Pearl | Film Review
This is the prequel to the A24 film 'X', which I reviewed HERE . I liked X (though I needed to watch it twice to really get it), so I was looking forward to seeing Pearl. Pearl (Mia Goth) is stuck on her family's farm, tending to her father and fulfilling her mother's wishes, but she can't ignore her dreams. Soon Pearl realises that to make her dreams a reality, she must escape the life she's living. I liked this a lot, probably more than I liked X. I didn't know what to expect, so was pleasantly surprised. Even at the beginning of the film when not much is happening, it's a really entertaining watch. There is an undertone of fear and tension that runs through the entire film, but it takes a while to really feel like a horror. And even then, for me it never got into 'scary horror' and always sat more within dramatic thriller or even non-scary slasher territory. Pearl is a really interesting character. I loved seeing what turned her into the chara...