Very possibly the best film of 2018. Very possibly Lanthimos’s magnum opus. Very possibly Emma Stone’s best performance. Very possibly a film that I’ll need to rewatch at least two more times to fully digest.

It’s so easy to read into this character, and that’s what sells this movie. Natalie Portman is great as expected, but so is the actress playing her young self, which came as a nice surprise. Certain aspects of this movie were very disturbing and unique, even though the plot’s trajectory is something we’ve seen many times before. I would recommend this one for sure.

Aptly named.

Rewatched this today with low expectations and it honestly holds up pretty well. Sure, there are some cheesy late 90s/early 2000s moments here, but overall it's a lot less ridiculous than it could have been.

 It's amazing to note the contrast between this film, the start of the X-Men universe, and Logan, which may be the end of it. There were a few rocky patches, but overall, the evolution has been great.