ThiefHott Too much of everything

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Reno Rangan Films are made for many purposes and I don't know what this one is about. They say it is a psychological-thriller, but yes, there is some psychology in it, but definitely no thriller, just a boring drama which means a character study material. The entire film was shot in a lake house and occasionally its surrounding area. There is no story in it, just the characters and they're being themselves that narrated in the days basis for a week, but those days were from the random years without a clear picture of what date, month or the year.There is lots of close up shots like it pushes you back from your seat suppose if you are leaning towards the front. The cinematography was what I felt uncomfortable, but overall not bad. I think the actors were good, both Katherine Waterston and Elisabeth Moss, just for this film because I've seen them in the better roles.Low budget and limited cast film, as well as short but not sweet as I anticipated. So I don't think everybody would enjoy it, I don't know who is the target audience, but I'm sure it will reach them who are going to defend it from people like me. Those who are not seen it, but want to, I only advise them to be careful while choosing it.3/10

Aurora Shilkie Enjoyable performance by Elisabeth Moss that mesmerizes viewer keeping the suspense high, but honestly it is misleading to call it a thriller... No thriller at all, if we omit the music that yes could be from a thriller. Congratulations to the director for making uninteresting events in one's life sound like lines from an ancient Greek tragedy. Honestly, it takes talent, as the film proves that HOW is more important than WHAT. To come again to Elisabeth Moss she is a high quality, A class actress that can play anything she likes. PS, the description "Two women who grew up together discover they have drifted apart when they retreat to a lake house together" should be revised.

SquigglyCrunch Queen of Earth follows a woman who, after her boyfriend breaks up with her, goes on a trip to a somewhat secluded cabin with her best friend, and ultimately they run into some troubles in their relationship.I liked how this movie was shot. There were some pretty lengthy shots that were just people talking, meaning that they had to memorize a lengthy set of lines and recite them while maintaining their character. Moreover, some of the shots were just kind of pretty to look at. There were some cool ideas. The way it tried to use symbolism and portray the main character's ongoing conflict was kind of cool, but unfortunately it didn't work out. The biggest thing that really brought this movie down was the dialogue. I've seen bad dialogue and writing before, but this tops all of those. Characters often embark on long lectures and speeches that sound like they were both pre-written and practiced. Not only was the dialogue unrealistic, but the meaning of it was also awful. The two main characters, who are supposedly best friends, spend the entire movie elaborately telling each other why they are each horrible people. And they definitely aren't being sarcastic. How are these people still friends? Even in their flashback conversations they just trash-talk each other. Now you could argue that maybe I'm pointing out only the bad conversations they have, but they never say anything nice to each other. I recall one line from the entire movie where one of them says that she likes the other. That line was immediately followed by hate, however. So the movie never actually shows us that the two main characters are best friends despite stating that they are. Overall Queen of Earth is a bad movie. Sure, there were some cool ideas and pretty shots, but the dialogue is so incredibly awful that it's hard to enjoy really any part of this movie. In the end I definitely wouldn't recommend this movie.

Mr_Ectoplasma "Queen of Earth" follows a week's vacation at a summer house between two friends, Catherine (Elisabeth Moss) and Virginia (Katherine Waterston). Catherine, who has recently lost her artist father to suicide, is emotionally numb and fragile, and a rift begins to form when a male neighbor (Patrick Fugit) joins the friends, which propels Catherine into psychological breakdown."Queen of Earth" is a referential throwback to a myriad of feminine psychothrillers of the sixties and seventies, painted in broad streaks of Bergman and Altman, as well as making nods to obscure horror films of that era, including "Carnival of Souls" and "Let's Scare Jessica to Death." Writer/director Alex Ross Perry is clearly a student of these films, and in many ways, "Queen of Earth" seems to be a love letter to those films.The film has a stark visual flair to it, with heavy use of closeups, continuous takes, and photography of the rural woodsy landscape, all of which accentuate atmosphere and tension. The script is thin yet rich in subtext, which provides the actors ample material to really sink their teeth into. Elisabeth Moss's performance is eerie and dynamic, while Waterston's is sincere and understated. As a meditation on the ennui and turmoil of privileged New England Generation Y-ers, the film offers little that's compelling; however, the darker visual elements and nods to the horror genre lend an absorbing and subtly creepy element that throws what could have been a tired retread of "poor little rich girl" into something far darker and nuanced. The conclusion is ambiguous and the lack of "resolution" will no doubt frustrate some, but the film prevails as a portrait of a psychological meltdown in the tradition of the best of them. 8/10.