10th April, 2018.
Yep, it’s officially official.
Bell’s Palsy couldn’t stop me.
My grinding intestines?
Bloody well could!
I hate that when it happens.
Frankly?
It means — as I’m sure you’re aware, by now — a loss of income.
With the finances being what they are, that’s not something I can afford to miss.
I have been stuck indoors … with only a movie collection for company.
One of those movies?
~≈§≈~
Raw opens with a car crash*, on a deserted tree lined road: something that only gets explained later in the film.
Then introduces us to Justine (Garance Marillier), a talented 16-year-old who’s being dropped off at vet school by her doting parents.
Only to be hazed in her first day: by a group of students that include her older sister, Alexia (Ella Rumpf).
Part of the ritual? Included eating raw meat: something the vegetarian Justine doesn’t enjoy.
It’s only when she gets a rash — a really itchy rash — Justin starts to think she’s got issues.
And when she starts stealing hamburgers?
Things start to go down hill.
~≈§≈~
Now … ?
“… a touch better than the last film I caught …”?
Oh, yes!
You see, the last film I saw was Thelma.
Which, whilst I thought it was well made, was a touch too slowly paced for me.
Raw? Was equally as well acted, just as well scripted … and was much better paced, moving a long at a speed that kept my interest.
Granted, Thelma maybe had more lurking in the depths: especially if one was wanting to look for it.
But Raw? Had far more bite, a touch more action, and faster paced story.
With enough veterinary surgery, cannibalism and rough sex to keep people watching.
And a twisty little ending that should be enough to please anyone …
Go see Raw.
Raw
★★☆☆
* Basically? Alexia, Justine’s older sister, cause fatal car crashes. Whenever she’s hungry …
I think I told you that this film was recommended to me by one of my friends from Wales. To this day I'm not sure what I truly think about it, but it is not a movie easy to forget, for sure.
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