In an effort to keep my writing from getting too stale,
which during this time of year is especially on my mind, I try and look at
different films through different lenses. Sometimes, it’s as a fan of the
film’s pre-existing franchise; sometimes, it’s by latching onto a single detail
in the production that I feel explains everything else around it; and
sometimes, it’s just me working through my own lack of interest and squeezing
my brain for anything to write about. But more than anything else, the
main thing I go into every single film I review on here, and hell, pretty much
every film I’ve ever watched, is through the perspective of therapy. A form of
art that has the potential to help me, and other audiences, deal with some kind
of personal shit. Enter this film, where that perspective comes screaming into
the forefront.
