Swallow

Whatever.

This is Bennett's show... It's a role you can imagine a young Isabelle Huppert playing, and there's no higher praise than that.

Bennett, who's been largely off the radar for a while, is heartbreaking and, eventually, fierce as her character begins to crave change.

I only wish "Swallow" didn't hammer its themes home quite so hard, through dialogue, editing, and camerawork that never trust the audience to think for itself.

This is a movie that cries out for attention, in ways both admirable and grating.

It was refreshing to see a movie that bothered me this much.

Functioning as a warped fairy tale, Swallow poses provocative questions about the expectations imposed on women, and the psychologically damaging effects of a patriarchal culture.

Swallow has an uncommon raw power that most films can’t reach.

Depending on where you land on certain things I can see the ending being interpreted as hopeful, tragic, or even repulsive.

The frames in Swallow transmit emptiness through extreme attention to stage elements with inert colors... [Full review in Spanish]