what is going on to all my movie fans out there and welcome back to my channel movie files elliott
back again with a brand new movie review and today we're discussing the film that had a lot
of good buzz coming out of sundance earlier this year and we'll be coming to hulu on march 4th
i'm talking about the new comedy thriller by the name of fresh which i'm really excited to share my
thoughts as you all and let you know if it's worth checking out in this spoiler free review before
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this type of film but more importantly whether you saw it at sundance or on hulu what did you think
did you enjoy the romance the comedy the thrilling horror elements were you fooled by the end of the
film and let's talk about some of your criticisms and everything in between in the comments below
so like i had mentioned i had a lot of friends that actually went to sundance this year and i
saw a lot of positivity now i didn't want to dive too deep into their review because one thing i saw
like the general consensus is the less you know about the movie the better the experience is so i
unfortunately i i like to stay away from films when i see that people say that i don't
like to watch a trailer but unfortunately i was watching youtube one day and the trailer played
and i was just like completely captivated by the trailer so i did watch a trailer
even with that being said even with me having seen the trailer and now have obviously saw the film
the trailer does a good job of not giving too much away i did kind of get a hint in a sense
especially if you saw the poster i kind of got an idea what we were diving into but i'm here to say
there's a lot more to this film uh and it's a very appetizing film i will say that it's a lot more
than meets the eye so let's get into my thoughts starting over my positives going back to that
narrative about the whole the less you know the better which i literally just said that last week
with another hulu original film by the name of no exit check out that review but kind of give you a
little bit of idea what you get into number one we have this character by the name of noah played by
daisy edgar jones so this is my first time being exposed to it i'll get to her and her performance
here in a little bit but very relatable situation now if you are someone that has been in the dating
game for let's just say last three to four years where you have the bumbles the hinges you know
the meat.coms all the different dating sites of course you can dm people on instagram and twitter
or whatnot but there is a very relatable sense of knowing and i've you know have been in this
position before it ain't easy to date in today's society and i love what the film has to say about
the dating game and especially from a woman's perspective right as a male i can't relate to
everything i can't necessarily say oh i know what that's like but i have to say being someone that
is very sympathetic and understanding to you know today's kind of standards and dating it is hard
to date for anyone but in particular with women and the film kind of shows that in regards to the
kind of expectations that men have and in some cases women as well but just the expectations uh
that women are expected to do certain things and to have present themselves in a certain way and
also just safety for women so the film definitely kind of shines a light on that but going back
to the narrative noah she's out on the dating game she you know has a pretty early date that
is pretty terrible she goes out to the grocery store and lo and behold there is mr perfect played
by sebastian stan who goes by the name of steve everything seems pretty well steve he's a surgeon
i mean sebastian stan is a good looking individual he seems to have a good head on the shoulders
but then you kind of get to know steve uh noah and unfortunately he has a particular
appetite that can complicate the relationship but i'll just leave it at that but again going back to
that narrative i really enjoy how the film kind of spins itself on the head the first half this movie
is a straight up very entertaining very enjoyable rom-com comedy with two people who are well first
off again noah in her whole didn't situation very relatable very funny moments her especially her
and her best friend molly kind of talking about the dating game and then transitioning to the the
romantic element when she finds steve and it's like oh this is a nice cute couple they have a
lot that they can you know the similarities in how they were raised and how they don't have as
many people in their life as they might want to and then literally at the 30-minute mark
the film becomes something else again it's a rom-com comedy turned into a thriller horror
suspense and literally it was very fresh to kind of get that tape because i can't think of a film
that i've ever seen that and not to give too much away but once we get into the second half it's so
unique and so engaging the credits start to roll and the people who made the film are in the film
come up on the screen i'm like oh i was already like engaged in a story but i kind of screwed up
in my seat like okay i like where we're going and once we kind of hit that second half mark
things get very interesting and i'll just say that so i love kind of the experience of watching this
film and especially going into second half third act survival kind of horror thrilling
film i really enjoyed those elements but i want to touch on these performances man like i mentioned
daisy who this is my first time seeing her as a you know an actress i know she's been in
other films and she's done some television shows but this is my first time being exposed to her
very impressed she is not only very relatable she's very likable she has a great sense of humor
she has great comedic beats there's a lot of moments where she's just acting with her facial
expressions that i thought she was good at so i was very impressed by her and the chemistry she
has amongst her co-lead and sebastian stan and the chemistry she has with her best friend and just
seeing her journey from you know very to the sense of noah is that type of person again when you're
seeking love and you're looking for love sometimes you make bad decisions right you kind of it clouds
your judgment and she does something that was very kind of you know you don't want to do that
right but then as the film goes on she learns from her mistakes and i kind of like what
we get from that character but i have to say and again i thought she was fantastic
the mvp for me in this film is sebastian stan i am a big sebastian fan uh sebastian stan fan whether
it be from his stint as you know in the mcu and continue to play bucky barnes aka winning soldier
i love what he does there but i just like him as an actor whether it's you know more recently on
netflix the devil all the time you know i tonya 355 wasn't that great but i like him as an actor
but this is a new side of sebastian that was very interesting again he's very charming very kind uh
again a very good looking individual but he has a different side to him that i really enjoyed and i
love that different side and just how he was able to be charming and scary at the same time without
giving too much away so sebastian standing me stole this film and all the other supporting
players i know his best friend molly i enjoyed her the other characters that kind of come into the
story i enjoyed the performances so overall great performances but sebastian stan i was enjoying it
i was eating it all up uh if you know what i mean but getting into some of the other positives i
thought the direction was strong i love the cinematography especially the emphasis on
eating food and how kind of like eating food can be very you know kind of almost like a very sexual
type of thing the way the film presents it there and again kind of maybe relating this to another
film it kind of reminded me of promising young woman meets a film named raw kind of reminded me
of those two films at the same time being very fresh and unique within its own narrative so
those are kind of my main uh pros there if i were to mention some criticisms there are a couple
supporting characters one in particular that involves molly her best friend's character and a
particular person she used to date the only point of that character a particular bartender i'll
just say that was just a punch line i don't really know why that character and that subplot had to be
involved i get why the film put it in there but it didn't really have a payoff and kind of speaking
of other payoffs i will say when we kind of get to certain aspects in the second half they introduce
a group of people and it was very intriguing very dark and sinister and very you know just like this
is scary the world out there but i wish we would have maybe dove a little bit deeper into that
element because the film presents it and sprinkles it in there every now and then but we really don't
expand on that which brings me to my last point or maybe my final two cons there are things the film
has to say about dating about the expectations for women about how men can sometimes like literally
take so much from women and in return get nothing uh so i i it's an interesting concept but the film
doesn't really flesh out a lot of its themes in my opinion and the last thing i mention how the
tone switches when we get to the third act which was very satisfying i will say but there was a
too much comedy and some moments that i want to be a little bit more serious and i'll just
say it without giving too much weight so those are kind of really my only criticisms so before
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overall fresh was a very entertaining fun funny but also thrilling scary and very relatable
film in the sense of what to expect when dating in today's society minus the horrific part that
the film presents but again i mentioned some of the subplots some of the supporting characters
weren't too fleshed out as well as there were some things i probably would have changed about
some of the more slower moments in the second half and especially the way the film kind of ends but
overall i was entertained i was surprised by some of the elements and i would recommend you
all give this a watch so with that being said i'm gonna give fresh a four out of five now listen
i know there's a big film coming out on friday by the name of the batman which you can check out my
review for that but if you all have time to give this film a chance i recommend you do and when you
do it let me know your thoughts pros cons favorite moments least favorite moments were you surprised
were you fooled by in this film let's talk about your criticisms and everything in between
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