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Equals (2015)
A familiar scenario lovingly rendered...
From whence the indifference towards this movie? The story is familiar by now, it's true:; a society borne in chaos determines to maintain stability by suppressing impulsive behavior (read: emotion) at all costs. But loving and thoughtful execution has yielded a deeply affecting result. Kristen Stewart is perfect in her role as she is truly adept at portraying restrained internal turmoil. Nicholas Hoult and the balance of the cast descend to the occasion, as it were. The austere but striking locations perfectly convey the utopian aspirations of this earnest new society while revealing, in their uniformity, the very shortcomings inherent in the model. The crystalline, narcotic score accomplishes much the same effect when ambient, but it becomes another character when our heroes engage. It's reticent and distractible when uncertainty prevails, but unfurls with shimmering vitality and audacity under the heady influence of true love.The pacing follows pretty much the same choreography and by this point you can see that a harmony among the disciplines has been achieved in the production of this film. I can't claim to know which expectations were disappointed for others, but I was touched by the subtle performances and the carefully deliberate construction of the world these characters inhabited. Sigh.