 Decemberdike # 6
Pearl (2022)
Ti West's prequel to his own X in which Mia Goth plays the younger version of Pearl the deadly protagonist of X.
I was a little disappointed in this. Playing out more as a 1918 set melodrama of a young woman having to deal with the repression caused by a domineering mother and paralyzed and infirm father, with the horror only really coming to the fore in the final third, it wasn't what i was expecting so i'm hoping to enjoy it more second time round.
Mia Goth gives another excellent performance as the title character and West's technicolour photography gave the feel of The Wizard of Oz and other Hollywood classics and yet i came away a little bemused and lacking enthusiasm.
As first viewings go i much preferred X.
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