Bought by MUBI for a whopping $20 million, Lynne Ramsay’s untamed relationship drama—starring Jenifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson—opens like a lightning strike, but doesn't sustain that electricity.
Lynne Ramsay’s film—about a woman suffering from severe post-partum depression—is designed for maximum discomfort, with frenzied physicality, haunting cinematography and a no-holds-barred performance from Jennifer Lawrence. But the unnerving drama still earned a 6-minute standing ovation at Cannes.