SummaryWhen aspiring model Jesse (Elle Fanning) moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
SummaryWhen aspiring model Jesse (Elle Fanning) moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
When the film reaches its logical end point, Refn just keeps pushing, and eventually lands on a sequence so jaw-dropping...that all you can do is howl or cheer.
A brutal masterpiece that can only be understood in the context of supernatural forces overlaying the hyper narcissism. Refn is the greatest visualist working in film today.
The story was interesting, the acting was excellent (Harrington and Reeves being the highlights), the movie was well crafted and entertaining, the cinematography was beautiful and the ending was amazing. The Neon Demon is a true masterpiece and another win by Nicolas Winding Refn.
For a film so aggressively intent on Big Shock Moments (cannibalism and lesbian necrophilia, anyone?), it’s more often stultifying and tedious than provocative.
The dialogue, most of which is stilted philosophy about femininity and beauty, sounds like something your freshman-year roommate said and you learned to ignore.
The Neon Demon, which was booed off the screen this year in Cannes, is about jealousy, murder and cannibalism in the Hollywood modeling industry. If it wasn’t so stupid and preposterous, I’d say see it for the laughs, but trust me when I say you’re on your own — and I mean it.
The movie of the year! Absolutely beautiful, brilliant and intelligent. Refn is a master director that is getting better at each film he makes. It is not a easy movie but it is an unforgettable one, Amazing!
Nicolas Winding Refn sets up a really engaging premise with strong themes and a great cast. Unfortunately, The Neon Demon goes way off the rails in its second half. It still has Refn's signature flare for style, with some absolutely breathtaking visuals, but I was ultimately left feeling empty and disappointed.
more than being a movie it`s **** not in a way you enjoy it. you feel it and understand the feeling and you get the point wich sound`s that is what director wants but you won`t have a good time watching it.
It's not anymore a competitive world, but jealousy!
It started off very well and in the half mark, it completely lost. In the initial part, it looked like a normal film and then I think even the writer does not know what could happen, they just improvised with whatever they had. Writing was totally messed up. When they had the great characters, it becomes nothing in the end. I'm not a fan of this director, and all his films are average, but this one is the worst among them.
I'm not an art film hater, though I hate wasting scenes without any developments and this one had many like them. If you trim them all out, the overall film is around 45 minutes. The rest of the film was just music, colourful lights, and sometimes totally idle, which definitely drag the viewers to the boredom.
Whenever there was a scene with the story, like dialogues and developments, I thought it was going well. But then those useless, dialogueless segments turned me off. Especially the conclusion was absolutely crap. Elle was good, like a character made for her. Keanu Reeve was useless, his addition was just a marketing strategy that did not click.
This is the story of a teen girl aspiring to be a model, but surrounded by the jealousy people because of her fast growth. How it all goes between them and in the fashion world is what the film talks. The film is watchable, but mostly the second half onwards it gets boring. In the end, I don't think anyone would be satisfied completely with their watch, maybe very, very few, but if you consider the majority, this does not deserve to be suggested.
3/10
Production Company
Space Rocket Nation,
Vendian Entertainment,
Bold Films,
MEDIA Programme of the European Union,
Det Danske Filminstitut,
Danmarks Radio (DR)