Saltburn | Spoiler Breakdown

My spoiler breakdown of Emerald Fennel's Saltburn film starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, and Richard E. Grant.
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[@sjin8896]

Yet runny eggs make him vomit…

[@Alachia]

Lol!

[@marchionessamoretto7326]

They were cooked to one side

[@mattseaton3521]

The end scene of him dancing through the Estate naked is an exact shot reversal of the tour he gets on arrival on day one from Felix.

[@Katalyst80]

Maaaaaan listen….the fact that I went into uncontrollable fits of laughter listening to this video AND made it to work in one piece is as noteworthy as this film! I now have two new phrases added to my vocabulary 🤣

[@Alachia]

Lol!!

[@rafd3593]

Emerald went to a stately private school called Marlborough College and then Oxford University, and got to meet Oliver as well as Felix types in the course of her education. Another pupil of those two establishments was Alice Winn who has written a superb book about the First World War, which she got the idea for from the listings of pupils of Marlborough College killed in action. The book is “In Memoriam”. Well worth a read

[@Alachia]

Thanks for the book recommendation!

[@mollyjohnson1282]

Thanks for sharing, I knew this wasn’t the film for me, and your retelling and appreciation was so lovely to watch!

[@allahalkareem8055]

Same

[@jamestaylor2333]

I just got back from seeing Saltburn and when I tell you the SAME parts you mentioned is what had me wincing... 😂😂😂 That slurpage part had me wanting to stop drinking my soda! 😂😂😂 What a deliciously corrupt film! Barry deserves an Oscar nod for his performance. Kudos to cast, crew, the writer and director... Everyone involved! I thoroughly enjoyed this film from start to finish! Rosamund's line about being a one-time lesbian had me cracking up! And YOU with the side dick comment!!! 😂😂😂 This is a film I'll definitely watch again to see all the details I may have missed first time around.

[@Alachia]

I loved how she casually dropped the line about poor sad Pamela... Anything for attention. Lmao. So glad you enjoyed it! Sick and twisty ppl unite!

[@jamestaylor2333]

​@@AlachiaThey were some cold-blooded, self absorbed people which I guess was necessary to see in order for us to not feel overly sorry for what Oliver was doing to them. Oliver's contempt for them was so overwhelming... What he did to the mother on her sick bed what horrendous. 😂

[@Alachia]

I was just happy he didn't end up f*cking the corpse!!

[@kurtrivero368]

@@AlachiaMaybe he did.. 🚶🏻‍♂️

[@LadyScaper]

@@AlachiaI was so afraid that would happen.

[@jaedynnnooner]

commenting twice: I just found your channel and I loved your takes and insights on this film! you are an absolute blast and naturally comedic. thank you for your comparison analogies too, I saw Saltburn a few days ago and I love hearing your comparisons between other media pieces!

[@Alachia]

Thank you!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@RhettBarnett]

As a not very sick-and-twisty person - and considering what I’ve read about that bathtub - I’ve marked this one off the list for Thanksgiving Family Movie Night.

[@AzyxA]

🤣

[@Alachia]

😂🥴🥴🥴

[@johndean4727]

then your no fun.

[@johndean4727]

@@Alachia what happens to the mixed cousin doesnt he figure Olly out does he poison him too. does he kill rosemond & the butler. is the butler in on it.

[@diddo9338]

It helps when there are stars that normal fangirls/boys go to the theaters to see and their movie turns into a clusterf*ck. This was my experience with Mother!, where everyone came to see Jennifer Lawrence but it ended in people praying with their phone's flashlight on. It just makes the film more enjoyable with normal people's reaction (as I'm so desensitized to this stuff). I'm saving my money to see other films but I'm ready to watch that bathtub scene when it comes out on digital.

[@Jay828__]

Thanks, you sold me on it in 5 minutes.

[@oh77]

Great breakdown. Was reminded of how Jessie’s naïve character was subsumed literally in Winding Refn‘s Neon Demon. Loved Seymour Hoffman in the TMR - great loss.

[@mephistro]

The Neon Demon is so brilliant and yet very underappreciated.

[@cannibalholocaust3015]

@@mephistro NWR is super, recently saw Pusher(97 I think) after putting it off for ages. It’s fantastic, some of the most realistic depictions of drug dealers/scumbags I’ve ever seen and not an accident as NWR frequented rough bars to research.

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

If the director's aim was to scandalize a theater full of sexually repressed Americans, I guess her mission has been accomplished. The hype of this film had me expecting so much more.

[@chazdomingo475]

And where do you come from, oh worldly gravefucker?

[@SilviaLopez-nb7vz]

When he took us shirt off I was like NOOOOOO bc I thought it would go immediately there but he just hugged the dirt again I was like OK we’re OK maybe I’m the problem because I thought it would go there. And then he gets back up 😭😭😭 and does it.

[@Alachia]

Same.. I was like... No he's not.. oh good, he's not... Oh crap, he is!!! Nooooo!

[@BrockSamsonite]

You said it yourself hes been planning it from the beginning. Thats cunning and smart. I dont know why you noticed that then forgot about it a few minutes later. The point of the piece alachia is about the quest for wealth, power, influence and status. The main character arrives at college after studying so damn hard he could beat even the teacher in a pop quiz. When he notices his teacher doesnt give a shit about hows hes ahead on his work, he immediately earns its because the teacher values personal relationships and connections more than hard work and ethics. Because he agreed to cut the rich cousin a break right in front of him. Its all power dynamics and the exchange of bodily fliluids centered around control and submission and stolen or given knowledge.

[@thevestalvirginspeaks3847]

This gave me The Talented Mr. Ripley vibes...

[@c.t.651]

Ripley is darker and more calculating in the later books and movies. Glad you liked both.

[@hankseda]

I went to see the movie in the theater. The audience reacted as Alachia says and, yes I discovered that I am not twisted enough to not gasp through the 4 scenes highlighted in this review. But there were other things in the story that didn't add up for me. One was, where did Oliver come from? What made a middle class British boy such a diabolical rich people-killing character? Another was, did he actually kill Sir James too? I missed something with the quick reading of the newspaper story. And finally, the police was non-existent in this movie despite several people in the same family suddenly dying one after the other soon after Oliver showed up. I wouldn't mind sitting in for an extra half to get answers to these questions! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@Alachia]

He's a psychopath that's why he did what he did. And yeah, it's implied he killed Sir James. The police were non existent because as you see in the breakfast scene after Felix's death, the family disassociates.. they don't have empathy.

[@tao5664]

Thanks Alachia, Your review had me laughing out loud!

[@ClassicRockLivesOn]

This movie was like Barry Lyndon without the pathos and with gross out scenes.

[@Ninkopi]

i haven't even seen the movie and I honestly don't know if I can handle it, but I can watch it vicariously through your review. This had me cringing and saying no, but also laughing. you earned yourself a new subscriber

[@LaitoChen]

The only scene I closed my eyes for was the bath tub slurp. That scene dragged for ever! I couldn't anymore 😂😂😂. Is he going to stop? nope! My boy is still Thirsty!

[@michaela4715]

Thanks A. Exactly correct.

[@ahobimo732]

As a chaotic bisexual male, I'm quite partial to the mythical straight boy unicorn trope. 🌚

[@ricardodavila9000]

My eyes were devirginized too

[@cherylrleigh1912]

The movie masterfully pays tribute to Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel and 1999 film "The Talented Mr. Ripley," brilliantly intertwining elements of suspense and psychological intrigue. There are also parallels between the 1990 play and the 1993 film 'Six Degrees of Separation.'

[@chazdomingo475]

First reviewer that I've watched that gets it. Everyone else is hung up on how Oliver is presented in the first half. None of them seem to get that we are shown that's all a lie.

[@WeeShenanigans]

It sounds like you would enjoy Purple Noon (also known as Plein Soleil or Lust for Evil), which was the original adaptation of the book The Talented Mr Ripley. A lot of more of what you were looking for from the remake. YMMV

[@Alachia]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@Lee-vb4vh]

May I ask what is YMMV ?

[@WeeShenanigans]

Your mileage may vary

[@amandagraham112]

I love the way you recap! You’re so fun!

[@clintonturner5545]

Thank you Alachia.

[@joemomma2116]

I wish I got to see this in theaters, just saw it last night on prime

[@collinrath3960]

Anyone else think the Superbad splice was foreshadowing to the period blood scene? 🙋‍♂️

[@neapealingonsmet]

I was remined a bit of the movie "Theorema" by Pasolini. A young angelic-like Terrence Stamp infiltrates a bourgeoisie family and seduces them one by one.

[@e443productions9]

Hearing your reaction to this is all I needed to know the movie isn’t for me 😂

[@alfredcannon9409]

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!

[@Alachia]

Pre gobble gobble day! 🌽

[@casbyness]

Giving this a thumbs up, but no way can I watch it yet. :D

[@marchionessamoretto7326]

Keoghan is pronounced Kee yo gan it means "Wolf cub" in Irish

[@bodivanbodivan3668]

For me, This film rides on the same border as Silo’ (100 years of sodom). Both films are absolutely unapologetically insane. Very few films have left me with a sick feeling to my stomach, and although this one didn’t, it tried to. I guess i'm just built Ford tough after watching so many Darker Reality films.. Still, I feel as though this film showcases the darker sides of envy, displaying just how far some are willing to go in order to get what they desire all while still being sure to allow the audience to also experience their wrath when they don’t. The film is very punishing to the audience the way it twists and Manipulates you, stealing your expectations and murdering them completely.

[@Bigrhythm4]

Good review...I can't believe you went there ha

[@cannibalholocaust3015]

Ripleys Game with John Malkovich is worth watching if you can find it. Malkovich take on Tom Ripley is very amusing. Decent enough movie that sort of fumbles the third act. I read that Keoghan improvised the grave scene( I’m guessing the OTT stuff). Part of me wonders if the director wanted the “cool story” for an anecdote rather than what works. When he took his shirt off and was hugging the dirt that would’ve been powerful imagery on its own. No subtly, just went all out at the end. Suppose this is all part of the gambles made when making a movie. Glad I watched for Rosamund Pike & R E Grant alone, could watch an entire film of them with Carey Mulligan.

[@ibrahimaballer23]

Talented Mr Ripley is a much better film though I did like this one.

[@dawnhilderbrand3659]

Great review ! I watch a lot of movies and this one was great, loved it ❤

[@Lexy-O]

Sounds like it is going for shock value. That’s everything I want to avoid in movies. Maybe cinema has diverged from anything I find immersive and entertaining. From the description, Saltburn sounds like the cinematic equivalent of a stalker or a flasher. It reminds me a little of Parasite. I loved the subtly and clever humor of the first 2 acts and then it was like they let Tarantino write and direct the third act which was over the top. Regarding the Brideshead Revisited series from the 80s, I didn’t see it as about that. I thought it was about an outsider that gets invited into a world of opulence and falls in love with his friend’s sister. I read the novel as well… I do enjoy some dark comedy, After Hours by Scorsese comes to mind…

[@Bigrhythm4]

you are not wrong.

[@micahbablitz-li9qt]

You think this is better than Ripley...Ripley(at least in the move) represnts the corrupting power of wealth and the fear of losing it. Hes not a born murderer and murder is his last resort, so the murder is messy and chaotic. Ripleys ability to navigate the chaos and con his way into Dickeys life is really impressive. I will take a more relatable everyman navigating a chaotic situation rather then the mythological cool calm killer (even though he's supposed to be a child) Oliver isn't any better at this then Ripley, hes creepy as hell and stairs at every on with dead fish eyes...you wouldn't spend two minutes with this person if you could avoid it. The only reasons hes a smooth operator is because the writing allows it...because its bad, its much worse writing then Ripley in any case, but you got your smooth Don juan murdered so that makes movie good?

[@user-pv7je3bf4k]

I’ll be honest, this movie was surprisingly underwhelming for me; didn’t find the twists particularly surprising or that compelling, didn’t really like any of the characters or found the plot to be particularly entertaining or profound in themes/messages, and the film honestly got less & less entertaining as it continued for me; all in all, this film just wasn’t my “cup of tea” so to speak. Not bad per se, but not especially good to me either 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@rafd3593]

Lovely descriptions. I was going to go to the film but I would be too embarrassed. A shame as the acting and cinematography are supposed to have been good. Will watch Napoleon instead

[@karmaisabitch4799]

Thanks SO MUCH for your summary … glad you enjoyed the movie and movie going experience - I did!! A few observations … It *IS* a Vampire movie!! Oliver never loved Felix … was Oliver even gay?? Or in the least ‘gay’ for Felix?? There is no love there … (Not that the gay thing is even important!) Oliver is not obsessed with Felix ‘sexually’. Oliver and Felix are just British … period. Let’s face it … the coolest men IN THE WORLD are British. Gay/straight relationships between classes has always been fascinating. The rest of the world doesn’t really have a reference for this … everyone should have sex with a sexually adventurous British man at least once in their lives … 🤣🤣 Oliver covets everything Felix is - his life, his looks, his popularity, his wealth - the absolute ease and sexiness he exudes. Oliver does not love Felix. There is no intimacy. There is no devotion. Obsession - yes. Watch the movie a second time … I did … check out every time Oliver looks at Felix - is that love?? I don’t think so. Oscar does not desire or love Felix. He desires and loves everything that Felix IS!! Oscar is a Vampire … he even SAYS SO!! (From page 62 of the script) VENETIA Ollie... His hand slides up further. VENETIA (CONT’D) It’s- it's not- (agonized) The right time of the month. OLIVER And is that something you think I’d be worried about? He keeps going. Venitia is entranced. OLIVER (CONT’D) Lucky for you I'm a vampire. Do you think the menstrual blood scene was just for ‘shock value’?? In drinking the bathwater, Oliver is trying to absorb the absolute essence of Felix … brilliantly represented - in my opinion! When Oliver tries the locked door … is he tying to enter to make out with Felix? To kill Felix? Less of the former … more of the latter - I think. There are mentions about being ‘cold blooded’ in the movie. OK, let’s go there: ‘Saltburn’?? Do some research on Vampires/graves and salt … Oliver is a vampire - he was killed and buried (metaphorically) - the old Oscar - or what we thought was the old Oscar - is dead. Salt would have been sprinkled on his grave … when he resurrected (to the new Oscar) the salt burnt him - at the end he is an exceptionally f*cked up character living in his massive mansion/castle. Burnt by the salt … That’s my take … 🤣🤣 Thanks again for your spoiler review!! I love anyone that takes the time to put themselves out there and critique great cinema!! This is the best movie of the year …. tied with ‘Beau Is Afraid’ … did you review that??!! For your reference: deadline.com/2023/09/saltburn-emerald-fennell-jacob-elordi-bary-keoghan-interview-news-1235551022/ 8flix.com/assets/screenplays/s/tt17351924/Saltburn-2023-screenplay.pdf

[@j_go.]

Hot soup or cold?

[@brynniefresh9746]

well the thing is, felix is straight, yes, but he rejects Oliver coz Oliver is horrible person and he lied to him about his entire life…also i think you’re confused because if someone has been dating the opposite sex their whole life and then someone makes them realize they like men and women then that’s not a straight person that’s a bisexual…like what’s with everyone’s aversion to the word bisexual 😂 and I don’t think that venetia or felix deserved what happened to them, they weren’t even that bad…venetia was bitchy but she was straight up depressed and had a horrible eating disorder probably because of her parents being horrible, and felix was just trying to be a good person and help out someone he thought was his friend…all he got was lied to literally every time he ever spoke to Oliver 🫠 and then the man got killed for finding out the truth…it’s kind of an insane take to be happy that Oliver murdered all these people coz like the only one we really see be a horrible person to anyone is elpeth and that’s who he saves for last

[@LadyScaper]

The thing is, Felix wants to be a “good person” but does not want to do the work of being a good person. He immediately fell for Oliver’s fake story as he wanted to be a “saviour” so badly. Kind of exemplified how he didn’t know the names of the footmen, because they were black. He made up so many excuses.

[@minhja4924]

Totally agree, Matt Damon character was a dumb ass. Oliver is a tarantula who stalks his prey methodically. I would rather he didn’t have to spell out what happened and left us wandering . The grave scene is very erotic and cinematic. I love the end dancing . That was amazing make me laugh in a cynical way. Yep perfect choice of that song. ❤❤❤

[@mephistro]

If it was all an act by a genius con-artist/murderer, and he truly didn't love the guy (in fact he states that he hated him), then why the tub drain scene? We, the audience, were the only ones to witness this and it therefore betrays the big plot twist later in the film because it serves no purpose and contradicts the reveal. The scene is only there for shock and to throw off the audience. But this only happens if Oliver knows theres an audience watching him and the director is therefore breaking the 4th wall. How did he murder the father? Or know the father would die so soon? How did he kill Pamela after she gets booted from Saltburn early on? Why didn't he get rid of the other freeloader Farleigh, who was the biggest threat to his billion dollar plan and nearly ruined it twice. No, instead we see Oliver jerk him off while demanding to be left alone. Ooookaaay... I will say the grave f'ing scene was interesting but like the tub drain, it only works if Oliver knows the audience is watching. I guess it depends on whether or not you believe Oliver's epilogue about loving Felix and not being IN love with him and in fact actually hating him. Also I have a question for the females that loved this film so much (seems like there's a lot)... are you into having your own menstrual blood shoved in your mouth? Is that a thing?

[@Lee-vb4vh]

May I ask what you mean by Oliver watching audience?

[@mephistro]

@@Lee-vb4vh Oliver knows he has an audience watching him, which is the motivation for some actions that don't make sense with the plot. It's done only for us to see, therefore breaking the fourth wall.

[@funnyguyla]

I agree with you about Farleigh being left as a loose end. Once Farleigh found out the whole family was dead, you'd think he'd go straight to the police with his suspicions! Also, I did even get his relationship to the family. At first I thought he was supposed to be their half-brother, sharing the same father but with a poor Black woman as his mother. I don't think that's accurate but it was unclear to me.

[@mephistro]

@@funnyguyla I actually thought he was a hallucination! 🤣

[@funnyguyla]

@@mephistro After reading other reviews it was explained that he was the cousin, but I must have missed that.

[@rosbif4960]

Echoes of Brideshead Revisited?

[@seethevolcane-qj8ys]

Wacky black comedy. Dont take it seriously. It's big PERVO fun !!!!! !!!

[@AzyxA]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@donaldschumacher3683]

Man You watch some messed up movies

[@nils-erikolsson3539]

Without this spoiler i would never have seen this film. Just cause im straight. Now im def gonna watch it.

[@b3nosborne]

Last!

[@CelineNoyce]

Glad I watched this. Personally I do not want to see it. Seems like these things are just in there to get people to see it for those scenes. We need to stop supporting such things.

[@Lee-vb4vh]

Interesting comment but wouldn't you prefer knowing such events can happen in real life than not knowing?

[@bdelsouza]

what a terrible movie

[@krissygee9486]

I'm sorry hum. would have been a better review without all the girly giggles and tee-hee's

[@allahalkareem8055]

No I disagreeing am straight male