The Worst Person in the World reviewed by Mark Kermode
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Mark Kermode reviews The Worst Person in the World. Julie, fast approaching her thirties, tries to find meaning and direction in her professional, personal and romantic life.
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This is one of those great Kermode reviews where he so eloquently puts into words my feelings about a film in a way that I never could.
This!👆
You want to read his book... It's only a movie.. so self- deprecating and hilarious
Yes
That is one of the reasons he is the best film critic I can think of-now or ever.
I agree with you..watched it last night…
As a Norwegian I tend to be overly critical of our movie production, but I applaud efforts to go beyond the endless disaster dramas and historical biopics.
I’ve had similar feelings here in Finland. Seems like we got something great from our countries this year tho :)
Couldn’t agree more. This is the greatest Norwegian film I’ve seen.
“Modern life being both open, fluid, and mobile but weirdly oppressive..” perfectly described the movie and the life of millennial…
Excellent film, almost entirely uncompromising narratively & creatively, yet draws you into its world from start to finish. The fact that such films can be seen thanks to distributors with actual balls and talented marketeers is really good news.
Just got back from the theater. I loved it, a gem of a movie! I'm 32 this year and it really spoke to me.
same for me this year. stumbled across this movie, watched it on a random monday evening and can't stop thinking about it. I hope you're doing great right now :)
My favourite movie of 2021. Saw it in theatres back to back nights I loved it so much. Great review.
Same
I feel like I could go back and see it again
Film of the year by a very long way. So refreshing to have a lead character who doesn't want children. Not everyone wants to conform. Lead character is superb, owns every scene
Being the same age and having experienced similar relationship strife this really hit me in the gut to the point it was uncomfortable at times, but a fantastic film experience.
really glad mark digged this, it is my favorite from last year
A film about life, I loved it.
yes...thats what all films are about
And that is why the Doctor gets the big bass. What a brilliantly articulated review! I loved it at least as much as the film.
An absolutely brilliant review, cannot be any better
Stop what you're doing and watch this movie - it's that good! Mark is understating things a tad here and it is much better than any description can give. An instant indie classic.
I loved This film so much!!! it spoke to me in a way few have in a while!!! glad to hear mark liked it!!!
What am I going to do when these reviews stop?
Class review as always, love these guys.
Amazing film about that abyss between young adulthood and middle age. A magical romance as well as a keen work of modern existentialism. I loved analyzing this one!
From my home country, Norway.
Brilliant film 🎥 resonates thru individuals in time working out what life is about..and what has in store for us ..perhaps shows human frailties in the pursuit of happiness in finding “the One” if there is ever such a thing..film for grown ups ..first class 😎
I really liked this film! I found the ending a bit unsatisfying and sad, but I understand why they would do it that way.
💯💯💯
As is life! Nothing climatic or cinematic about life in the end
@@noooname exactly :)
This movie is one of the greats, it's up there with Annie Hall in terms of romantic comedies
director listed AH as one of his top 10. I thought of it often while watching.
It’s really funny to me that I was trying to find his review of Thelma but forgot what the movie was called and after looking up this movie found it
I love this film so much! Maybe to watch more than once view...Thank you for review.
Didn't love it *as* much as I felt like I should have, but this review makes me want to revisit it!
Feel like I’ve come to the party late, have just seen it in the cinema. I thought overall the film was terrific, yet there were moments it slightly lost me.
In terms of exploring the power dynamics in heterosexual relationships, I thought it was brilliant. As a heterosexual male in his mid 20s, I can absolutely recognise the responsibilities and convictions men impose and project upon women and in Anskel’s case, their expectations too.
THAT SCENE lived up to the hype. Breathtakingly tranquil yet poignant too. Performances across the board excellent.
Yet it felt I began to meander in the final acts, especially when you consider the amount and gravity of story it aims to cover. The relationship with her father also felt slightly ‘ tacked on’ by the end. Yet, all in all, would defo recommend!
What an absolutely fantastic review.
Can not wait to see this film!
He's me thinking somebody had filmed my life. Sad days.
Oh, you sold it on the comic book artist ... looking forward to seeing this film (and as per usual it is only going to be shown once at my local cinema according to the listings - guess I should be grateful that is on at all and yet weirdly there are two million screenings of the dire Morbius)
It's so very worth seeing at the cinema
@@mistershabba Yes, got my ticket !!!
It also has a wonderful soundtrack
The title is impossible. *I* am the worst person in the world.
@@adamthorntonillustration9281 Gotta disagree with you there bud, the Go Compare man is still singing.
@@jacob8949 Touché
Amazing absolutely loved it. Highly recommend.
Saw it today, for anyone who hasn't, go. Wonderful cinema
OMG I will so miss you... intelligent film reviews then ranting at the obscene corporate films
Great review
Thank you so much! I would love to watch that movie.
The worst performance in a good movie is Robert De Niro in Jackie Brown. PS my prayers go out to the family of Julian Sands (he was great in Warlock).
Oh, I thought this was about my autobiography
I'm sorry, but this film isn't even remotely a rom-com. It's dark and depressing. There's some humor in it, but there's nothing funny about this story. It's a film about how life sucks. There is hardly any romance in it. It's a good movie but this non-sense that I keep hearing that it's a rom-com is just not accurate.
Oh that rom-com 500 days of summer? what a hoot!
I found parts of it hilarious - but this is arguably what makes the darker moments (that dialogue by the comic boyfriend near the end who reckons with his own mortality and fear - which was devastating to watch, and almost broke me) really catch you off guard through its grim contrast. But isn’t that a bitingly realistic take on life itself with the persons we meet and eventually lose, what we experience?
I haven’t felt that level of catharsis after a film since my first viewing of ‘In the Mood for Love’ and the Angkor Wat sequence
Watched it in theatre and we all laughed at a lot of it. Was definitely comedic
Sounds like you’re projecting. It’s very funny
It's impossible not to leave the theater without a smile after watching this film.
This id a brilliant review
I think you need to turn off autofocus. Mostly it was Kermode's mic that was the focal point, and even then it drifted in and out through the course of the review
They only got one more show left at the Beeb so I doubt they'll fix it now 🤣
@@cipherhex Really? Is the show moving somewhere else?
@@simianinc I don't believe there has been any official confirmation of what, where and when, but yes, it's almost certain to continue on another station/podcast. Over the past 2 weeks Simon and Mark have constantly hinted about a future with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
"Everything will be alright in the end. And if it is not alright, *it is not yet the end*."
@@cipherhex they will start a podcast in may ...
Beautiful, poignant film. Touched me to my very core
Awesome movie
Fantastic!
Just seen it at the Pictures brilliant beautiful film.
Why have you not reviewed CODA?
Is AppleTV+ available in the UK?
This is a severely over-rated Joachim Trier film. You'd be best experiencing all sorts of existential exploration and profound connection to a character with Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag and Angle Schanelec's oeuvre than to give this film a chance. Julie is a tired 'lost-white-woman' trope with nothing to say; gotta agree with Deborah Ross' review on this. Maybe I was expecting a lot whenever 'lost woman finds herself' themed films and shows tries very hard to make any sort of perspective nuanced and human.
I need to see this
Thoughts on Drive my car (2021)?
Tooooooo loooooong!
Worst Person In The World is better
I'm 40 and still wondering what the meaning of life is, so I'm not immediately impressed by the idea of someone in their late 20s who's thinking in that way. But I'll go and see the film anyway sometime.
What if Julie had been played by Jared Leto?
More interesting
I got none of that, all I got was that she was, in fact, the worst person in the world.
Great film. Fantastic central performance .For me this is a movie about how a narcissist is created and then lives a parasitic life- love- bombing, devaluing and discarding. It is a beautifully seductive film in the first act, and then-you get undercurrents of something uglier-and by the final act, you understand what has just happened to you as the viewer who has willingly participated in this relationship!
YES! Glad someone else gets it
there are subtle hints from early on in the film (e.g. her mean-spirited conversation with the mother at the wedding) that she's not a good person, but by the end you realise that she has not done a single kind thing for anyone else throughout the whole film, and is, quite clearly, the titular character.
I'm so glad someone else feels this way... As if the title itself weren't suggesting it! And really, they even have the narcissistic father and conversations about Freud. Everyone just says 'this is beautiful because it shows how people/millennials are'... uh, no, but perhaps you feel that way!
Apart from your initial comments, I think you've got it completely wrong.
@@markfairhurst7867 explain?
want to hear kermodes take on you r not my mother
Sounds great
Should have cast Jared Leto 😂
Does nobody else see Julie is presenting with symptoms classic of BPD? I thought that was fairly intentional although I’ve not heard anyone mention it?
EXACTLY!
And this movie literally mocks cluster-B women lmao.
@@mustafaziyaakgul3331 They should be mocked.
The worst witch
I thought from the title this was going to be about Putin!
Or Biden. Lol
this film is about a woman who’s a total narcissist. she got what she wanted and more.
You forgot to mention that this film is in Norwegian, Mark.
😂
Meh, it’s not that important. Not compared to what he actually discusses.
@@MSFGALLAGHER It's important if you don't understand Norwegian and subtitles make you seasick.
Something you’ll notice pretty quickly once you start the film 🤷🏻♂️
@@markwiddicombe5594 Chill out dude, it’s not some kind of crime to forget to mention a film isn’t in the English language.
I couldn’t disagree more…
Watched this movie with little to no expectations… didn’t know anything about it, but did know that it had a bit of a ‘buzz’ It started off OK. Seemed like a sophisticated urban story of rich ‘westerners’ with some existential angst ( growing up, finding yourself, etc, etc. ) issues. A ditsy main protagonist ( is it Dakota Johnson?, no... but it could be her young doppelgänger, couldn’t it? ) finds herself in a relationship ‘with a sorted, yet excruciatingly boring guy’ ( He draws adult comic books… and has a creepy vibe, as only an actor playing a comic obsessed nutter could possibly pull off. ) So she runs off and has a fling with a guy, after sniffing his sweaty armpits.
It’s another one of those films… that if you’re a critic, you can’t diss it.
Because ‘at least it's trying to do something a little different’
Even if the stand out moments... all feel like they fell out of a commercial advert shoot.
There’re some interesting moments, a few arresting, cinematically sweeping ideas… but as a ‘whole’ it fell apart in the final third… as the guy she dumped becomes terminally ill and she’s forced to reassess her carefree ditsy ways. It’s so badly handled, so saccharin and obvious… that it spoils anything genuine ...the makers were trying for up to that point.
It’s one of those films that you can see merit in it, whilst viewing… but by the time it’s over,
you sort of feel cheated.
It actually put me to sleep in the cinema. It’s strikingly made but, when all is said and done, nothing very special.
If Mark's plot outline sounded like describing Kate Hudson's latest rom-com bonanza of cheese with the seriousness of a foreign art-house Oscar bait, that's pretty much what this film is. Well acted and directed with bells and whistles bits and bobs but still a basic Kate Hudson rom-com.
For me, the film lacked depth. It was all a bit 'first world problems.' Beautifully shot and very watchable as you say, but too self-indulgent. True loneliness and lack of purpose, is not going from one lucrative career and ideal relationship in the click of your fingers!
It's about a narcissistic modern woman, no thank you ✋
Only decent movie of 2021. Cinema is on a negative slide, this was the only light in a dark dark tunnel of overhyped trash
How many 2021 movies did you see?
@@megamoviez 79
@@CG-hj1cu I’ve seen 193 and I can tell you there definitely is more then 1 decent movie in 2021 but Worst Person In The World does top them all
@@megamoviez open to some recommendations....
You must be fun at parties 😑
Why do people like this movie?
Because it’s incredibly nuanced and layered
It deals too lightly with the subject of infidelity, and so does the commentators and the reviewers of the movie as well.