Holy Spider (2022)
It is pretty evident very early on what this movie intention is and where it wants to go, and that is my main problem with it. The film is well made, Ebrahimi is fantastic and well deserving of her Cannes award and as a way of both telling this story of the serial killer and putting it into the context of the general misogynistic Iranian society, it is successful. But since all of that is established pretty early, there wasn’t really much more for me to unpack for the rest of film. It has no surprises or new insights. The existence of the film is both sympathetic and brave, but that doesn’t make for a great film in itself. Still a good movie, and I recommend watching it. Just hoped for a bit more from Abbasi.
Rating: 3