Twenty-third review is for a movie that has some of the best “Good For Her” moments. This has been on my to-watch list for some time and finally took time to watch. Generational trauma, family control, naïveté, mentions of sexual assault, abortion, swallowing sharp things. Includes #spoilers :
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Swallow (2019) I was pleasantly surprised that I was not completely grossed out by her eating objects you’re not supposed to eat, like batteries, thumbtacks, statues, and much more. It didn’t linger on the chewing or swallowing, making the noises really grotesque, but highlighted how she felt during and after. They also planted ideas that kept coming back, the dude asking for a hug, the mother trying to further control her and her appearance, the photo of the father/rapist who gets a part in the final act. The fear she had after they pumped her stomach for the first time!!! I was scared too like damn shorty, that’s a lot of stuff just sitting in your body. I enjoyed her convo with the therapist and her escape at the end with the help of Luay, and how casual the abortion in the end was, she just flushed the toilet and went to start her life. Good for her✨
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Cons: I did want to see some kind of moment where she got money from the husband and the father/rapist but she seemed to float out of that bathroom in the end with hope and endless possibilities, in control looking free. If she had some kind of money to be able to start out her new life I would have felt a little more relief and not worried at the ending credits.
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I give it a 9, only thing to make it better would probably be small tweaks that made it more of a horror film, Killing the father/rapist or the controlling family she married into, that would have satisfied me but this one was a quiet rebellion and more body horror. And she stayed soft spoken and sweet but when she got control was just a tad more bold, it wasn’t like a 180 where she’s using language she hadn’t before and completely shed her shy persona. Slow burn that burned well like Raw, We Are What We Are, and Hunger.
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