Blow the Man Down

Good stuff: the snowy fishing village vibes, the buzzing score, every old lady but especially Margo Martindale, the general female solidarity, the way it somehow sometimes feels like a Nancy Drew game Bad stuff: the amateur dialogue, the predictable plot, the occasional cheap greenscreen, the sea shanty numbers that I found cringey (but I'm glad other people seemed to like them), how the sisters end up being so passive they basically turn into side characters for 2/3rds of the movie, how it felt oddly pearl-clutching about prostitutes for a 2020 film directed by women Verdict: it’s a decently charming indie, and it feels like everyone had a good time making it, but outside of the unique setting it is one of the most boring and generic small town thrillers you could possibly imagine. It doesn't even try to have a campy plot twist or anything, everything past the 20-30 minute mark is exactly what it seems to be and you just have to sit through that. Also the sisters look like different halves of Saoirse Ronan. They could Steven Universe fuse to form her