It's just a shame all the effort has gone into a script without much of that 2019 debut's disarming freshness."
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The high-concept, low-satisfaction psychological thriller marks an ambitious upgrade in scope for Wilde from the character-driven coming-of-age comedy of Booksmart, and she handles the physical aspects of the project with assurance. It also scores points for allowing Chris Pine to show what a devilishly charismatic villain he can be. That's not to say it's without sizeable pluses, chief among them a meaty lead role for the dependably compelling Florence Pugh, who hasn't played a woman in this much peril since Midsommar. than it is for much else in this umpteenth Stepford Wives knockoff. The Hollywood Reporter: " Don't Worry Darling will more likely be remembered for the offscreen intrigue.
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You can understand easily enough why Alice is so desperate to get out of the community – and perhaps why certain cast members have been so wary about endorsing the movie itself." Beneath its polished, very stylish outer sheen, though, it's as hollow as the lives of its pampered but empty-headed protagonists. To be fair, he is playing a very dull character, a kind of Stepford husband. Styles gives a surprisingly dull and low-wattage performance as Jack. This isn't the disaster that some predicted – but it is a messy, convoluted affair with some very contrived plotting. Writes Rolling Stone, Don't Worry Darling is "part stunted social thriller, part thirst valentine - and the sort of misfire that should cause everyone involved to worry more than a little."Ĭritics are praising Pugh - the Midsommar star is "easily the film's most vivid and compelling personality," playing Alice "in such fiery fashion that most other characters seem robotic by comparison," according to The Independent - but have less love for what The Guardian is calling a "handsomely designed but hammily acted, laborious and derivative mystery chiller."īelow are excerpts from the first Don't Worry Darling reviews ahead of the film's opening in theaters on September 23. Pugh, who unravels a disturbing secret in the seemingly idyllic community, is "dependably compelling" but leads the "umpteenth Stepford Wives knockoff," writes The Hollywood Reporter in the first reviews out of Venice.
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