Triangle of Sadness (2022)

Director - Ruben Östlund, Cinematography - Fredrik Wenzel

"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell."

Sans filtre [Triangle of Sadness] (Ruben Östlund, 2022)

Triangle Of Sadness (2022)

Triangle of Sadness (2022), dir. Ruben Östlund

Triangle of Sadness

directed by Ruben Östlund, 2022

Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Östlund (2022)

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

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Triangle of Sadness has an early scene, lasting a few minutes, where cameras are flashing constantly from all directions. The opening NEON production company logo has a strobe effect. A few scenes are lit by flickering campfires at night.

Scenes taking place on a rocking and tilting ship may be disorienting.

Flashing Lights: 8/10. Motion Sickness: 4/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: An entire sequence is filled with excessive on-screen vomiting, with a couple of minutes of warning as people get seasick. During this sequence, we hear the sound of violent diarrhea for about half a minute. An extended gross-out gag involves a massive overflow of a sewage system. The sounds of an animal in pain are heard repeatedly in one scene.

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Triangle of Sadness (15): Now Abigail is the Captain.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Triangle of Sadness” (2022). So, another film that is on my BAFTA/Oscar catch-up list that I missed the first time around. “Triangle of Sadness” is up for three BAFTAs (Original Screenplay, Supporting Actress (Dolly De Leon who played Abigail) and Casting) and three Oscars (Original Screenplay, Best Director and – inexplicably – Best Picture. Is it a satirical…

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I enjoyed this but don’t really like the open ending. It’s entertaining but also kinda disposable.

Triangle of Sadness (French: Sans filtre, lit. 'Without Filter') is a 2022 internationally co-produced satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ruben Östlund in his English-language feature film debut. The film stars Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Burić, Henrik Dorsin, Vicki Berlin, and Woody Harrelson.

Sans filtre [Triangle of Sadness] (Ruben Östlund, 2022)

Blu-ray review: “Triangle of Sadness” (2022)

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Triangle of Sadness

Triangle of Sadness (2022) Review

Triangle of Sadness (2022) Review

Palme d’Or winner in 2022. Social hierarchy is turned upside down when celebrity model couple Carl and Yaya are invited on a luxury cruise for the super rich. ⭐️ (more…)

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Triangle of Sadness (2022, dir. Ruben Östlund) - review by Rookie-Critic

Triangle of Sadness, this year's Palm d'Or winner, is a brutal criticism of the uber-rich and how their excess lifestyle holds their egos together like patchwork. The characters in this film are not relatable by design, and it makes them easy to dislike. Who wouldn't resent the model/influencer power couple that order the pasta to take Instagram photos with it, without the slightest intent on eating it due to a gluten intolerance, or the wife of the fertilizer magnate, who puts the entire cruise on hold so that the crew can go for a swim, not realizing what that will do to the food that the kitchen was in the middle of cooking, or just the schedule of the cruise in general (it's a real "let them eat cake" moment). The film is rather enjoyable if you can handle a couple of pretty intense gross-out moments; you get to laugh at the upper crust's misfortune and the film, even in its darkest moments, never takes itself too seriously. Also, and this seems to be a growing pattern with me, even though I was working off of very little sleep, I never found myself dozing off in the theater. My attention was kept the whole time.

However, while I did enjoy it, I couldn't help but get this nagging feeling and a voice at the back of my head saying "Ok, but what now?" Therein lies my biggest complaint with this movie. I will admit that I haven't seen any of Östlund's other films, but his reputation does precede him. Östlund, who at this point is known for his cynical take-downs of the world's masquerading creeps, takes on a target that isn't masquerading at all, but wearing their creep loudly on their sleeves, and it all just feels so... easy. Making the message of your film "rich people = bad" isn't exactly groundbreaking, and the movie takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to convey this message that most of its audience is fully aware of way before walking into the theater. I'm not against a film that goes after rich people, but when that is all your film is doing without necessarily adding any new commentary into the mix, then you're missing the heart of it. If you want to see a genuinely good and entertaining movie about the pitfalls of excess and affluence, watch Bodies Bodies Bodies; it tackles a very specific subset of this topic and adds commentary that is more pointed and nuanced than "let's all laugh at the rich people." With all that in mind, Triangle of Sadness is still a genuinely good movie, and while it may not have been quite as biting as it thought it was, it's still immensely enjoyable as a comedic piece. There's nothing wrong with laughing at rich people.

Score: 7/10

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