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The critics areworried too, darling.
(What other movie opening this year provided us with our very ownZapruder Spitgate film?
Can thisso-called movietop amateur footagepurportedly showingits pop-star leadhuack-puh-ingon hisinnocent bystander of a co-star?).
Even with its big twist of an ending?
Maybe, critics agree, if there were more Chris Pine.
Below, early takeaways fromDont Worry Darlingahead of its New York premiere and September 23 theatrical release.
The film is smooth, competent, (mostly) well acted, and merely tedious.
(Common theme: Pugh!)
They remain impressive in the moment, but reveal that the images are bigger than the story they serve.
(TL;DR: Its hard to be a woman in this world!)
(Its not like we watch Chris Pines speech and think, What a good dude!)
Instead, its ominous in an obvious way.
The two crackle well together, and in their shared moments the film briefly feels spiky and inventive.
Yet all of that cant spackle over the fact the film becomes less intriguing as it goes along.
But its still not enough to keep the movie from slipping into predictability.
Its all nefarious and gorgeous, Darling, and strictly nonsense in the end.
Robbie Collin,The Telegraph
