38/30

Filmed at The Ritz and mostly in New Jersey

Synopsis

Filmed at The Ritz and mostly in New Jersey. Referenced in Amanda the Jedi Show: The BEST and Weirdest Movies you (mostly) Haven't Seen Yet | Love Lies Bleeding (2024).

The wardrobe and makeup were fantastic

This film could have been as great as the performances of Melissa and Tommy. Alas, the empowering rise of the once sickly Laura is derailed by laziness and a cliche trope.

The conclusion, while vaguely "triumphant," falters and also fittingly misses its own ovation

The story, while a bit overdone, was unique enough to captivate…until…my theater audibly accosted the horrendous scene which undoes all the meaningful character development. Why?I feel a screen test could have easily remedied this and saved what could have been.

For now, I'll go rewatch "Lisa Frankenstein"

I wish I could agree with the in-film audience, but I just wasn't "in to it."Rework the lazy trope scene and rewrite the finale, and this actually could have been a decent dark comedy romance.