I Watched *DON'T WORRY DARLING* So You Don't Have To

[@ml37856]

the most fucked thing (imo) is that olivia wilde marketed the sex scenes as empowering. based on the twist at the end, these women were being forced into sex by their captors. it’s not empowering at all.

[@yulimoonshine]

Exactly what I thought. It was very much not marketed honestly.

[@joellemudiay4639]

@@yslauren8337 you can still be assaulted by your significant other. Alice never gave consent so it's R*pe

[@ratsflow13]

@@yslauren8337 just because they may have been in relationships doesn't mean they still weren't forced into sex. You still need consent even if ur in a relationship.

[@Cinnamongirl4life]

I think it was more so the fact that the main couple was in love and the women received pleasure (the clit actually exists in this universe lol) in a way that normally doesn’t exist in movies

[@ayannabranchcomb7535]

@@Cinnamongirl4life yeah but it was all under a nonconsensual situation so that really undercuts the entire thing

[@MacLover331]

I cannot believe Olivia Wilde made a movie about incels and tried to sell it as a feminist film!

[@bowie4ever824]

It’s feminist because Alice fights it even though it’s an easy, luxurious life.

[@galaxyocicat5660]

@@bowie4ever824 Luxurious life where you're kidnapped and forced to be do things against your will?

[@bowie4ever824]

@@galaxyocicat5660 they are only there mentally, it is an sci-fiction world like in Black Mirror episode or movie Inception.

[@eternallustformedusa4844]

@@bowie4ever824 so he only mind r@aped her, great. feminist now

[@cambenji]

@@bowie4ever824 That doesn’t make it any better

[@aespinkmoon]

Chris Pine deserves an Oscar for not laughing at Harry in that interview

[@eternallustformedusa4844]

chris’s neck tenses for a second after he says it. and then harry just keeps making it worse and talking in circles. how is the biggest pop star not better media trained?

[@CakeAnyoneAnyone28]

Honestly he didn’t care about that movie compared to his other movie he has coming out soon you should have seen his press conference for that one he went into such depth about his role and the movie in general complete opposite to what he did for Don’t worry Darling. I think he just gave up realizing how much drama was surrounding the movie by the time the press conference came around

[@reesea7988]

@@eternallustformedusa4844 feels like he just had to be there because it was his girlfriends movie LMAO his interviews for his music and stuff like that are normal and he’s always into it!! Idk what was going on that day

[@marlenepaulino6733]

The second hand embarrassment was palpable

[@lchristoffer]

Maybe he did laugh.

[@erikdaniels0n]

Florence Pugh, Gemma Chan and Chris Pine’s backs must be hurting from carrying this whole movie

[@trinaq]

Preach, they never once phoned it in, despite the messy script.

[@yslauren8337]

Obviously you haven’t seen it because it’s a beautifully filmed movie, very enjoyable art house movie.

[@skrrten]

@@yslauren8337 I think everyone agrees that the movie does look beautiful its more just harry styles and the direction in the second half being the problem LMFAO

[@yslauren8337]

@@skrrten no, some reviewers didn’t like the last 1/3 of the film because things happen fast with an inconclusive ending. But, the movie follows the speed/tempo of Alice’s thought process and these negative reviewers were too busy comparing it to other movies to even notice this artistic technique.

[@skrrten]

@@yslauren8337 oh damn i didnt even realize lol .... guess i havent seen that side of reviews my bad 😵‍💫

[@trinaq]

At one part, Jack is asked if he's already in a relationship with Alice prior to signing up for the Victory Programme. This heavily implies that many of these women don't even know their "husbands" in real life, and that they were essentially kidnapped against their will.

[@claudiacarranza2114]

For a moment I thought Alice and Jack were not together anymore, which would make everything creepier... She was in chains

[@erikdaniels0n]

In the original draft, it’s implied that the husbands have to basically fake their wives’ murders before sticking them into the Victory Project

[@claudiacarranza2114]

@@erikdaniels0n what?!

[@Taayooo]

Yes I caught this, which explains why some of the women had manufactured backgrounds that were all the same: kidnappings.

[@cicijade]

YES! This has been bothering me since I watched it!!

[@rogue9950]

guys the movie feels like a movie.

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

Harry was right about the cinema experience feeling like an actual movie

[@JoeChillton]

What a wordsmith, i thought i was watching a porno.

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

@@JoeChillton 😭

[@JoeChillton]

@@fatoumatacisse3796 I didn't hate him, it was just very obvious Pugh put in more work to raise him up which is more a statement on how good SHE and Chris Pine are, then him. He needs work, not irredeemable.

[@Gagatrondraa]

It feels like the reason why you go to the cinema is to watch a movie

[@erikdaniels0n]

This movie just solidified for me that Florence Pugh is the most talented young actress of our generation. Like, even if the movie is mid as shit, she’s going to give it her EVERYTHING and give an incredible performance

[@Doggybudder]

She was literally the redeeming factor for the movie lol

[@codyseelye8352]

Imma watch it for her

[@SilentTrip]

Eh

[@rodsitamara]

i don’t think the movie is mid but she was the definitely the best part of it

[@charlizewinslow5284]

The movie was awesome. I went to see it for Chris Pine and left my expectations at the door but I ended up really enjoying it and was glued to the screen. It’s beautifully filmed and reminded me of European art house films. I didn’t mind that everything wasn’t clearly explained to me and the plot took me by surprise. It’s not for people into blockbusters.

[@amymccormick9271]

florence absolutely killed this role. harry's acting wasn't as atrocious as everyone made it out to be, and in most of his scenes you could just focus on florence's performance instead. it had a really good concept but i just thought it was executed poorly. it was like a bad black mirror/ahs episode. olivia claims that this is such a feminist girlboss movie, when all of the sex scenes are non-consensual and it's basically just a universe where incel men have won. the movie ends way too abruptly to even feel like the women got a chance to fight back.

[@co7314]

Saw it today. Agree 100%.

[@shelbyclark9963]

Couldn’t have said it better.

[@yanniesays]

"A universe where incel men have won." Oh gaddd that is so true and a very apt description.

[@imancdr2131]

that’s exactly what I thought, it was like a bad black mirror episode, so it actually did not feel like a movie haha

[@BuildSituation]

Incels win

[@Sierrab11]

I think the Jack dancing scene is CRAZY, but watching it I think it was supposed to show Franks power. Frank essentially says “dance monkey” and he complies, whereas in the same moment Alice is saying “I no longer want to be controlled”

[@djenae2852]

Yes!!! I literally said dance monkey to the friend I went to see it with when that scene was happening

[@giovannagamas9214]

Interesting point

[@sarahcat5258]

Agreed, I thought the exact same thing!

[@samp8736]

At first, I actually thought that the ring given to Jack had the ability to control him which would make sense for the whole “dance monkey” thing but now looking back, I think you’re right. Frank didn’t even need to physically control him to get him to do what he wanted because Frank already had so much power over him.

[@amazasmarty]

Also, Harry’s dancing was very puppet-like with his arms looking like they were being pulled by strings, which further shows this

[@nataliamanna1047]

my main problem with this film is i feel they had so many ideas and just didn’t know how to execute them, so they ended up not answering anything and called the ending “up for interpretation”, while simultaneously nothing really happening, it’s not the worst thing i’ve seen but i wasn’t disappointed just because my expectations were literally below the floor

[@tatiannamaldonado3530]

I should have had the same expectation as you lol

[@katarinadropuljic3024]

Exactly what i wanted to say about this movie

[@katburgess5926]

I actually feel like Bunny's character would've been a more interesting story. She knew everything was happening and still chose not to tell the other women and stay there because her children were there. The topic of women still trying to hold women back and that guilt Bunny probably felt could've been a good theme (if done well of course).

[@olaliberda9598]

Fr, and in the movie the scene is just so rushed and cliche it just made me chuckle out loud. It came out of nowhere, it’s absurd

[@therossieross]

And actually the character was a better but looks like OW change the script so Bunny lose her objetive there.

[@emilyknipper4180]

asif ali really wanted to be in another wandavision

[@pavlinapetrzelkova8048]

The Harry dancing scene is supposed to show Jack's absolute devotion to Chris's character and how is Chris's character just enjoying the power that he has over Jack (and therefore also over the little rebel Alice). Asking someone to dance for you is like the ultimate symbol of your power over the person cause it is just so absurd. that is what I interpreted as but it could have been cut a little better.

[@miakiana830]

this exactly!!! i watched it with my parents and all of us kept whispering about how he looked like a puppet while dancing which might’ve also been intentional just to show how brainwashed and controlled all of these people were. I honestly really liked that scene just because of how uncomfortable it made me.

[@casmadison9092]

Yes it felt very much like he was a puppet

[@tanita6234]

And Alice crying show us how much she understands that he treats him like a puppet, the whole dance scene was so sad

[@littlebuster07]

Agreed

[@Unqualifiedmedicalperson]

It doesn’t show

[@lDaNu]

Two things that stood out from this movie for me 1. Giving that is a simulation, the men could've chosen ANY scenario posible to be in. And they chose the 50s scenario. Hmmmm 2. Jack works get enough money to pay to stay on the project, but cannot do the same when Alice is overworking herself to keep them both afloat. Dude wasn't trying hard enough until the opportunity to be the one in control arised

[@thalitachristine1218]

i think he works in the project and has also a life in it, his income comes from Chris's character thats why he is so so gratefull when he gets the promotion, more money.

[@clarrizdaniel2635]

Riding on your first point, Im trying to think about why the other lady is always pregnant(this is flat out pointed out by bunny) what is her backstory, then i realized .... Her husband probably has a pregnancy fetish

[@omgimdying1230]

@@clarrizdaniel2635 oh my god. This is too creepy to handle ༎ຶٹ༎ຶ

[@JesseCourtJester]

On the topic of the sex scenes and “empowerment”, aside from being completely nonconsensual because Alice is literally unconscious, her manifestation in the Victory Project doesn’t consent either. At Frank’s house, she tells jack to stop multiple times before she eventually relents. That’s not consent, and I sure as hell didn’t feel empowered watching it.

[@talveerlitt9464]

the thing that’s the most frustrating is how olivia promoted the movie as “female pleasure” as like some girl power movie, when it was all non consensual. the idea is good, but the execution was messy. it just could’ve been done better overall very mediocre movie

[@MimiUsagichan]

yup, love how she calls rape scenes "female pleasure"

[@thalitachristine1218]

i think she was talking the sex scenes are made from a female gaze, focused on a sex scene womans would like to watch. A male gaze scene would focus on Alice's body and nudity and the pleasure of Jack, kind of what happened in Blonde. So the "focused on the female pleasure" quote is more about the direction of the scenes not their meaning in the movie, cause they are non consensual there.

[@kaitlynr.9555]

12:10 The dancing scene was supposed to be uncomfortable. Jack is like a marionette dancing for his puppet master Frank. He’s so wrapped up in pleasing Frank that he doesn’t even notice how upset Alice is, and Bunny is the one who (kind of) consoles her while her husband dances on.

[@Jumojo]

Yeah but why is sooo loong 😮‍💨

[@oceanspotions4401]

Olivia Wilde is SO OUT of touch with what she believes is empowering moments for woman. Because how does that explicit scene scream a positive moment for woman?!

[@lawstshane]

U know she ain’t write the movie also what scene are r talking about

[@shonaalannah]

@@lawstshane did you even watch the marketing section of the video? She's been promoting it as female empowerment of a sexual nature despite the sex scenes being non-consensual...

[@shonaalannah]

That's where I really do believe the rumours of her barely being involved because how can you direct a film like this, and promote it as empowering? You can then tell that Florence had to direct herself and give herself motives because Olivia wasn't either giving her the right directions or because Olivia really was barely there

[@mariagalvez2003]

Idk if this was commented yet, but the original script was written by brothers Carey and Shane van dyke. It was re-written by Katie Silberman. And I wish they kept the ending cause it was so good. In the original ending, it’s still set in the 1950’s. Alice finds the exit portal in the simulation in a house that’s listed “for sale.” She wakes up in the real world hooked up to IV and ofc the simulation. She also finds divorce papers beside her, because Alice wanted to divorce Jack. But the year is now 2050. She goes back into the simulation so she doesn’t cause any suspicion, but Jack could tell she knows something so sends her to shock therapy. Which, like the movie, doesn’t completely work. One day she tricks Jack into telling her everything. Jack explains how he hated how Alice put work before their relationship, so he signed them both up for “Alt-Life” which is the equivalent to what the movie called the Victory Project. Jack shows Alice that there’s an exit portal in their house, so she leaves. But Jack follows her and they get into a fight, which ends in Alice stabbing Jack. In the simulation, Bunny finds Alice unconscious and Jack dead. Alice wakes back up in the 1950’s in a psych ward, and she’s told that everything, the future, the Alt-Life, it was hallucinations. And she was told that she killed Jack because she hallucinated a future where she was free. Bunny visits her in the psych ward, and whispers that there’s an exit portal behind them, and Bunny leaves. Alice heads towards the exit portal and that’s where it ends. Alice waking up in the psych ward was kinda Alt-Life’s last try at gaslighting Alice into staying. However, I will say that I don’t think this ending would’ve worked with the movie we just got and how it was directed. Because I think in the original ending, it’s intended for the viewers to also think she’s hallucinated the entire thing. But there’s too much build up on the gaslighting in the movie, and due to so much gaslighting, I wouldn’t have believed the psych ward trick at all. Anyways, that was my rant in the ending..

[@AllthatmakesFall]

Wooooaaahhh, that would've been a cool ending

[@DoorsToHideBehind156]

That's what I'm choosing to believe the movie was because that would have been so much better. I really wish they would have shown more of the AI simulation. Once she realizes everything the movies already almost over

[@emmydrumkit6116]

I wondered if there is a "Alice in Wonderland/Alice Through the Looking Glass" theme too, as there were Alice (self explanatory), Jack (like the playing card), Bunny (like the white bunny, who was kind of leading Alice through this fake world), Bunny smoking in every scene (like the smoking caterpillar, as a symbol of constantly influencing her maybe?) and this whole "different world behind the mirrors". The red henchmen reminded me of the card guards too. I kept thinking if there are hints to the Cheshire Cat or the Queen of Hearts, or the tea party too (maybe the lavish but pointless parties as distractions?). Idk maybe I am looking too much into it :D Unfortunately, I also think the movie was not as round as I wished it to be, but a solid movie nonetheless. Miss Flo was fantastic as always

[@nasotang]

I think the red plane symbolizes the Cheshire cat, as it essentially lead her to the headquarters.

[@edwardchen9619]

honestly, gemma, chris and florence did not deserve all this blasphemy.

[@speedymosquito8615]

this movie was everything and nothing all at once

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

LITERALLY

[@lesbiasian]

directed by daniels

[@Fran-le5pk]

@@lesbiasian now THAT'S a movie that feels like a real, like, you know, ‘go to the theater’ film movie!

[@조이-n2i]

literally

[@morganeds8664]

And the thing is, without all the drama around it, not a lot of people would have gone and seen it

[@marinabertuzzelli7508]

So the script for this movie was originally written by the van dyke brothers before Olivia Wilde handed it to another writer for rewrites. In my opinion, the original script is better. The reveal isn’t rushed, the way Florence pughs character finds out about the simulation is creepier than the movie and Harry styles character is unlikeable from the start. Also the original script knows when to be serious and scary and when to be utterly ridiculous and I love it

[@reneegaberielle9131]

Where did you read the original script, I would love to read it myself as I would love to read more about the plot of this movie as I only heard parts of the original script from a KZbinr (personally I think the original script is better too, there’s just so much more to it).

[@nijienjoyer_]

@@reneegaberielle9131 Unsure if this is it ;-;

[@galaxyocicat5660]

@@reneegaberielle9131 Which youtuber showed the original script?

[@reneegaberielle9131]

@@nijienjoyer_ Hey, I unfortunately can't see anything. Did you put a link?

[@reneegaberielle9131]

@@galaxyocicat5660 Her names The Blush Bunny and the video is called "Don't Worry Darling: The movie we will NEVER see" she does a full breakdown of the original script (I believe when it was in it's early stages before they changed it).

[@AllySheehan]

My questions after seeing the movie : 1. What was the plane/warping plane/plane crash? 2. Why did Alice keep having sex with Jack when she noticed his boss watching them? 3. How does she release herself from the hand restraints when she wakes up? 4. How are her bodily functions in the real world being taken care of?

[@kaitlynnovak4198]

They answered #4 in the movie! During their 9-5 they exit the game and take care of them!

[@AllySheehan]

@@kaitlynnovak4198 I assumed that meant feeding and giving water etc, but they also have to insert catheters so they can pee or diapers for #2? I’m just thinking about how much care goes into people in hospital who are paralysed or bed bound 😭

[@casmadison9092]

Also what did Chris's character mean when he said she trusted him in his bedroom? Was that supposed to imply they had an affair or is that in reference to when Alice and Jack were going at it at that gathering and he walked in??

[@AllySheehan]

@@casmadison9092 it referred to him watching them but I thought he said it in a way that would make jack think they’d had an affair (which was super smart). But then jack never brought it up so I’m not sure!

[@valeriav7333]

So #2 question is also explained , the reason why she kept having sex and had a high sex drive is because its his fantasy , she couldn't really stop because it was something that she wanted in the simulation but not really irl

[@Sahyllesims]

You said exactly what I thought, his acting wasn’t as bad as everyone made it out to be. Was it amazing? No, but he did alright. Idk I mostly just focused on Florence and she was flawless😍

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

It’s not bad it’s only the angry scenes that are cringey and over exaggerated which makes sense because he’s never acted as a main character before ever

[@Sahyllesims]

@@fatoumatacisse3796 100% agree, they were cringey. I think since he’s such a huge celebrity he got a lot of criticism where it wasn’t necessarily needed.

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

@@Sahyllesims yep that’s true

[@trinaq]

Seconded, Florence didn't phone it on, and gave the project her all.

[@Digmer]

Also comparison made him look worse. If you race against usain bolt you gonna be slower, even if you run fast.

[@gs2656]

I believe the scene of Harry dancing in that grotesque manner is supposed to show how he’s willing to do anything to appease Frank, even ridiculing himself, while completely ignoring his wife’s suffering

[@susie8799]

I personally think that a better ending/ twist would have been if all these women were kidnapped and brought there and had their memories wiped and the “husbands” were men who were investors in the project. The “work” would have been kidnapping all of the women. Every woman says they met on a bus and I think that would’ve been really interesting if all these women were on their way to work in their modern society jobs and then were drugged and kidnapped to live in this fucked up play community

[@crazyunicorn16]

I do think the women were kidnapped!! At least that's what I got out of the scene where we see Jack with long hair alone in an apartment and then he goes to Alice with flowers. I think that's when he drugs her with something and conects her and himself to the Victory project

[@ej7728]

When they're listing all of Jacks info for the simulation , they say that he has a prior relationship with Alice. Meaning that there were woman there that didn't know their "husbands" at all before Victory.

[@thalitachristine1218]

@@crazyunicorn16 Alice is married to Jack and loves him, but he is a little brat that can't accept she has to work to make a living for them, so he mets Frank drugs Alice and puts her in the simulation. IRL she's chained up cause if she wakes she can't go anywhere and he during he's 9/5 wakes up to take care of her, feed clean and everything; The Jack with long hair scene is made months after Alice is in the project, it shows his routine with her everyday.

[@malekelsayyid7994]

In one of the versions of the script, jack is a random pharmacy representative who runs into Alice at the hospital where she works, and tells her that she works too hard and deserves to be taken care of. So she is kidnapped and drugged by a total stranger in that version which I find terrifying.

[@clarrizdaniel2635]

Another horrifying thing i realized. Bunny referred to the other lady as "always pregnant", I was wondering what her backstory was as to why, then I realized it might be because her "husband" has a pregnancy fetish

[@peachtangerine8823]

my theory is, she had a miscarriage in the real world (possibly due to alcohol?)

[@Foxxy-_-303]

@@peachtangerine8823 thats what i thought since she was always drinking while pregnant in the movie.

[@musiclover8843]

chris pine was literally my hero during the festival, his facial expressions had me dyingggg

[@blaqorchid73]

I was so confused about the character’s backstory. Because part of the alleged reason that Jack forced Alice into the Victory Project is because he felt like he couldn’t provide for them, and she responded that she would take “extra shifts” despite seeming like she was exhausted with the amount of work she already had. The apartment that they lived in was also pretty run down, without working hot water. However, Alice was a WHOLE SURGEON, and surgeons are among the highest paid medical specialty. So, I don’t understand if this is just people in Hollywood not understanding how much money people with non-entertainment industry jobs can make, but it just seems really implausible that Alice would’ve been making too little money unless she was still in residency.

[@vladareplete9467]

She was a resident in the movie because in the OR the surgeon states "close up resident". Therefore, her living conditions while exaggerated are probably not too far off.

[@corinna3272]

someone said that she might have paid off jacks debts

[@nattmazzoni]

Olivia Wide was asking the real questions like "What if we made The Stepford Wives but not as good as the 1975 film and not as funny as the 2004 film, so just bad and boring?" And now we have the answer

[@laurazaetz9505]

If Olivia Wilde just hired someone other than Shia or Harry to play Jack, and marketed the movie as a horror story, maybe people would like the movie.

[@elliegale1845]

I only just recently saw it never heard about it before but what else could it be marketed as?

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

Just here to say I'm so proud of Trin's success to the point she got herself a new office for her videos. 🥰✨

[@trinaq]

Likewise, Trin has certainly come a long way since she started making her videos!

[@user-hg5gl8wj6w]

it’s kinda even more disturbing with Margaret’s character that she is the only major Black character and her story and reasoning where just cut from the movie especially since she essentially helped save Alice from that world and was begging from help until she couldn’t take it any longer:(

[@penngheeney]

Definitely! And Chris Pine says he's been waiting for someone like Aliceto challenge him, but... why wasn't Margaret challenging him good enough?

[@videohistory722]

Only thing that threw me was it being a simulation. I sincerely thought it was a Village type thing where they built the place as an oasis out in the middle of the desert, so no one would know it's there.

[@ClickyJayJay]

Well that's a crop out.

[@graciegrimes9286]

Her editing is 🌠PeRfEcTiOn🌠

[@hayliegrimes823]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 i agreeeeeeeee

[@jordinjames3961]

Literally

[@kaylablumberg2998]

The way she described how these movies are being marketed towards women as “empowering” and they just end up being movies about women being treated poorly by people in their lives is so true. It’s exactly how I felt about Promising Young Woman tbh

[@somethingcreative536]

I genuinely thought that Don't Worry Darling was this cheesy love story between a couple in the 50's 💀

[@kaitlynm9463]

Right? Lowkey thought it was another Marriage story for some reason

[@celinehope4257]

@Umayma Farah 😂😂

[@keiishine]

@Umayma Farah is Yelena secretly Wanda's cousin???

[@lucinda_null]

I know I’ve seen your name and pfp before but I can’t for the life of me remember where

[@somethingcreative536]

@@lucinda_null maybe in Dylan is in trouble's comments section?

[@keaneharris]

I’m not even joking. When I saw this in the cinema during Harry’s screaming and argument parts people were actually laughing at his acting

[@yosrmedhat2308]

I just want to say smth about this, the people that were laughing, are actually Harry’s fans cuz they can’t imagine harry styles who has never been seen angry or screaming to anyone so it was weird for some of them and I don’t respect. You have to separate between him being an actor and harry

[@swagbot1105]

@@yosrmedhat2308 I laughed in theater just because it was funny. Not a fan of him in any capacity.

[@yosrmedhat2308]

@@swagbot1105 I respect that you’re not fan of him 😂 but why would you laugh even if you think it’s funny & oh so laughable it was not for others and who actually wanted to enjoy it

[@swagbot1105]

@@yosrmedhat2308 My theater was basically empty, I can laugh quietly, laughing is spontaneous and I enjoy having a silly time

[@zaynah5830]

@@yosrmedhat2308 no. ppl laughed bc he’s shit

[@yourlastbraincelltookashit3-]

Nobody can deny that it would've been fucking hilarious if Chris pines character watched Jack dance all the way to the end and then was like "🤨 I meant dance with your wife, Jack"

[@gretchennelson7463]

I thought the plot just lacked overall :/ I wish Alice had figured out more information and was piecing it together more because the reveal feels sooooo abrupt. Other than that the acting was pretty good and the directing was meh for me. Some of it was really interesting and then other times I was like Olivia girl what are you doing? 😭

[@ritag2379]

ngl when chris pine's character got stabbed it was truly a girlboss moment. me and my roommate were the only people in the theatre who audibly gasped and then started applauding

[@valery5360]

now i NEED Trin to make Gone Girl and Black Swan commentary videos ASAP

[@sparksflylove]

I had the same thought about the same 2 movies, literally my top two favorite movies and she has both on the wall behind her!

[@jaylaalle5827]

i literally saw this movie on wednesday and in my opinion, it was so mid lmao 😭 florence pugh gave such an amazing performance, and harry styles is just…. harry i guess.

[@maryy.angell]

“harry is just… harry I guess” honey im in bed sick as a dog and this made me laugh so hard my headache got worse😆

[@jaylaalle5827]

@@maryy.angell i hope you feel better soon 💗

[@maryy.angell]

@@jaylaalle5827 ❤️🥹 thanks

[@jaylaalle5827]

@@maryy.angell you’re welcome 💗

[@abbyryan7410]

For me it was fun to see Harry on screen cause I’m a fan, but it was mostly just a fun lil silly time because I couldn’t take him seriously lmao. Also, I’m in love with Florence Pugh which made me like it more too

[@zezegirl1]

The scene after Jack gets promoted and he's told to dance is just Frank exercising his control over Jack to show Alice she has no control or say here in this world. That's why when they get there and she looks around and she sees Frank staring at her, he knows everything she knows and he wants to send her a message. Jack is conflicted himself in his actions knowing they aren't right but he tells himself that he's doing it for them both (for their r/s, etc) we see this when Alice is literally begging to leave and he's literally just like 'uhhhh what should I do I can't leave' but more so internally bc he is literally silent. You know when you get asked something and you're just uhhhh.... and you don't know what to say and you just kinda stare at the person it's kinda like that (sorry if that doesn't make sense). Anyways, when Frank calls Jack up he literally 'proposes' and gifts him a ring for the promotion, from the velvet black box the ring was in, to the gaudiness of it, and even the way he slipped the ring on was to mimic a marriage proposal. The imagery was to show that Jack does not belong to Alice, that isn't her husband, it's Frank's. And then he exercises his control even more by telling him to dance, making him perform and look ridiculous on purpose just because he can, this juxtaposed with Alice having a breakdown in the other room was an interesting scene to me at least. It showed that he's literally happy to do whatever they tell him without thought to stay in this world even if it's to the detriment of his wife which we see in the movie countless times. Sorry for the long write up I just really liked this scene I thought it was shot well.

[@juliet6299]

i liked it as well. i feel like the people hating on it didn't try to really understand it. it's a psychological movie so the themes aren't always going to be obvious

[@zezegirl1]

@@juliet6299 I agree I feel like ppl want to hate this movie so much they don’t want to understand it or are missing obvious things on purpose but each review I’ve seen hasn’t really been the best in terms of understanding the movie most ppl just said they didn’t get it 😭

[@LordVolkov]

I find it fascinating when creators don't understand their own work. Wilde's delusions about what is going on in DWD are wild.

[@ccamilacedeno]

the way that i actually LOVED this movie 😭 harry’s acting was definitely a bit… but the plot and florence were INSANE

[@nickkyie5820]

Me too 😭

[@claryy8]

Harry Styles was so right, this movie really did feel like a movie 🥺😔👊🏻

[@adrianaspeis]

Florence was INCREDIBLE as always 😭 also the music was perfectly creepy and made me so uncomfortable

[@hlbh222]

the music made me want to crawl out of my skin 😭

[@alltheloveannie]

I watched this yesterday and me and my best friend are sure this Story would have been wonderful as a series. that way more plot could have been developed, since so much plot was missing

[@yasminvuong6752]

i’ve been waiting SO long for someone to actually react to the MOVIE and show the actual train wreck of the scenes but that montage of all the tea at the beginning was top notch

[@sifsaabye2602]

I like how it was also never explained why she saw an airplane crash and why there were those two weird earth quakes

[@VictoriaClerici]

my personal interpretations: 1) the airplane was identical to the toy Margaret's son had when they ventured into the desert, and prior to the crash we see Alice look at Margaret holding on to the toy on her backyard (probably because of grief). I think the crash (along with the other "weird" stuff Alice experiences, like the claustrophobic scenes with the wall closing in on her and the plastic wrap on her head) is her subconscious trying to point out that something is wrong. I don't know about you, but sometimes my dreams feel like disjointed sequences of events, with eerie shit happening all around, and I believe that Alice began to experience the simulation as a dream itself once she began to notice the cracks. Anyway, that's just my thoughts 2) the earth quakes seem to be either glitches in the system or rather (and I agree with this interpretation I saw online a bit one more) updates.

[@itsnlee]

I think I'm in the minority this time because I genuinely liked the film. It's not your typical mainstream horror but has underlying themes such as domestic abuse and the twist being portrayed as a choice that is not far off in the future. It's quite a dark film but I wouldn't label it as women empowering (in fact, quite the opposite based on the characters and setting). Maybe I'm just very biased because Florence Pugh is a gem since watching Midsommar. Harry Style's acting isn't all that bad as people say, but it definitely could've been better. Appreciate the take on this Trin.

[@dunphy9051]

me toooo I really enjoyed it

[@harrytye9102]

Yeah same I also really enjoyed It

[@koffeek1565]

I enjoyed it as well. Olivia Wilde did a good job, the promotion for the movie was a flop but i genuinely liked it.

[@nickkyie5820]

the same I had a good time watching it, I think it's a good movie

[@StrawberrySweetart]

Maybe it's because I only watched reviews of the Midsommer, but I LITERALLY did not know Florence was in that movie LMAOO oh my.

[@MapleStoryRocks009]

Harry Styles hitting a jig while Chris Pine yells for everyone to hype him up was the funniest thing I’ve seen all year. Also Your impressions of the characters voices are kind of insanely accurate

[@gs24632]

some people are saying that jack dancing at the party was supposed to show him being a puppet under frank’s system

[@alina333]

I thought that too

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

This video made me realize that if it's true they were dating, Harry & Olivia's ship name could've literally been "Wilde Style," like the Lego Movie character. 😆💜

[@JoeChillton]

That's more clever then the entire film here lol

[@Kirsten4260]

Aww that’s actually cute

[@nancyprohira2571]

Her last name in reality is even funnier. She was born with the name Olivia Jane Cockburn.

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

@@nancyprohira2571 Good Lord really? Ouch, no wonder she'd gone Wilde! 😆🥁

[@nancyprohira2571]

@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose It is true. I clearly see y she changed it. Imagine growing up with it? Yikes!

[@KendraMishell]

The dance scene in my opinion was meant to make you uncomfortable, it was a "dance monkey dance" type thing, because while he thought the victory project would bring him control over his life, it didn't, instead it put the control in the "boss"'s hand, hence telling him to dance.

[@Chelsiibooxoxo18]

Harry was British the whole movie. If you remember the scene with the doctor when he came to check up on Florence, the doctor made the statement "whats that favorite word you brits say". He said so quickly I dont think alot of people caught that.

[@TheAlipop13]

The way the film is literally stepford wives but no one ever talks about that being an influence

[@ashleycruz148]

Is NOONE going to talk about how at 15:20 she absolutely NAILS that Harry Styles impression??! That was so spot on lolololol

[@Anni6758]

Harry isn't the best actor BUT I don't agree with people saying shia would have been better. Harry has a rep as an attractive well liked nice guy - you are led into a false sense of security that he will be a loving husband and then when it flips to showing him as an incel it is a massive shock- you couldn't get that level of shock or visual transformation with shia. Casting THE it guy was a clever casting choice imo.

[@ella8996]

I thought the whole 'female pleasure' thing was about men deciding what women should want, and controlling their 'pleasures'

[@JackieBorelli]

21:14 except we don’t actually see that she escaped the simulation - we hear her gasp at the end, and it’s implied, but her body is tied to the bed, covered in the vr equipment, and jack is supposedly dead beside her - what happens when she wakes up to that?

[@fashionablyunstablee]

the way Gemma Chan wasn’t apart of any of the drama (that I know of 💀)

[@codyseelye8352]

We love her for that like she was like I am just here to work and that’s it

[@fashionablyunstablee]

@@codyseelye8352 right

[@tiddlesletoitoise]

oh cheers trin I quite frankly could not be arsed to sit through this

[@Susie-Ann]

One thing I noticed about this movie is like at the end of the movie Gemma stabs Frank and it just showed that frank was the “billboard man” and Gemma was really just running the show and once frank messed up she was like “your dumb now I gotta clean up your mess” which we know didn’t happen but like just goes to show that a man can be the face but the woman can be running the show and that’s why I think Gemma blew up at Alice bc it was affecting frank as much bc it wasn’t really his dream it was Gemma’s and so Gemma got insanely offended when Alice started showing their true colors bc Gemma felt her world slipping from her hands and needed to do everything to protect it but that’s just me this movie could’ve meant so many things to different people. Overall it was a decent movie I wouldn’t see it again in theaters tho maybe like just watch it at home maybe if jack was not Harry styles. Not saying Harry didn’t try he really did and was decent I just think there could’ve been a better suited person who had a bit more experience in psychological thrillers

[@wherearetheturts]

I wish they went into the stories of the other women who were in the simulation besides Olivia Wilde’s character. I liked her reason for wanting to be there and how it contrasted from Florence being there against her will. But I wish the other women’s stories were also revealed.

[@nataliemagee5555]

completely off topic, but it’s so exciting to watch you film in a real office because i’ve been watching your channel since you were doing reviews out of your bedroom, literally so proud of u

[@seedsmm]

no matter what people say this movie is really cool, especially because of just how much of an amazing actress florence is.

[@miranda9703]

i had a lot of fun watching this movie and thought about it a lot afterwards. i think its definitely not as bad as everyone says

[@kishavo]

im drunk and eating tamales alone at home and this vid gives me manic drunk afterparty rant energy and i love it

[@hannahfarquhar5331]

I see Jacks dancing scene and Frank asserting his power over Jack and all the other men. They might think they have power but Frank sometimes has to show he is still the alpha of this world

[@lincolneads]

maybe this is stupid, but I always thought Frank’s wife was in on the simulation and whenever she realized that he wasn’t equipped to run it, it was more of a “I am fed up with this bullshit. You can’t even run a program”

[@rebeccacastro1055]

That’s exactly what I thought too. Like she thought he was dumb because he let Alice get away

[@tessajones2764]

Also it feels like Olivia watched a Jordan Peele movie and was ....... "yeah I can do that" but maybe I'm being a little too picky

[@melissasotelo9931]

No bc when I saw the first teaser/trailer I thought of the his movies. So you’re not alone. I haven’t seen the movie so I can’t speak to that aspect. I’ve seen other people compare so you’re not alone

[@cameroncapers7807]

“I know I’m being dramatic, but are you fucking kidding me?” I will be using this on a regular basis

[@mimsmims5882]

I completely agree with you. The second act was so draged out. I noticed people leaving the theater to go to the toilet and restock their food during that part of the movie. I got that she has doubt and that something is wrong but after the first few scenes I wanted to have some plot and context. I'm not really made for watching movies, so it really annoyed me that it took so long and I was just waiting for it to end. I wasn't even really interested in the end anymore especially when I noticed I would get no to mediocre explanations for the events that happend. Like the eggs or the foil that were just glitches in the end. Also it made me focus more on "irrelevant" stuff because I didn't care anymore what happend. For example Alice walking out of the house to the middle of the street for then running back to the car instead to just get the car or that she walked around and not just climbed up the hill. And those things made me even more mad because I thought its stupid. Normally I love movies where you can interpret stuff with hints from the movies and you might watch the movie more often to notice more stuff. But there is a difference between plotholes and Place for Interpretation. I don't think I will watch this movie again, it didn't spark my curiosity because I feel like there is nothing to work with. I wish we got more background stories. This movie was way too long for that tiny bit of plot that was just stuffed into the last 10min. The concept had a lot of potential. I think the other criterias were good or even great. But if you loose me on the plot you loose me. I'm sorry the acting can be great, the cinematography outstanding. But if I feel like I'm falling asleep and just want to go home well

[@AshleyMintz]

Those scenes that annoy you are there to build suspense.

[@mimsmims5882]

@@AshleyMintz Just because its suspense it still can be executed badly And those scenes bored me not necesserily because of the content but because there were too many, too draged out, too long in general. I think suspense is great but you have to find the right time to jump of and start with the reveal to get the best effect. And I think dwd missed that time. I feel like with the story that we got in the end the film wouldve really benefited if it was 20 to 30 min shorter

[@D0CT0RS133P]

Something that made me mad was that Alice burned the file, and was running up the road in the end instead of running up the side of the hill. Even after she sees the men in the red suits running up the side she still runs up the road. Also, in the end she is still strapped to the bed right, so she is still screwed?

[@mimsmims5882]

Idk how long was in that simulation but I think atleast a couple of months or maybe a year. She wasn't moving the whole time so idk if she could even stand up because of muscle loss.

[@Becksnnc]

I was thinking that as well. All the guys are running up the hill, so why are you not then running up the hill? It will be quicker lmao

[@maria-bk6pi]

@@Becksnnc I’m guessing bc she was barefoot and the men had boots so it would hurt

[@LeonardAlexander]

yeah exactly she would be still strapped to the bed so even if she did wake up she would have to try to get unbuckled and then she would probably have to learn how to walk again if she’s been bed ridden for a long time

[@frances8971]

i think that the overall message of the film and how it relates to today could have been super impactful if it was handled/marketed the right way. i interpreted it as a criticism of how online cults of personality indoctrinate lonely young men who feel dejected as a result of capitalism. this also extends to incel groups online (even tho jack was in a relationship with alice). a lot of these guys are pulled in figures like jordan peterson and andrew tate who claim to be sticking up for depressed men, but instead of criticizing capitalism they claim feminism is what made them this way. i think that’s evident in the fact that the simulation is centered in the 50s, since 50s imagery is glamorized by right wingers as a time that we need to “return to” in order to “restore the family”. like think about it: it’s a simulation, why did they choose to make it a past era when they could’ve just done an idealized version of modern lifestyle? one of the scenes with jack and alice’s old lives shows frank specifically talking about the role of men or something along those lines too. i’m also pretty sure olivia wilde specifically linked the film to peterson so there’s that this online pipeline is really harmful and it’s expanding with platforms like tiktok that make it easier to fall down rabbit holes. but the fact that the film was marketed to be a “womens-empowerment” movie (and the fact that the drama behind it really upstaged any discussion about the plot) was super damaging to any lessons that the audience could have derived from it. i wish it was put in better hands/circumstances

[@anaiscg]

Thank you for this. I just think the marketing could have been done better and this film would have opened up space for talks about these themes!!

[@eilazerbe]

when the movie trailer came out for “don’t worry darling”, I was so excited!! i love movies about dystopias and basically like a “stepford wives” thing. when all the drama and reviews came out, I was very worried that the movie would be bad and I wasn’t expecting a whole lot when I watched it. but I must say, I actually really enjoyed watching the movie, and I legitimately watched it 3 different times in the same week with different people because I liked it so much. i thought some parts were sloppy(the dance scene and stuff like that), and I thought the crew should have done a better job at making sure there wasn’t so much drama with everything, but I really enjoyed it and I thought it was a relatively good movie.

[@barbiebabee9282]

For the only making 3 backgrounds for the women in the simulator, I took that as Chris Pine's character deeming his work to be so good he only needed to come up with 3 different backgrounds for people to have fake memories of. Alice's moment of pointing out this flaw shows what it is, a flaw in his messed up design for them in there. I figured that scene was to show Alice was on to him more than he thought.

[@nott__bellaaa]

Ngl the plot of this movie got me so much, I was not expecting what happened at all

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

Literally the entire movie is just full of shock and wow moments I don’t even get the whole story but it was chaos😭😭

[@abbyryan7410]

Really? I had seen all the trailers before I saw the entire movie and I feel like I watched the trailers and got the whole plot 😭. Not the ending of course, but all of the “woah what’s happening I’m confused “ moments

[@nott__bellaaa]

@@abbyryan7410 I think it's bc I didn't pay that much attention to the trailers and went to the theaters without anything on my mind so that's why I got more surprised, especially by the ending

[@abbyryan7410]

@@nott__bellaaa Yeah that makes sense! I didn’t know the ending either, but because the reveal was so abrupt I felt like I watched most of the movie just by seeing the trailers

[@anadialessombres8004]

I want a non directors cut with all of Margaret's scenes! We were robbed at the expense of some pretty expansive plot holes...

[@gabrielathomas4783]

I like the fact that Hollywood is starting to make more thrillers and unique concepts like this come to life, AND they have the tech to do it. Florence KILLED it in this role, and even though the movie was very mid, I hope it opens up more opportunities for her to work in thrillers like this!!

[@LuxuryPossum]

This movie would have benefited from a Hitchcockian style reveal in the second act that the whole thing is a simulation, but only the audience was made aware, Alice would still be questioning the reality, but we would know the truth. Eternal Sunshine does this really well by revealing we are in the main characters memories by the end of the first act. The third act was extremly rushed here. I laughed out loud in the audience when Bunny tells Alice "If a man dies in Victory, they die in real life!" We're this close to the end and they reveal the world works on Nightmare on Elm Street dream rules lol

[@AngelGrey_]

I love how the only thing Harry basically said about the movie was that it's a movie

[@fiction4347]

My favorite parts of this movie include watching Nick Kroll being hilariously thrown on the lawn at the end. Is that just me? It gave me a Big Mouth comedy vibe

[@Autumnnn_017]

OMG I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD REACT TO THIS!!!

[@amyc817]

When we watched the Harry Styles dancing scene, my friend said, 'oh he's dancing like a puppet because Frank is controlling him.' AND THEN FRANK IS NOT EVEN CONTROLLING HIM so why tf was he dancing like that

[@NotSorry97]

I haven’t seen the film but the plot reminds me of ‘The Truman Show’, but a thriller version of it.

[@LavenderrLatte]

Except the Truman Show was perfection. I wish there could have been more satisfactory ending to this movie because it had potential.

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

And the stepford wives

[@oceanspotions4401]

Not even close to becoming as good as that show.

[@emanando138]

i watched this in my sleep state and it felt so empowered that I didn't even need to watch it on the theater

[@cunningkitty]

The victory project sounds like it should be expensive. How did Harry’s character afford that if he couldn’t get a job

[@abbytrapp8258]

another KZbinr made the case that it was still in the testing stages and he was someone who got in early on it.

[@karmenkoch3789]

I can’t imagine making the passion project of a lifetime just for it to be the slightly altered version of something that somebody else already made. Pack it up stepford wives

[@imoldaf]

ahahhahahahhhahhahha

[@cuziknewyou]

the olivia compilation in the beginning😭

[@kaatyb19]

just a few things that I took from the movie! - - The dance scene to me was a juxtaposition from Alice figuring it all out and going against victory as her husband literally danced like a crazy person to please the creator. Just personification of Jack's commitment to victory and how much he wants to be apart of it. - I think they all had the same backgrounds because the whole point of some scenes is to show how exact all their lives looked to each other. The men all got in their cars at the same time, pulled out together, drove away in perfect synchrony, the wives all wave together, turn and go inside at the same time. So they all meet and get together in the exact same 'perfect, cute' way. - I think the little red men are hinted at during the scene in the hospital where Alice walks down the hall. One of the maintenance people wore a full red jumpsuit like the men in victory. (the people helping maintain the simulation) - During the 'application' scene you hear the victory project ask if there is an existing relationship with their chosen wife, so that probably means some of the wives have no idea who their 'husbands' are. - There aren't even enough sex scenes in the movie to even make it a talking point IMO, but to discuss it as 'female empowerment' is completely ridiculous. - I am a Harry fan so I am kind of bias - but I thought the accent was pretty good!! The acting was fine too. I think someone like harry might have been a better choice than shia in some aspects. Only because he has to look in some parts like a very submissive person, something I don't think someone who looks like shia could pull off. I couldn't imagine a character who looks like shia being okay with florence taking the seat at the head of the table in front of his boss and just sitting down and shutting up about it. Harry doesn't pull off the screaming and 'assertive scenes' but maybe that's because Jack's not the 'man of the house' type in real life. He's a scared little boy trying to hold on to his only chance at feeling like he was important. Shia would have however, completely nailed the psychotic part of the character. Because no matter how much you love Harry Styles, you can't really look at the character of Jack as anything except a psychopath. - Completely agree on the third act being way too rushed. Wish they would have been able to get into more of the real life stuff of the victory project and all that.. But I thought the movie was fine. Beautiful to watch, shot really well, and Florence is incredible like always!

[@sydneybell1912]

agreed!!!

[@katlo]

Well thought out comment ✨✨✨

[@malaysiastarr1286]

I am literally in love with the background omg, if you could show it in full I would love that

[@catherinekutson11]

after the first watch, i wasn’t really sold on it. there were too many things that seemed unanswered and i wasn’t sure how i felt. after the second watch though, you start picking up on things that you missed or didn’t understand the first time around. is it a perfect movie? no. but it’s definitely getting more hate than it deserves

[@VictoriaClerici]

it most definitely isn't perfect (no movie truly is) but the way it plays with symbolism, the unconscious and the (although not enough explored) social commentary it tries to give are all very interesting. It could have been executed in a better way for sure, I have my own criticisms, for example, I think they should have made Alice's character more rebellious, to really send the message that she wasn't happy living in the simulation, because we only get to see her pretty happy being a housewife until the cracks begin to show; also, the sex (or rather r*pe) scenes shouldn't have been about "female pleasure", they should have been more uncomfortable, unsatistactory or simply shot differently to not convey eroticism, because there is not informed consent. Still, I don't see why it gets so much hate

[@angiebeepsycho]

jack’s dancing scene very much reminded me of a puppet of a strings, especially with the way he moved his arms and i think it could also showcase that he’s just a pawn in someone else’s game

[@klarityfisher8993]

“Behind the camera is practically nothing, this room is still pretty empty.” “There’s literally boxes and so much behind the camera right now I don’t even want to show you.”

[@wherearetheturts]

I was thinking the scene where Harry’s dancing at the party was a representation of how Harry was under the spell of his boss. Right before he starts dancing he snaps into a trance. Whatever Chris Pine’s character says, goes

[@Laurenjoinsyoutube]

This movie had so much potential I was ready for it to be taken way farther. Then it just wrapped up and I had so many questions

[@mycupinpeace7227]

The movie is amazing, specially the message from it, the actress is soo so beautiful and talented