23, Don’t Worry Darling is more than anything a showcase for Pugh who, as in her previous Midsommar, has mastered the art of embodying gaslit women who slowly unravel. Premiering at the Venice Film Festival prior to hitting theaters on Sept. Those waking nightmares only intensify after she witnesses Margaret slit her throat in broad daylight before jumping off the roof of her home, prompting a cleanup crew of men in red uniforms to remove her body, restrain Alice, and sanitize the scene. She begins publicly questioning the established order of Victory, alienating her from Alice, Bunny (Wilde), Peg ( Kate Berlant), and their circle of friends-even though Alice, too, is haunted by visions of demon showgirls and flashing corneas. The only person who isn’t buying what Frank is selling (besides the audience) is Margaret ( KiKi Layne), who lost her son after breaking the town’s big rule: venturing out into the desert. When he catches Alice and Jack going at it in his bedroom during a party, she locks eyes with him, moaning in ecstasy. Frank lives in the biggest mansion, is possessed of the most graceful wife (Gemma Chan), has his photos displayed on walls, evangelizes all day on the radio, and, for the men of Victory, is beyond reproach.
While Jack spends all day at work as a technical engineer for the Victory Project, a hush-hush operation headquartered out in the desert that employs all the town’s men, Alice and the other housewives clean, shop, gab, sip cocktails, take ballet lessons, and always have a nice roast waiting for their men when they return-though, judging by the voracious oral Jack gives her atop their kitchen table, it’s not a roast he’s hungry for.Īll the townsfolk are in thrall to Frank (Chris Pine), the handsome, well-coiffed and charismatic architect of the Victory Project who’s fostered a cult of personality. They live in an immaculately designed home in Victory, California, a 1950s-style desert-oasis community bursting with vibrant colors-courtesy of ace lensman Matthew Libatique-and palm tree-lined streets. Lost in the haze has been the film itself, which deserves to be judged on its own merits.īy all outward appearances, Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are a hot, young, loved-up couple. The fusillade of rift rumors, leaked messages, process servers, and that A-list showmance has generated nearly as many breathless headlines as the raid on Mar-a-Lago. You’ve surely heard about Don’t Worry Darling, filmmaker Olivia Wilde’s sophomore feature starring Florence Pugh and pop sensation Harry Styles.
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