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One of the best movies I've ever seen. I could write an essay on why but wow, is this movie ever incredible.

This film is incredible and horrible at the same time. I just watched it for the first time, and I'm left with so many feelings and thoughts circling around in me that I'm not even sure which ones to grab and focus on, part of me wants a hug from my mom, part of me sees life more beautifully in a way. The editing is spectacular, it is impossible to pull your eyes away even though there are many moments when you want to. It's enthralling and overwhelming. You can really, really FEEL what the characters are going through. Their internal struggles become your internal struggles, you're right there with them. Speaking of the characters, the acting was phenomenal. You do not feel like you are watching actors behind a camera reading a script. It's so raw and so believable. Even as someone who hasn't had issues with addiction or hard drugs, I've had a lot of experience with depression and mental illness, and for me a lot of it hit home and was relatable. By the end of the movie I didn't feel any positive feelings about what I just watched, but I can tell it's going to sit with me in my thoughts for the next few days. This is a truly disturbing movie, one of the most uncomfortable, gut wrenching films I've seen yet, and still it has a lot of redeeming qualities. The disturbance is a masterpiece because not everything in life is beautiful or easy. Requiem for a Dream shines light on the horrors of reality, and it being so realistic is what truly makes it a horror. Any movie that can leave me feeling such massive emotions and sit so heavily in my thoughts, and serve me something I've never seen before (the content I've seen before, the style and the way it was done, no) is a great movie in my books.

I'd give it 3.5 stars but I can't so I'll give it 3. It's not bad for a slasher film! I didn't think it was as disturbing or horrific as I heard it was, but I watch a lot of horror and I usually find these films aren't as bad or scary as people say. It was like any slasher film. I thought the acting of art the clown was good, he embodied the role perfectly. I appreciated the moment where he showed a bit of humanity when he was holding emily. The psychopaths in slasher films don't usually have these moments of compassion like that, however brief. My lower rating is because the acting from most of the other characters was extremely mid, a little cringey like in old movies, maybe that was the point though idk but I personally feel the movie would've been taken more seriously with some better acting. I thought Victoria murdering the reporter at the beginning and acting crazy was unnecessary, it felt silly and out of place. My biggest complaint though is the fact that all this took place in a building that is spitting distance from where the initial murder at the pizza place happened which allerted the police. How come there were no police, sirens, or anyone searching until the end of the film multiple hours later? That's just too far in the unrealistic realm for me lol. Like yeah cops are usually lazy but there were multiple murders you'd think they'd be all over that. Overall, not the best slasher, probably wouldn't watch again, and I'm glad I didn't spend money on it (it's on tubi) but I enjoyed it nonetheless

It was okay. Visually and aesthetically appealing, casted well, great acting, and I appreciate the symbolism used (such as all the red foreshadowing blood spill, Felix lying dead in an angel costume under a devilish figure). I actually liked the uncomfortable scenes that most people thought were unnecessary, like the bathtub and the grave scene, because it's raw and realistic for someone with the psychological issues Oliver has, and ended up being some of the most honest moments in the film, however the whole thing felt overdone, a little boring, and predictable. The satire, kill the rich, and the psychotic, compulsive liar underdog narrative portrayed in saltburn is a bit tired. I have seen so many movies like it. I was hooked at the beginning but my interest declined throughout. Leaving secrets and unanswered questions then unveiling the truths in the last 5 minutes, it can be done really well wuth a great shock value, but in this movie felt like an overzealous student film trying to be mysterious and clever while being cliche. The movie just fell flat for me. It didn't have strong enough highs or lows, the happy and sad moments were short lived, like you didn't really have a chance to feel them before you were on to the next scene. The visit to Oliver's parents and Felix's reaction to it, was underwhelming and didn't come across like the tense, pivotal moment it had potential to be. Instead we just got a lot of filler scenes with drinking and partying, Oliver ogling at Felix, and Felix's family rambling on about shallow nonsense. Aside from Oliver, the characters lacked depth. I get that maybe the goal was for everyone in the movie to seem a little empty, vapid, to emphasize how ignorant rich people can be, but it's not very realistic. That's not how most people are. Even Felix could've had a little more. The side characters were actually really important to the story I thought, but they didn't give them enough. I like to see more personality and emotional turmoil, because when there isn't much, I don't feel very much, and saltburn didn't make me feel very much, except maybe sad that Felix died. At the end I was just like "oh, that's done now"

I would like to give it 2.5 if I could. The scenery is beautiful, the plot is interesting, I liked the practical effects with the birds hitting the plane, it's always nice to see Bart the bear in action, and Anthony Hopkins character was very well played, but honestly I don't think this movie would have been much without the talented acting of Anthony and Alec basically carrying the film. A lot of the survival techniques and situations are very unrealistic. The action scenes are kind of lackluster, a 60 year old running halfhazzardly canNOT outrun a grizzly bear, and wearing wet clothes in 3 degrees is not something you can just pretend isn't happening and then you dry off.... There were just so many scenes where I said "that doesn't make sense". I passionately love 90s action/adventure thrillers but movies like the River wild or Cliffhanger are way better in my opinion