26/22
Synopsis
A woman takes a break from her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn
Originally intended to be released directly to streaming on Hulu, but strong reception from test screenings prompted Searchlight Pictures to instead give it a wide theatrical release..
Featured in Graham Norton and guests: Bruce Springsteen/Amy Adams/Vanessa Williams/Bill Bailey/St
Vincent (2024).
Riding Carousel” Starring: Bruce Springsteen/Amy Adams/Vanessa Williams/Bill Bailey/St
Vincent (2024).
“Riding Carousel” Starring: Alexander McCabe Written by: Alexander McCabe
Rating – 5.2: Overall, a pretty bad movie that feels like it was made for “Booktok”; Amy Adams can only do so much, considering how stupid the story is, despite its powerful messages about the struggles of motherhood.
Actor – Pretty Good: Amy Adams – Good (Her performance is good just because she’s Amy Adams; she doesn’t have much to work with), Scoot McNairy – Pretty Good (She has pretty good chemistry with Adams and does a good job showing off their one-sided dynamic), Rest of the Cast – Decent (A lot of background actors, who are fine, mainly just supporting Adams) Cinematography – Decent: Simple Editing – Decent: Simple Visual Effects – Pretty Bad: Pretty lackluster Pacing – The pacing is a little slow because the narrative is advancing the story Climax – The climax is pretty forced Tone – The tone feels very much like this movie was made for “Booktok” Final Notes – It premiered at the Austin Film Festival; It’s obvious who this movie is for, they’re clearly not the target demographic; This was supposed to be the movie that saved Amy Adams, not destroyed her
Direction – Pretty Bad: The direction on a macro scale is very simple and feels good, it makes it seem like this movie was made explicitly for “Booktok”; the direction on a micro scale is very bland, forced and simple; The storytelling is incredibly simple and bland as it reads like a mother reading this story back to meStory – Bad: The concept is actually very bad and it’s obvious that this movie was made for ‘Booktok’ because the book is a ‘Booktok’ book; not only is the concept bad, they do a bad job introducing it and showing its importance as it just feels like a small detail throughout the movie; the plot structure is very simple and straightforward; the character writing is pretty good although it is very open ended as the main character is a symbol for the struggles of motherhood and how it’s okay not to be the perfect motherScreenplay – Pretty Bad: The dialogue is simple, bland and written as if it were for "Booktok" ; the dialogue is so bad that there is literally a scene in the first 20 minutes of the movie where the main character says “I am Nightbitch”; ; the humor is good, but very forced; the symbolism is deep, as the entire movie is about the struggles of motherhood and accepting that nothing is a model mother or person; the foreshadowing only exists because the movie is very formulaic.
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