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2022
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Director: Mimi Cave
Starring: Sebastian Stan, Daisy Edgar Jones, JoJo Gibbs, Andrea Bang, Dayo Okeniyi, Charlotte Le Bon, etc.
Fresh highlights the horrors of modern dating seen through one young women's defiant battle to survive her new boyfriend's unusual appetites. This movie was absolutely messed up but I loved it.
The cinematography and camerawork was really creative and refreshing. The set design was great. With a very strong script. The themes of the horrors of modern dating were well explored and truly showcases how dangerous it can be, especially for women. There was some interesting scenes involving a date gone wrong which shows how disrespectful some people can be. The chemistry between Sebastian Stan, Daisy Edgar Jones and JoJo Gibbs was excellent. With brilliant performances from all 3 of them. Daisy delivered an uncomfortable and passionate performance. Plus, Sebastian Stan really delivered a disturbing and unsettling performance here. The set up between the two leads meeting was great. The direction from Mimi Cave was excellent, this was her debut feature film and she has already established a strong visual style and voice for herself. The characters were likeable. With the sudden tonal shift being executed very well.
The tone was very intense, uncomfortable and dark. There was some clever character decisions from Steve with good character motivation. The plot development, and balance between the character investigation was great. The score was great, with some messed up plot twists that kept the film interesting and unique. The film had this twisted dark humour that I loved and uncomfortably laughed at a few times. Plus the final act was intense and messed up.
I only had a couple of issues. There was a lack of background and more set up to the plot to go deeper with the themes of the film. There was some questionable character decisions, and there was some underdeveloped plot points.
Overall, despite parts of the plot leaving more to be desired. Fresh is a fantastic debut for Mimi Cave who delivered something fresh (Had to get it in here somehow) and unique here. With a distinct visual style, messed up and dark themes and intensity, and brilliant performances from the two leads. This was a refreshing original film that is certainly messed up but in a good way.
Overall Score: 86/100.
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The second of the two movies I watched with my friend was Hulu’s other original thriller from this year Fresh. Fresh was such a ridiculous and fun movie that had my friend and I laughing and disgusted at the same time. Daisy Edgar Jones and Sebastian Stan are infectious together before he kidnaps her to sell her body parts to cannibals around the world. The two of them are just so great together throughout the whole film. Jonica T Gibbs is a great ass friend, her search for her friend is so stressful and I wish we had seen more of her and Jones on screen together to sell their friendship. Dayo Okeniyi comes in really late and I wish they had done more with him. His story comes to a very unsatisfying conclusion that just makes you ask why he was there in the first place. I really wanted them to dive more into the people buying the flesh that they kept showing. Like… I wanted to see a little bit of Justice for these women done. I think maybe it does work more that there isn’t justice done because it connects more with the sad reality of these kinds of things. If you’re not a fan of dismemberment and things like that you might want to skip this one. You will see body parts and then you will see some of them cooked. The soundtrack on this movie is great and I actually added a song to my personal playlist. Fresh was such a good watch and I would definitely recommend checking it out. I’m giving it a good 8/10. -Tyler.
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