Overview
At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.
Another classic example of the parts being better than whole. I wanted to love this movie but I just couldn’t get there. Sure, the acting is fantastic and Aubrey Plaza is a revelation (I have been a fan going back to Safety Not Guaranteed). The first half was very good and during the first few minutes of the second part of the movie it looked like it was on an even better trajectory. But the it just started to meander. I loved the idea of the two different story lines going on at the same time but it seemed as if the director didn’t know how to bring it home. There was a better movie in there, I think.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Black Bear
Movie title: Black Bear
Movie description: At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.
Date published: 2021-01-08
Director(s): Lawrence Michael Levine
Actor(s): Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lázaro, Grantham Coleman, Lindsay Burdge, Lou Gonzalez, Shannon O'Neill, Alexander Koch, Jennifer Kim, Kevin Barker, Mary Borrello, Rob Turbovsky, Haitao Zeng
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Thriller
My Review
Another classic example of the parts being better than whole. I wanted to love this movie but I just couldn’t get there. Sure, the acting is fantastic and Aubrey Plaza is a revelation (I have been a fan going back to Safety Not Guaranteed). The first half was very good and during the first few minutes of the second part of the movie it looked like it was on an even better trajectory. But the it just started to meander. I loved the idea of the two different story lines going on at the same time but it seemed as if the director didn’t know how to bring it home. There was a better movie in there, I think.
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My Review - 7/10
7/10