The Royal Hotel | Film Review
While backpacking through Australia, Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) take a temporary job at a bar and soon find themselves in a situation that spirals out of control. The description doesn't give much away but this film is a weird one to put into words. I didn't really have any expectations when I first put this on (and almost turned it off 5 minutes in), but I was really pleasantly surprised. I ended up liking it a lot! It was so much more engaging than I thought it would be. At the 5 minute mark everything was hectic and weird and I thought the film wouldn't be for me, but once the girls actually got to the bar I was locked in! The characters are likeable and the audience can relate to them as we are also (probably) unfamiliar with the environment that they find themselves in. And while this is true of the two main characters, the supporting characters were also really interesting to watch - even the more unsavoury ones. There wasn't a point in this m...