When it’s not falling into the traps of prestige horror with arbitrary vagueness, Earwig has power to pull viewers into its strange, menacing universe—enough to make this experience worthwhile.
Earwig
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United Kingdom, France, Belgium · 2021
1h 54m
Director Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Starring Paul Hilton, Romola Garai, Alex Lawther, Martin Verset
Genre Drama, Fantasy
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In 1930s Liège, Albert is employed to look after a young girl named Mia, who has teeth made of ice and lives alone in a large apartment, never leaving. Their life is an unchanging ritual, and every week a man calls to ask Albert how Mia is doing. Everything changes one day when the man tells Albert he'll have to bring the girl to Paris.
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The result is an impressionistic film that flirts with slow cinema on its way towards something more incantatory; a film that doesn’t want to lull you to sleep so much as it wants to lure you into a place so dark and dreamy that you can no longer be certain that you’re still awake.
Movies like “Earwig” defy criticism or even explanation. ... Lucile Hadžihalilović took a risk by making a movie this peculiar; it feels like the least we can do is take a risk by watching it.
The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
Viewers looking for explanations should probably stay away, but those willing to be carried by the film’s casual pace and haunting aesthetic will find there are few places like it in contemporary cinema.
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