Honeymoon **
Dir: Leigh Janiak. With: Rose Leslie, Harry
Treadaway, Ben Huber. 87 mins. Cert: 15
Or: Antichrist: The Afterschool Version. An
insufferable pair of newlyweds, played with jarring American accents by Brits
Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway, repair to an isolated cabin in the Canadian
woods, where cracks appear in their lovey-dovey façade: his relentless
horniness is one thing, her tendency to wander off at night cause for even
greater concern. Co-writer/director Leigh Janiak aims for von Trier’s sustained
dread, but manages only vague unease: locking us up with the leads’ drama-class
tics proves more stifling than claustrophobic, while your major takehome from
the final act’s various excretions and abortions is that, ugh, women are gross.
Honeymoon opens in selected cinemas from today.
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