Spontaneous (2020)

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Siskoid
Katherine Langford is an absolute charm in Spontaneous (in fact, all three of the main "kids" are), a dark horror romcom in which a class of high school seniors start mysteriously exploding like blood-filled balloons. It's in this context that Langford's Mara starts a romance with a boy, both of them embracing a certain Carpe Diem philosophy. It's a clever way to investigate teenage fatalism - and today's teenagers have every right to wonder if there's a world waiting for them when they "adult" - and how it can lead to misbehavior, or denial, or perhaps even hope. It could be a heavy subject, and it gets there when it needs to, but the medicine goes down easy thanks to its humor, clever storytelling devices, and characters who are, like their best audience, cinema nerds. The poster puts you in mind of a silly Hallmark romantic comedy - there's even a Christmas sequence - but of course the premise makes it completely other, and a nice surprise. On a personal note, this thing references the typewriter monkeys that will ultimately write Shakespeare - my avatar - so how could I not love it? 1 year 5 months ago
zenigame
Amazing surprise ! I watched this movie because the synopsis seemed fun to me for a Halloween day, but, in fact, that was actually very good ! 3 years 5 months ago
few visible scars
A top contender for the 'this should be on a list ' list 8 months 1 week ago