FFCC members on Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Beguiled’
FFCC members on Sofia Coppola’s Civil War thriller The Beguiled
Juan Barquin, Dim the House Lights
“For the first time, a Sofia Coppola work needs more time to marinate; two hours instead of an hour and a half would have helped to build further the tension, claustrophobia, and the perils of desperate living that are hinted at.”
Dan Hudak, Punch Drunk Movies
“You’ll think you know where it’s going, and you’ll be wrong … the last third of The Beguiled packs a wallop, and at the end you’re quite taken by what you’ve just seen.”
Hans Morgenstern, Independent Ethos
“Ever the stylish filmmaker when depicting ennui, Coppola loses something when she has to handle a distinct plot.”
Alfred Soto, Humanizing the Vacuum
“Bawdier and rowdier than even 2013’s The Bling Ring, The Beguiled is a hidebound and unsatisfying picture. It isn’t that the audience knows where the film is going before the opening scene has ended; it’s that Coppola wrings no unfamiliar nuances from the material.”
