Death of a Unicorn | Film Review

 

A weekend retreat quickly descends into chaos when Elliot (Paul Rudd) and his daughter Ripley (Jenna Ortega) run over a unicorn.

I remember when the trailer for this film came out, no one really took it seriously. But then after people actually started seeing it, there was a lot of 'it's actually better than you think it'll be', and that's the main reason I watched it.

And thankfully, it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be!

For a start, the cast is great. Sometimes if you feel iffy about a film but it has a great cast, there's something that makes the film interesting or unique, and that definitely applies here - it's a really unique film.

All of the cast really lean into this fantastical world, play their parts completely straight and honestly, seem to be having a great time, which makes things fun for the audience.

And while some of the characters didn't really fit that well into this world, it was still interesting to see them here.

Speaking of playing things straight, I loved the fact that everything was being taken so seriously. The dialogue actually feels authentic.

But having said that, after a while this became a bit of a problem for me because I think everyone started taking it a bit too seriously. Why would you take the fun out of a unicorn movie? It was entertaining, sure, but it stopped being fun.

It tries to fit into a few different genres, which worked for a while, but near the end when it decided to try to be a full on horror film, it started to lose me. That just didn't work, especially because we're supposed to be having fun with unicorns!

So overall I did like this film, I just really wish we could have had more fun with it. It started in a really promising, fun way, but when it started to become about capitalism amongst other things, and then turned into a horror, which didn't work for me. I did love the ending though!

6.5/10