IMDb plot summary: An affluent and unexceptional homemaker in the suburbs develops multiple chemical sensitivity.
Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Susan Norman, and Peter Friedman.
This is... an unsettling movie. And seems wildly relevant for being released a full 25 years ago. The self-help alternative medicine movement is stronger than ever, and the isolation of Carol's attempts to combat her mystery illness felt eerily similar to the pandemic quarantine I've been in since March. There are no easy answers given here, and it's very clear that the few things Carol things she's found as answers still aren't, as they just lead to further and further isolation. I'm not sure what to actually take away from the whole thing, but it's definitely a haunting film.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Safe > Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
Safe > Grosse Pointe Blank
Safe < A Little Princess (1995)
Safe < The Invisible Man (1933)
Safe < The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Safe < Fever Pitch (1997)
Safe > Woman in the Dunes
Safe < A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
Safe < Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Safe < Dark Passage
Safe > Anna Karenina
Safe < The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Final spot: #769 out of 3183, or 76%.
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