastie ★

after i had something to eat i fell asleep and woke up at 10pm and a completely forgot i hadn’t seen anything today, so i’m glad it was 85mins
but this made wish i carried on sleeping, because the twist is so laughable now and the main characters emotions feel like they were written on a napkin.
Review by Michael Cox ★★½

"You think you're all alone in the world? You let someone see you at your worst, and you watch to see if they stick around." - Betty Layten
See where it ranks among my Top Films of 2017
This was one of the picks for the films this week for the Film Cult. If you want to see what I've ranked the films I've watched so far since joining, check out this list here.
Well, wasn't this "qUiRkY aNd WhImSiCaL"? I just wish it didn't have such an emphasis on those two things.
The film seems to juggle a couple of topics like mental health, loneliness, depression, letting go and schizophrenia even.
Script had some nice moments along with the…
Review by Peter ★★½

Feature Film #1 at RIIFF 2017

So I went to the "world premiere" of this film. At least that's what it was being marketed as. Before the film started I took a look around the theater. I noticed that there were only 14 people there and of those 14 people, 10 were elderly. The main turnout for the premiere was elderly couples.
The lady running the event comes up to introduce the film. She first introduces the 3 short films playing before the film. Suddenly I see dismay flare up amongst the crowd. Clearly they bought tickets for the feature film and nothing more. The lady then says that after the three shorts play, our feature film will begin. She…
Review by Frankie ★★ 1

Film Cult Ranked
I had cereal during the sex scene.
Oh plus I think “cunnilingulise” is my new favorite word

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Review by haley

this was the cringiest thing ive ever seen. like cringier than the kissing booth. atleast the kissing booth knew how ridiculous it was but you could tell this movie thought it was such a serve. "i want to have intercourse with you" is a real line from this movie which i think says enough
Review by badfeeble ★★½

Thomas Middleditch et Jess Weixler sont essentiellement les seules raisons de voir ce film qui sent malheureusement le réchauffé.
Review by katie 2

tw for suicide attempt scenes and a graphic one at the very beginning
i’m not actually sure what to say. many people disliked this and i see the flaws and major complications within the plot and especially the rushed last few minutes of the ending. however, as a mentally ill person myself, i believe entanglement depicts depression and hallucinations in a primarily non-offensive and creative way. i thought the plot was one of the most unpredictable i have seen and the way the writing and pacing reveals the truth was fascinating. the coloring and scenery was nice. entanglement has been on my mind for a few months now and i didnt expect it to stay with me for that long. i…
Review by kobee ★★★★

“why did you make me?”
“i wanted to feel awake again.”
Review by andrewtopher ★★★★

The protagonist does an amazingly good job of representing mental illness. This movie will hit home in so many ways for anyone who has suffered or is suffering from mental illness. At the same time it has a light to it that gives you hope. I loved the characters in this and the acting was phenomenal!
“Just let go”
Review by TPondick ★★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

*Potential spoilers*
I know I’m the mark for these types of movies and they may not be as profound as they seem, but....
Fight Club and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind had a threesome with Shutter Island and it’s fucking fantastic.
The one thing that bothered me was the kind of flippant handling of Ben’s severe mental health issues. It’s a great story, but I worry for some who could very easily relate to Ben, who then see a series of events brought on by attempted suicide wrapped up in a generic happy ending. That said, I still love the honesty of the character and the telling of the story.
Review by 🌈 erin ★★★½

I went in watching this only for thomas middleditch but came out presently surprised with how much I actually liked it, regardless that he’s in it!!
It has an interesting way of portraying mental illness. At first I was like “okay so it’s pretty upfront that he has depression” but the more you watch and pick up on little hints, the more you see that he is struggling with more than just that. And once you watch til the end and you then realise, your brain starts going back to parts of the film but from the perspective of knowing what he was doing/going through. I really like that and it’s very thought provoking. I love films that make you think…
Review by Dom ★★

Twice as long as it could've been, maybe this would've worked as a short film? I dunno. It's very okay. Thomas Middleditch is peak anxious in this one.
Review by leess ★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

The twist ruined an already iffy movie.
Review by Jeroenvanwijhe ★

The archetype of the ironic millennial bro feels like a relic from the past. It wasn't contemporary or funny in 2017, let alone today. Do better boomers, there are new stereotypes of youngsters to exploit.
Review by Maura ★★

hmmmm...almost. but not quite.
Review by adrielle ★★½

So this is the movie version of Somebody Else - The 1975?