Rating of
2/4
"Critique is so limiting and emotionally draining"
Matthew Brady - wrote on 02/19/19
"The admiration I had for your work has completely evaporated."
'Velvet Buzzsaw' feels more like Goosebumps TV movie with the plot summary and overexpose lighting that made it look cheap. This is just sad as I had high hopes for this one, despite 'Roman J. Israel Esq.' leaving a sour taste in my mouth.
There's not a single likable character in this movie. Well maybe Natalia Dyer character who play's the innocent co-worker. What's even worse is they get way too much screen time, which bogs down the pacing, because I couldn't give a sh*t about any of them.
I was pretty bored at times if I have to be honest.
It's unfocused and tries way too hard to be everything - after awhile it forgets about the killer paintings. The critique on the art world, art itself, critics and horror - it fails horribly at getting the message across.
Jake Gyllenhaal is at least entertaining as the campy, but pompous art critic. Same thing with Toni Collette. Hoboman, who's a robotic art piece, I thought was pretty terrifying and the climax involving him was actual scary. There's some funny moments with the dialogue and little character traits (mostly from Gyllenhaal character).
Overall rating: I guess 'Nightcrawler' was just a fluke for Dan Gilroy.
