35/36
Monster: It’s too bad you fell asleep
Story
After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet oddly charming, monster who lives in her closet. A horror, romantic comedy film about falling in love with your inner rage. Filmed at The Ritz and mostly in New Jersey.
I think you’d find it very, well, scary
I’ve got this pretty neat monster routine that I do now. Referenced in Amanda the Jedi Show: The BEST and Weirdest Movies you (mostly) Haven't Seen Yet | Love Lies Bleeding (2024). Caroline Lindy directs and writes this charming romantic comedy with a hint of horror that offers a truly fascinating look at our true personalities and the consequences of the damage they cause us.
In a story where our protagonist, after her life falls apart, actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, but strangely charming monster that lives in her closet
The young director takes us on a romantic comedy that builds up strength with its light humor that dazzles you to suddenly give you one of the most satisfying final twists this year. This simplicity allows the director to skillfully explore a film that has various moods that attract you as a viewer and that end up winning you over at the end of this whole journey. Much of the influence is due to the tremendous performance of the Mexican actress Melissa Berrera, who gives the best performance of her career, where the versatility and talent of the actress are present to carry on her shoulders a film that is truly versatile in its moods and that the actress carries with total mastery each one of them, demonstrating that she has plenty of talent and that consecrates her perfect chemistry with Tommy Dewey in this charming tale of modern beauty and the beast.
The same role is played by her supporting actors, where Edmund Donovan and Meghann Fahy stand out
The director’s cleverness is to offer new sensations, as it is just the kind of clever, intelligent and exciting film that will make you want to open the closet door when you begin to understand the mental game that the director subjects you to by varying so many genres within the same film and the perfect job to reach the final climax where you really understand what they really wanted to convey to us. An intelligent and well-directed film, which may have a couple of questionable decisions or some colder moments within the warmth that the film generally provides, but it undoubtedly becomes a pleasant and satisfying film that is worth giving a chance to and enjoying without limiting yourself further if the genres it shares are not to your liking, but it is the magic that surrounds the proposal, letting us be enchanted by one of those films that get better and better the more you enjoy it. Simple and charming, but strong in what really matters, which is to entertain us and surprise us with a well-directed film and a well-acted proposal that makes it a pleasure for 98 minutes.
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