What is it, exactly? For a parody of french new-wave, it's too violent. For a dark comedy, it lacks much needed frame for its violence. For some kind of thriller or horror, it tries to be comedic parody too much and thus lacks the correct atmosphere.
It is not funny, it doesn't understand the tone, the feeling of french new-wave and obviously can't recreate it. The idea of creating dark comedy or thriller/horror in such style is a good one if done correctly, but why oh why anyone would want to film a parody of it? Who needs such a thing? A man with no taste who hates cinematography? An edgy director with desire to be noticed no matter what? This is just sad.
Also, violence. I'm not a prude (or so I hope), but when I witness extreme violence on screen I want to have a reason for it. Movies that utilize it should offer something in return, should frame it some way, make it organic part of the story and not just violence for the sake of violence. You can't just point at something horrible and laugh, it won't be funny, it will be torture porn. I honestly lost it at the rape scene, because honestly, this is the point where authors' patriarchal nature shows and where this film loses any hope of being comedy, becoming something dark instead. Not dark in a good, comedic way, like it happens in many dark comedies, when violence hits its peak towards the end, no, in a "somebody please stop the director, he's not well" kind of way. Could probably work in thriller, but oh oh, should not call the film a comedy then. Should not make it an unnecessary unsuccessful parody either.
Also, it's just boring. I can watch boring auteur films for its artistic value, but this is? You will just get bored, bored and disgusted. This is just a scam. A boring and disgusting scam.
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