PEARL Movie Review **SPOILER ALERT**
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph spoil Pearl (also marketed and known as variations of Pearl: An X-traordinary Origin Story) - a 2022 American slasher film directed by Ti West, and co-written by West and Mia Goth.
Premise: The story of how Pearl became the vicious killer seen in "X".
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Cast:
Mia Goth as Pearl
David Corenswet as The Projectionist
Tandi Wright as Ruth
Matthew Sunderland as Pearl's Father
Emma Jenkins-Purro as Mitzy
Alistair Sewell as Howard
Cinematography by Eliot Rockett
Music by Tyler Bates and Tim Williams
Keywords: ending explained, reaction video, trailer, A24, Venice Film Festival, In A Valley of Violence, The Roost, The House of the Devil, Cabin Fever 2, The Innkeepers, The Sacrament
Am I the only one who thought the sister in law genuinely didn't get the part and that pearl just assumed bc she's blonde and fit the description? Even if I'm wrong I think it's an interesting spin, she looked really confused when pearl kept insisting and it seemed to me like she just agreed and went along with it to try to save her own ass.
Yeah I agree - not for sure if she really got it or finally agreed she did to get away from Pearl. In the first film X, Pearl tells Howard that he knows she doesn’t like blondes & maybe the reason she doesn’t like blondes is she didn’t get the dance part because she wasn’t blonde.
@@vanessaatallent475 yeah I picked up on that part, I love all the little references and recurring themes from the two
I don't think she got it, but sometimes when your trying to get out if a bad situation with a crazy person, you gotta tell them what they Wana hear. But it's a no win situation
That pretty much it , she didnt get it , she lied because she thought it better than antogonize her and save her sorry ass but it all end up backfiring big time
Agreed and I think it was a smart call by the film makers not to let the viewer know for sure. After all whether she did or didn’t doesn’t matter. It’s Pearl’s story after all
I love the response to Pearl essentially having sex with a scarecrow.
“That was…ya know…that was an interesting scene.” 🤣🤣😂
TI West didn’t want to make Pearl a sympathetic character so that’s why he didn’t give her an abuse story with the father. Pearl is crazy because Pearl is crazy. No excuses
Sure, but still, most serial killers do tend to have a decent amount of past traumas. Doesn’t excuse the behaviors of course. But this type of treatment does work better in a sensationalistic slasher.
I still empathized with her... oops!
@@liteflightify but I guess it's pretty predictable and commonin movies
It's not that black and white. Pearl's sociopathy is the result of an unanswerable mix of nature and nurture. Her mother's transfering of her own bitterness and loathing onto her daughter certainly does not make her mentally well-adjusted.
as much as I hated pearl I understood her trauma,I even cried in the monologue because i felt so identified
Mia Goth is one hell of an amazing actress! That monologue at the end was awesome!
After watching a movie I don’t consider the experience complete without watching the two of you to wrap it up! Love the channel!
I do think that she had sexual relations with her father and now he can't so she's choosing to be the one sexually taunting him
I also believe this and I think her mom blames/hates her instead of the dad. Her mom is also frustrated she doesn’t have a husband but instead is a mother to her disabled husband and in X, Pearl is sex-deprived because her husband is afraid to have sex because of his heart.
I think pearl realized she was never going to be star so she settled down to invest in her marriage so to avoid breaking down
like when a person has to give up their dreams and just keeps living out of habit;pearl said she was scared of life after all
Great review! Looking forward to how all 3 films fit together in context once MaXXXine releases.
I liked X, excited to see Pearl. But Maxxxine is the one I'm most excited to see. Re: old people and sex, yes they have it. I used to be a paramedic and had an elderly couple in a nursing home. Deep 80s. The woman was being sexed to death. Her seinle husband would flip her over and he broke her lower back. She looked at me and said " is the baby OK?" aka in so much pain she thought she had a baby. I said " the baby is fine and healthy but now the doctor needs to check you to make sure you're OK" when we went to take her to thr ER the nurse told me to warn the nurses on the hospital floor to not leave him alone with her if he visits. Apparently he also has a habit of walking into other ladies rooms and giving them a pounding too. He was literally creeping on everyone. Old people can want sex past cognition. Love you guys!
Poor little lady💧. Her horny old husband needed Pearl lol! I worked in a rural hospital and we had this one old man from the nursing home that was nicknamed “The Candy Man” because he would bribe the little old ladies into his room by giving them candy and was caught in some compromising situations lol! He never hurt any of his conquests but did have one lady that was bedridden and could not speak due to a stroke that was raped. It was so sad because she was so bruised with broken bones and so traumatized. She would start to shake & tremble when any male personal came into her room (finally just had female staff). I knew this sweet lady before she had her stroke and to this day I’m heartbroken what happened to her. It wasn’t another pt in the nursing home but a male staff member who got a slap on the wrist. If I could, I would feed him to an alligator.
Yes! The third act monologue really reminded me of Shelly Duvall, if she were playing Norman Bates. Also, Pearl's accent and relationship with her mother reminded me of Carrie: "Mother, I'm going to the dance/audition, and you can't stop me." I liked the film, but not as much as X. I'm excited to see what direction MaXXXine will take.
THAT scene is the most heartbreaking since Thelma Ritter in Pickup on South Street. Or Viola Davis in Doubt. So dramatic and such good acting is not seen often !
As a resident of Texas, I just wanna throw out there that we're not all deranged killers and/or cowboy hat wearing! 🔪🤠
Yall not cannibals either? 🤣
@@chination1796 Only some of us! 😏😏😏
I need the poster of Mia smiling in my movie room
For all who see Pearl, stay past the end credits. There a clip worth viewing!
I really liked this film, I haven't seen the "sequel". This one though, the score, the acting, the filmography kept my eyes on the screen. And this is with the theater having a malfunction and the lights staying on throughout the entire film. That monologue was perfect, it felt so relatable, making me feel like uncomfortable that I can relate to a sociopath but also good to hear some of the things she says being said out loud.
They left the lights on? Oh, hell no. I would have walked out.
You need to see the sequel - Mia Goth is fantastic in dual roles. I really loved the vivid colors in this film & it’s a shame the lights were on in the theater you viewed but glad you enjoyed it!
yes please see "X" . X was a great movie as well. watching "Pearl" actually made X better retroactively. i don't know if i ever seen a movie where this has happened
Drinking game:
-Joseph mentions/complains about Having to pull too many stills when nic lists previous films by the director of the film
-Nick is interrupted by Joseph
-Nick goes on a tangent about cinematic history that goes above all of our heads
-We find out whether an actor/character is good looking or not
-“Crunchy”
-Joseph calls out bad hair and or makeup
-Nick and Joseph give diff ratings
-“Culminates”
-Nick and Joseph use a “big” word
-Nick and Joseph do not like the movie but approve of the score
-Shade is thrown
-Nick announces that the film is a directoral debut and Joseph asks - what other films has this director done?
-Either Joseph/ Nick / both wear a print of a face on their
Love the back drop to your review 😂 That was the best scene for me in this movie, Mia Goth portrayed the theatric happy and sad face perfectly 😂👌🏾
The scene where she loses the film strip in the corn field was a nod to Pearl and the porn industry, hence her and the scarecrow 😬😂 All in all I enjoyed the movie 🎬
I saw Pearl first. Watched X two months later, felt deja vu the whole time and finally pieced the two together at the end of X. Did no research before either movie (obviously). It was a nice surprise.
Um actually the Mom is extremely emotionally abusive. (Normal dont equal healthy)
Great review guys. I was blown away by Mia Goth's performance. Would of been great to see these two back 2 back like a grind house Xperience
You both have been busy. Thank you. Looking forward to the “live Q&A”. Please don’t forget Aggie 😻
LUV ALL REVIEWS! Glad I’m not the only one to admire Howard’s penmanship and be reminded of the Wicked Witch from Wizard or Oz lol! In the film X, Pearl reminds Howard he should know she doesn’t like blondes and wonder if her dislike of blondes originates from her sister-in-law getting the dance part because she was “young, blonde, all-American” and had the X Factor that Pearl did not? The actress (Emma Jenkins-Purro) who played the sister-in-law reminded me of Cameron Diaz (her eyes and nose) and Mia Goth definitely a young Shelley Duvall.
Read that Ti West wrote and directed this movie while on Quarentine after shooting X as they were stuck and could not leave anyways
Maxxxine is next in the x film series. Set in 1985 starring,,, You guessed it, Mia goth.
I personally think The Inn Keepers is underrated.🙂 Thank you for the review.👏
I'm too wimpy for horror movies, and the goose scene would kill me, but as always I loved this review!!!
It’s not the same car, the one in x has a bumper sticker on it that says “make love, not war” meaning it was probably another car of someone else Pearl killed earlier in the 70’s taking place before the events of x and after the events of pearl
I’d like it if the events of X fractured Maxine’s personality so she wouldn’t be aware she’s the killer, in a Brian de Palma version of Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue (so better than David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive). That way, MaXXXine could still comment on fame / 80’s Hollywood etc.
I love the Fish Jelly intro music so much❤️
After your specific note on the alligator - it made me look at Pearl's teeth!;D So, it's 1918, WW1 *and* Spanish Flu time. Isn't it ironical to have pearly white teeth, and a pretty name like Pearl? :) Of course, I like that both of you agree that there be more than mental illness for this character.
I liked X quite a bit more than this one. I guess I was expecting more of an origin story for Pearl. She is batshit insane from the get go. Anyway, I liked it well enough. You can tell they made this on the cheap, and in a hurry, but I don't mean that as a slight against it. I'm more looking forward to the sequel now.
Honestly, I'm just here for Joseph and Nick review of this❤❤❤💯💯
Loved the movie X. Will watch your review after I watch Pearl. You guys are a great team! 😂
I think the car in the water in X was a tan Bug and this car was black and square. But if it is a different car then how many cars are in that swamp?!
Yeah who the heck is the projectionist??? Hubba Hubba ☺
looking forward to this so one I'll check out your review afterwards
but by all means, take this view & like 🖤
Pearls mom reminded me of Margaret white a bit
.. corn sweat ..
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Hope you guys have a great weekend !
Great review. 👍
The film is a technicolor nightmare.
I’m my opinion Pearl is living in her head. The fantastical things that we as audience see is only what Pearl wants life to be. The rot of the pig symbolizes the rot that starts to become the fairytale Pearl believes/hopes will happen. The projectionist in my opinion is only part of Pearls imagination. Hence he projects what Pearl wants to see. Most likely the drugs she abuses mixed with mental illness causes this break. I believe when the father is introduced to the projectionist he sees nothing which only adds to his horror of Pearl. The killing of the projectionist was only after the reality of the night was processed by Pearl which caused anxiety and dread. Even after killing the projectionist the pig was not yet completely rotted. Finally when encouraged to say the words out loud by her sister in law Pearl no longer could keep the words safe in her mind. By arranging the corpses and setting the table the final stage showing the fairytale (the rotted pig) Pearl wanted was now only the dark aftermath of a disturbed mind. She no longer could see the difference in a nightmare and a fantasy but Pearl made the best of what she had.
Scenes like the fire and her mother was a tribute to the Wizard of OZ. Pearl felt her Mother was the witch and by throwing the water paid tribute to the film. The reel and the cornfield was also a nod to the tornado in the Wizard of OZ. I utterly loved Pearl and X so I definitely thought a lot about the characters. I’m sure I forgot something but lol it’s almost 3am here so..
Very interesting take!
I saw it this evening I didn't like it as much as X. The acting was good but the story was dry as hell. Good review guys.👍
Thanks for the review, I really liked this one
It’s not the same car it’s a yellow Volkswagen bug and Howard makes a reference to a hippie that had shown up to the farm earlier and so we presume that it’s his.
Reminded me of Ted Bundy’s Volkswagen.
I watched the movie before I watched this review . Enjoyed this movie a lot .
the car in the swamp in "X" i thought belonged to the guy who was hanging in the house's basement because it had a hippie like peace, love not war sticker on the bumper i felt it was like an injoke or something. definitely not the car in this movie.
Great review …not sure but I think X and this film might be too disturbing for me.
What a girl “gots” to do to be first? 😅
I thought the car in the swamp was from night of the hunter. Because the scene where Pearl is in her bedroom looked like the scene from Night of the Hunter when the mother is about to be killed by the man pretending to be a pastor
i liked the movie and give it a higher raiting. I also have a different take on it. I think the relationship with the aligator is established with the scene of her feeding it the duck. She's obviously been doing that for some time as the alligator knew to come to her. so that's already established.
I'm okay with there not being much exlplanation for her psycopathy. Some people just have that and there's not always a direct explanation. I think the strictness of her mother and the oppressive life she's living is enough and I'm totally fine with there NOT being yet another story of a girl/woman being sexually assaulted.
I don't think she's 'obsessed' with sex. She definitely has an active sex drive, but she's still a teenager if i remember. She's 18? Teenagers are horny. She also lives in a time where women are not allowed to be sexual. Sex back then (and i could argue even now) was about men's pleasure and women are just there to take it. For centuries women's sexual behaviour had been put down to her being 'hysterical' and sometimes a hysterectomy was done (hence the name) to calm her down. So this added oppression to Pearl's already existing psychosis is a wild combination.
I also thought (and this might be a stretch) that her sexual behaviour and psychotic behaviour was a sort of tongue in cheek nod to attitudes back then that for women horny = mental problem.
Mia Goth was incredible in this and I''m really excited where she'll take her career because i was so impressed with her performance.
The movie is weird and different and it felt fresh
Was there any religious element to this film? Just curious with how Pearl and her husband constantly had religious sermons playing.
"wanting to be famous but not having the opportunity to do so"
reminds me of my country😂😭
The projectionist is unbelievably attractive because he is a figment of Pearl’s imagination.
Great video!🌞
So I really hope you will do a review of the new Dahmer Netflix series.
We‘ll talk about it on the podcast.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Very good.
I was like damn, so we not gon see Howard do ANYTHING????
Yes i thought something was happening with the dad to .
Did you get a twisted Wizard of Oz vibes?
i see the projectionist as a young SUPERMAN. GET HIM CAST ASAP!!!
This comment aged well lol
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I just felt like it was missing something... Maybe a nightmare of a tornado would’ve been cool. I’ve had one and it was honestly terrifying, plus goes with the wizard of oz theme. There could’ve been a “wicked witch” encounter where she makes a deal to become famous. Maybe pearl tries to sacrifice a stranger by sneaking into his house, but wakes him up and has to escape. There was almost no suspense or jump scares.
It makes up for it with brutal kills and disturbing content it makes you feel sympathy but your also scared of her, with multiple jump scares it would be more like the first movie and would just be another mindless killer it’s more a narrative for x and it makes a lot more sense
The movie looks good
Joseph hope you're well sounds like u have a bit of a cold.
mia goth is sick !!!.... time for her to fly high.... the best
I kept falling asleep during this movie
YESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does anyone else think Mia Goth and Eliza Scanlen are the same person? Have they ever been in the same room together? 👀
Puuuuurl.....
Best movie this year
Good review. I liked this better than X, for sure, but I've seen some folks saying 'now we get how she became who she was in X' and 'her mom was abusive'. And I'm thinking - this girl was Norman Bateshit crazy right from the get-go. What are we talking about?
I’ll admit that I wish you didn’t bring X into this. I haven’t seen X yet, I’d like to know how you feel about the movie as a stand alone movie.
Peeeeeaaaarrrrrrllll. Lmfaooo
I would give this film 5/5. I thought it was amazing. But then again I was really stoned when I went to see it so idk 🐸
PEARL IS MOTHER
Does the sister-in-law get casters that just something pearls thinking?
Your never find out and it doesn't matter... to Pearl.
X is a better movie. It is more humourous and does not take itself too seriously.
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This film wasn’t that bad but X was horrifically bad. I don’t know, Maybe A24 films just are not for me because X was possibly the worst horror film I’ve ever seen In my entire life. The director should be honored I even gave this prequel a chance. Pathetic plot that went nowhere
These two films see, very interesting, got to see them.
She's one of the weirdest actresses I've seen. And, by that I mean different, not in a bad way kinda. But, her spirit is questionable lol. Anyways, from suspiria to X. She plays in some crazy stuff lol. I thought the movie was strange, and it sucked. But, I did appreciate the messages I personally received from it. One being; how important and holy patience is. If pearl's impulsive behind would've just been patient within herself. Things would've turned around for her, changed and got better. In life sometimes we think what we don't have in the present means it won't come in the future. Like! That's stupidity. We have to wait and see, and give things time for a realistic outcome. Also, gratefulness. Just like her mom said you have to make due with what you have. It's not always about having more and more in life. She didn't realize that until she killed everyone, and failed her audition. If only she had that mentality in the first place. None of those bad things would've happened. 🙄🤦🏽♀️ Oh! Pearl! 😂😂
I don’t think that was the message at all but I’m glad you were able to turn it into something positive, lol. The idea is that the mother was right: Pearl isn’t a star at all, just a delusional sociopath with dreams too big for her talent. Sadly, Pearl didn’t realize anything because she’s still killing people in the sequel X. This movie is well acted, well shot, well edited, and overall well done, but it’s not for everyone.
@alittlebitofjessica Idc what the general message was for you to be telling me; you don't think that's what the movie was about. You're one person out of a billion. I created a lesson according to what naturally came to my mind. I'm no one's sheep. I'm a person too. And, I'll create my own art, from art already created. We'll see the same things differently at times, as we know. And, all that matters is that I took something meaningful from it. I'm not just watching things to be entertained. And, the message I took from it is way more meaningful and in depth. Than it being about pearl being a psychopath, who needs to hide out from the world. Cause she's too weird, and crazy to be accepted. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
I see the difference in our frequencies according to what you got from it versus me. If that's the case the movie is dumber than dumb. And only had to do with a made up characters; character. Wow! So deep & important. Maybe all the Jeffrey Dahmer's should watch to enlighten them to keep their crazy asses away from everyone. 😒😂 A simpleminded meaning, as well as way to perceive it. Like! That's common sense, she was crazy and delusional. Anyone in their right mind would feel like the mom did watching. Btw you could've kept your gladness. Cause I need know ones approval, especially not a strangers. My view point can also be a correlation to your perception. So keep striving for high intelligence you may be almost there. Hehe! 👍🏼
Just watched it. I didn't like it much. 😕
It's ok to have no taste
@@ominous_light it's ok to be a spiteful bitch
@@ominous_light🤣
Walked out of this right at the point where she hooks up with the projectionist... I admired the retro style but couldn't find myself feeling any tension or being engaged with the characters. The main actress does a great job, though.
I think it’s a different car.