This is a curious movie, even though it was made after the movie "X", it is actually the prequel, of sorts. "X" is set in 1979 Texas, one character is Pearl. The movie "Pearl" is set in 1918 and it revolves around the young Pearl, married to a young man who is off to war in Europe. And Pearl is stuck on the farm.
Mia Goth, who also produced and co-wrote, is Pearl. Her parents are German immigrants, her mother still speaks mostly German at home. Her dad is ill, spends his time in a wheelchair, has to be fed and cleaned, and never speaks.
Mom is very strict, she treats Pearl like a little girl, quickly disapproves of most of Pearl's behavior. But Pearl is mostly dutiful, she feeds the barn animals and milks the cow. But her best animal friend seems to be the large alligator that resides in the pond on their property. There are a number of ways it can come in handy.
Through all of this Pearl is unhappy, she resents her young husband going away, she doesn't like the absence of love, and doesn't want to grow old on the Texas farm. On the surface Pearl seems nice and accommodating to others but there is very disturbing streak in her.
Not more needs to be said of the story and how it plays out. Suffice to say Mia Goth is superb in the role of Pearl. In my mind it is an award-worthy performance. It is chilling at times, very disturbing at others, there is some very graphic gore.
I don't usually like this kind of movie, in fact I thought I might watch 15 minutes of it and abandon it, but I didn't. The whole movie is fascinating, the story and flow are unusually good.
At home on BluRay from my public library. My wife chose to skip, not her type of movie.
NB - I didn't like the movie "X" at all.
Mia Goth, who also produced and co-wrote, is Pearl. Her parents are German immigrants, her mother still speaks mostly German at home. Her dad is ill, spends his time in a wheelchair, has to be fed and cleaned, and never speaks.
Mom is very strict, she treats Pearl like a little girl, quickly disapproves of most of Pearl's behavior. But Pearl is mostly dutiful, she feeds the barn animals and milks the cow. But her best animal friend seems to be the large alligator that resides in the pond on their property. There are a number of ways it can come in handy.
Through all of this Pearl is unhappy, she resents her young husband going away, she doesn't like the absence of love, and doesn't want to grow old on the Texas farm. On the surface Pearl seems nice and accommodating to others but there is very disturbing streak in her.
Not more needs to be said of the story and how it plays out. Suffice to say Mia Goth is superb in the role of Pearl. In my mind it is an award-worthy performance. It is chilling at times, very disturbing at others, there is some very graphic gore.
I don't usually like this kind of movie, in fact I thought I might watch 15 minutes of it and abandon it, but I didn't. The whole movie is fascinating, the story and flow are unusually good.
At home on BluRay from my public library. My wife chose to skip, not her type of movie.
NB - I didn't like the movie "X" at all.