This monthVerve’s star teen reviewer LUCY KENNEDY is dazzled by Saltburn.
Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn is deliciously uncomfortable, ripe with obsessive desire and incredible cunning. You will not be able to stop thinking about it for a very, very long time. OxfordUniversity, 2006: Oliver Quick is shunned and ignored by his peers – until he meets well-admired, wealthy fellow student Felix Catton. Between the two, a friendship begins to bloom, leading to the invitation that starts the madness of the film…“Come to Saltburn.” Chaos ensues.
Hilariously hedonistic, shockingly debauched, Saltburn is an examination of wealth and privilege, loving and loss, life, death, and belonging, swathed in gorgeously modern gothic cinematography. Fennell captures hazy summer days spent lazing by the pool, drinking on the tennis court, eaves dropping in the west wing with frames that look like classical paintings – which is no coincidence. Fennell drew from artists such asCaravaggio and Gainsborough, and that artistry shimmers throughout the film. Saltburn slots into the gothic sub genre of the classic English country house summer, with a devilish twist.
Darkly funny, wholly unforgettable, and filled to the brim with intricate references, foreshadowing, and clues, Saltburn is a film that will not leave your mind.
Saltburn – R16: Available to stream on Prime Video.
5/5 stars
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