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Don’t Worry Darling Review: Olivia Wilde’s sci-fi thriller goes in one obvious direction

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:42:45 +0000

Following her hit teen comedy Booksmart, director and actor Olivia Wilde presents a glossy, high concept sci-fi thriller with Don’t Worry Darling.

The film follows 1950s housewife Alice (Florence Pugh) as she becomes increasingly suspicious of the small utopian community where she lives with her husband Jack (Harry Styles). Ruled over by the charismatic and cult-like leader Frank (Chris Pine) and his wife Shelley (Gemma Chan), the women are kept in the dark as to the project their husbands are working on all day, and are forbidden to ask any questions.

Wilde sets the scene beautifully, beginning with heady cocktail party games and a bouncy, period-specific soundtrack accompanied by a score that slowly becomes more menacing. Yet, the fantastic ensemble cast including Wilde, Kiki Layne and Nick Kroll are underused. There’s also an overwhelming sense that certain plot points involving supporting characters’ have untidily been hacked out and left on the cutting room floor. Chan’s narrative in particular, as a stern ballet teacher, is giving off strong Suspiria vibes, but her arc is never satisfactorily expanded on. The film spends too much time indulging in the polished aesthetic and costumes, and the screenplay by Kate Silberman hammers home its points, while also feeling underdeveloped.

Just as Alice starts to come apart at the seams so too does the film in its final act with an obvious reveal. The unsubtle visual motifs and nods to The Stepford Wives and The Truman Show rob the film of tension, yet Pugh’s performance is so thoroughly committed and involving that it holds your attention. Styles does his best to keep up with the exceptionally talented actress, and his performance isn’t bad, but opposite Pugh his inexperience is highlighted. Saying that however, Wilde’s ability to whip up an ambience of terror and paranoia serves the film well even if it’s frustratingly rote in the point that it’s making.

Don’t Worry Darling will be released in the UK on 23rd September 2022 by Warner Bros. Read more reviews here.

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Don’t Worry Darling: Florence Pugh unravels in second trailer for Olivia Wilde genre thriller

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:51:08 +0000

Florence Pugh is discovering her seemingly idyllic life might not be all that it seems in Olivia Wilde’s upcoming genre thriller Don’t Worry Darling.

Watch it here…

Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory in Don’t Worry Darling, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The 1950’s societal optimism espoused by their CEO, Frank (Pine)—equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coach—anchors every aspect of daily life in the tight-knit desert utopia.

While the husbands spend every day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, working on the “development of progressive materials,” their wives—including Frank’s elegant partner, Shelley (Chan)—get to spend their time enjoying the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their community. Life is perfect, with every resident’s needs met by the company. All they ask in return is discretion and unquestioning commitment to the Victory cause.

But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why. Just how much is Alice willing to lose to expose what’s really going on in this paradise?

Directed by Olivia Wilde (Booksmart), Don’t Worry Darling stars Florence Pugh (Black Widow), Harry Styles (Eternals), Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy), Gemma Chan (Eternals), KiKi Layne (The Old Guard), and Chris Pine (Star Trek).

The film also stars Nick Kroll (How It Ends), Sydney Chandler (Pistol), Kate Berlant (Sorry to Bother You), Asif Ali (WandaVision), Douglas Smith (Big Little Lies), Timothy Simons (Veep) and Ari’el Stachel (upcoming Respect the Jux).

The screenplay has been penned by Wilde’s Booksmart writer Katie Silberman, based on a story by Carey Van Dyke & Shane Van Dyke (Chernobyl Diaries) and Silberman.

Don’t Worry Darling will be released in the UK on 23rd September 2022 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch more trailers at the SciFiNow YouTube channel.

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Don’t Worry Darling: Florence Pugh and Harry Styles star in upcoming mystery

admin — Tue, 03 May 2022 20:22:42 +0000

Not everything is quite what it seems in Olivia Wilde’s upcoming psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling, which sees Florence Pugh and Harry Styles living a seemingly idyllic 50s existence with some underlying mysteries from the company that provides them their pitch-perfect lifestyle.

Watch the trailer here…

Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The 1950’s societal optimism espoused by their CEO, Frank — equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coach—anchors every aspect of daily life in the tightknit desert utopia. While the husbands spend every day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, working on the “development of progressive materials,” their wives—including Frank’s elegant partner, Shelley —get to spend their time enjoying the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their community.

Life is perfect, with every resident’s needs met by the company. All they ask in return is discretion and unquestioning commitment to the Victory cause. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why. Just how much is Alice willing to lose to expose what’s really going on in this paradise?

The screenplay has been penned by Wilde’s Booksmart writer Katie Silberman, based on a story by Carey Van Dyke & Shane Van Dyke (Chernobyl Diaries) and Silberman.

Don’t Worry Darling will be released in the UK on 23rd September 2022 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch more trailers at the SciFiNow YouTube channel.

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