Foe (2023)
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Henrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Will they risk their relationship & personal identity for a chance to survive in a new world?
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... Hen
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... Terrence
... Formal Escort 1
... Formal Escort 2
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FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/foe-bfi-london-film-festival-review-one-of-the-messiest-scripts-of-the-year/
"Foe presents one of the messiest screenplays of the year, filled with incessant, unnecessary explanations through numerous narrative and visual methods, abruptly confusing time shifts, absurdly devoid of any sort of impact, and a strange message, to say the least, about the superiority of AI in human intimate relationships.
At just under two hours, it manages to slowly drag itself to a multiple-ending conclusion, none capable of delivering any relevant information that wasn't already given beforehand.
The cast does the best they can, but it's way too far from enough to rescue a movie doomed to leave its audience underwhelmed."
Rating: D-
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Release Date:
2023-10-06
Run Time:
111 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
Foe
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/foe-bfi-london-film-festival-review-one-of-the-messiest-scripts-of-the-year/
"Foe presents one of the messiest screenplays of the year, filled with incessant, unnecessary explanations through numerous narrative and visual methods, abruptly confusing time shifts, absurdly devoid of any sort of impact, and a strange message, to say the least, about the superiority of AI in human intimate relationships.
At just under two hours, it manages to slowly drag itself to a multiple-ending conclusion, none capable of delivering any relevant information that wasn't already given beforehand.
The cast does the best they can, but it's way too far from enough to rescue a movie doomed to leave its audience underwhelmed."
Rating: D-
Anyone think this reminds them of a poor relation of "Interstellar"? "Hen" (Saoirse Ronan) lives on her remote family farm with husband "Junior" (Paul Mescal). You get the impression it's a pretty mundane existence and maybe not have been the strongest of relationships when a stranger in what looks like an old De Lorean arrives. It turns out that "Terrance" (Aaron Pierre) has come from the supra-governmental agency that's in charge of populating space - yep, the planet is on it's last legs - and that "Junior" has been selected to go live upstairs leaving is wife behind. No chance says "Junior", no choice says "Terrance" but there is some silver lining for "Hen". They will make her a carbon copy of her husband to "keep her company" whilst he is away. To that end, their visitor must remain for a few weeks to gather information on every intimate detail of their lives together so that "Junior 2" can be as authentic as possible. Now we don't actually know this, but it's safe to assume that somewhere in the ensuing proceedings, there is a body swap otherwise the rather dreary and drawn out denouement would make even less sense that it actually does. Is this suppose to be a crit on the nature of human relationships, or of the human psyche? If you went to bed at night and awoke to an identical partner that had been swapped in the night, would you even know? That's the problem. It's a complete non-story that limbers towards it's conclusion without really engaging on any level. That said, man-of-the-moment Mescal does turn in an emotional performance at times, but Ronan is really rather wasted here and the thinly developed characterisation of "Terrance" just further consigns this to the doldrums of what looks a short story laggardly dragged out for all but two hours. It's a slow and rather listless film for the most part and contains nothing new. Disappointing.
Cast & Crew of
Foe
Cast
... Hen
... Junior
... Terrence
... Formal Escort 1
... Formal Escort 2
... Computer Technician 1
... Computer Technician 2
... VIP 1
... VIP 2
... VIP 3
... Runner
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... In Memory Of
... Casting
... Producer
... Producer
... Co-Producer
... Producer
... Foley Recordist
... Foley Supervisor
... ADR Supervisor
... Supervising Art Director
... Sound Assistant
... Additional Editing
... Production Design
... Executive Producer
... Co-Producer
... Director of Photography
... Co-Producer
... Costume Design
... Screenplay
... Director
... Producer
... Casting
... Executive Producer
... Set Decoration
... Original Music Composer
... Editor
... Second Assistant Director
... Set Designer
... Sound Designer
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Special Effects Supervisor
... Makeup & Hair
... Music Supervisor
... Stunt Coordinator
... Music Editor
... Makeup & Hair
... Executive Producer
... Concept Artist
... Concept Artist
... Boom Operator
... First Assistant Editor
... Visual Effects Editor
... Script Supervisor
... Art Direction
... Fight Choreographer
... Concept Artist
... Second Unit Director
... Foley Editor
... Foley Mixer
... Set Decoration
... Set Designer
... VFX Artist
... Camera Operator
... Post Production Supervisor
... Makeup Supervisor
... Production Coordinator
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Foley Recordist
... Concept Artist
... VFX Artist
... Screenplay
... Executive Producer
... Book
... First Assistant Director
... Visual Effects Producer
... ADR Editor
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Casting Associate
... Set Designer
... Executive Producer
... Boom Operator
... Original Music Composer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Art Department Assistant
... Stunts
... Sound Recordist
... Costume Supervisor
... Steadicam Operator
... "B" Camera Operator
... Still Photographer
... Original Music Composer
... Third Assistant Director
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