![]() Simon: He first meets Novella in a bar with her "scary" friend Candice. We do find out, at some point, that her father died tragically when she was young and she's been living off of an inheritance. So, anyway, back to Dr. Though I don't feel a back story is always necessary, in this movie, it was and it was needed badly. We get next to no explanation as to why she is the way she is. She stresses that she isn't a cannibal, just that she has an intense desire to eat her own flesh.yeah. First it's her wrist, then her foot, then her ankle, then her arm, and, finally, a piece of her heart. We are told, in a seemingly short amount of time, that Novella has severe anxiety and she chooses to relieve this anxiety by biting off and eating parts of her skin. It was some serious cuticle-chewing, though - a la Black Swan. ![]() Before the wrist-biting, the most we had seen from Novella was some cuticle-chewing. Novella: It's because of her wrist-biting "suicide attempt" (as the doctors choose to call it because who's going to say that she tried to eat herself?) that Novella is required to see a therapist - that'd be Dr. Hers didn't even feel like a necessary character, though. She's always telling her that she knows "she'll get the next one." She's very one-dimensional and serves as the caring motherly-type for Novella. However, she's soon guilted in to taking it down when Novella has to be hospitalized for taking a fucking bite out of her own wrist! Throughout the movie, Eesha is just outside of the apartment but always concerned about Novella and how she is doing. There is even a moment when Eesha toughens up and sticks an "eviction" notice on Novella's door. Enough so that she keeps looking the other way, each month, as Novella fails to pay rent. Again, it's a character that you don't need to care about and you're only meant to hate because she's obviously setup as Novella's enemy.Įesha: Eesha is Novella's sweet landlord who, for some inexplicable reason, really seems to care about Novella. It's also later revealed that she is a pathological liar so who the hell knows what's going on with her. Then again, I look at a computer all day and know nothing of Hollywood. It's later revealed that Tracy trades sexual favors for roles. If these were conventionally "gorgeous" women, it would be harder to believe that they're struggling to find acting work. ![]() ![]() Having their looks fall in the more "slightly above average" area of the scale not only gave them a reason for not getting any jobs but made them more believable and relatable to the audience. I think it was intentional to not make any of the actress characters overly beautiful. Tracy: Her character could've been played by any young, semi-attractive woman. Let's work down the list of characters, shall we? Anyone who listens to the podcast knows how I feel about movies who use a character's name with unnatural frequency. I was very aware that I was watching characters read a script. The dialogue seems pretty unnatural and, at points, just plain laughable. I think I'll treat this review by discussing my main complaints/issues with the film and then talk about the couple things I did like.Ĭonsider yourself warned, this review is littered with spoilers.Ĭharacter development & script/dialogue. The character development (or what little there is) is quite lacking and leaves the film with a cast of characters that I don't care about. How could I not possibly be intrigued by that?! So the tagline basically gives away the main premise in this film but I figured there would be enough character development or plot build-up to keep it entertaining. I judged the movie by its cover, I'll admit it. I was enjoying a quiet evening alone which, essentially, meant I would need to find a horror movie that seemed interesting enough to grasp my attention for the next couple hours.
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