Miguel Santiago didn’t leave Married at First Sight fans with the best impression when we met him on the show, but he’s done some self-reflection since then.
The Season 15 alum must have rewatched the season, which is now streaming on Netflix because he recently mentioned his ex-wife Lindy Elloway on social media.
It only took a few years, but Miguel is finally taking accountability for his behavior and he’s getting a lot of support online for doing so.
The 37-year-old posted a rare behind-the-scenes video from a scene that caused quite a stir when it first aired and admitted that he was wrong.
The scene in question was a prom event that was organized by the producers.
Lindy was excited to participate, but Miguel could not have been more difficult — even refusing to pose for a prom photo with his wife.
Now, he’s reflecting on his...
The Season 15 alum must have rewatched the season, which is now streaming on Netflix because he recently mentioned his ex-wife Lindy Elloway on social media.
It only took a few years, but Miguel is finally taking accountability for his behavior and he’s getting a lot of support online for doing so.
The 37-year-old posted a rare behind-the-scenes video from a scene that caused quite a stir when it first aired and admitted that he was wrong.
The scene in question was a prom event that was organized by the producers.
Lindy was excited to participate, but Miguel could not have been more difficult — even refusing to pose for a prom photo with his wife.
Now, he’s reflecting on his...
- 6/10/2024
- by Alicea James
- Monsters and Critics
Married at First Sight cast member Miguel Santiago recently came clean with some shocking details about his storyline with Lindy Elloway, including faking their scenes to control the narrative. So, what did he have to say?
Married At First Sight: Miguel Santiago Had Dumpster Fire Storyline With Lindy Elloway
Despite being matched by the experts in Married at First Sight Season 15, it was obvious to most watchers that Miguel Santiago and Lindy Elloway were not a good match. Their chemistry in scenes was off, including their communication styles and the type of validation they wanted from their partner.
Many Married at First Sight fans even accused Miguel Santiago of gaslighting Lindy Elloway in scenes. Viewers have said, over the last few seasons specifically, how the Mafs matches don’t seem as authentic now. Based on what Miguel recently had to say, it looks like there was a big reason for that.
Married At First Sight: Miguel Santiago Had Dumpster Fire Storyline With Lindy Elloway
Despite being matched by the experts in Married at First Sight Season 15, it was obvious to most watchers that Miguel Santiago and Lindy Elloway were not a good match. Their chemistry in scenes was off, including their communication styles and the type of validation they wanted from their partner.
Many Married at First Sight fans even accused Miguel Santiago of gaslighting Lindy Elloway in scenes. Viewers have said, over the last few seasons specifically, how the Mafs matches don’t seem as authentic now. Based on what Miguel recently had to say, it looks like there was a big reason for that.
- 6/8/2024
- by Evan Morgan
- TV Shows Ace
There’s a slew of new Married at First Sight fans thanks to Netflix and after binging the latest seasons, they want answers.
Season 15 star Miguel Santiago provided much of that in a recent interview where he confessed to putting on a show for viewers.
Miguel and his ex-wife Lindy Elloway weren’t happy with how their marriage was portrayed, so they tweaked their onscreen behavior.
However, despite selling fans a love story that we bought hook, line, and sinker — at least for a little while — Miguel admitted that behind the scenes things were rocky between them.
We saw cracks in the couple’s relationship early on as Lindy wasn’t shy about telling the other women about her issues with Miguel.
The problem, however, was that during the group scenes, she would change her tune and pretend things were great with their marriage.
Despite riding things out for a...
Season 15 star Miguel Santiago provided much of that in a recent interview where he confessed to putting on a show for viewers.
Miguel and his ex-wife Lindy Elloway weren’t happy with how their marriage was portrayed, so they tweaked their onscreen behavior.
However, despite selling fans a love story that we bought hook, line, and sinker — at least for a little while — Miguel admitted that behind the scenes things were rocky between them.
We saw cracks in the couple’s relationship early on as Lindy wasn’t shy about telling the other women about her issues with Miguel.
The problem, however, was that during the group scenes, she would change her tune and pretend things were great with their marriage.
Despite riding things out for a...
- 6/7/2024
- by Alicea James
- Monsters and Critics
Stars: Melissa Barrera, Tommy Dewey, Edmund Donovan, Meghann Fahy, Kayla Foster | Written and Directed by Caroline Lindy
What happens if you fall in love with the monster under your bed? That’s the question posed by darkly funny fantasy romcom Your Monster, the debut feature from writer-director Caroline Lindy.
Melissa Barrera stars as Laura Franco, a wannabe actress who’s dumped by her theatre director boyfriend Jacob (Edmund Donovan) while she’s recovering from surgery after cancer. Devastated, Laura returns to her childhood home, where she’s shocked to discover that Monster (Tommy Dewey), the creature she once saw under her bed as a child, still lives there.
Things quickly go from bad to worse for Laura – in addition to Monster gruffly giving her two weeks to leave the house, she finds out that Jacob has started production on a Broadway musical they developed together and, worse, has offered the...
What happens if you fall in love with the monster under your bed? That’s the question posed by darkly funny fantasy romcom Your Monster, the debut feature from writer-director Caroline Lindy.
Melissa Barrera stars as Laura Franco, a wannabe actress who’s dumped by her theatre director boyfriend Jacob (Edmund Donovan) while she’s recovering from surgery after cancer. Devastated, Laura returns to her childhood home, where she’s shocked to discover that Monster (Tommy Dewey), the creature she once saw under her bed as a child, still lives there.
Things quickly go from bad to worse for Laura – in addition to Monster gruffly giving her two weeks to leave the house, she finds out that Jacob has started production on a Broadway musical they developed together and, worse, has offered the...
- 6/7/2024
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Warning: spoilers ahead for Doctor Who season 14, episode 5, Dot & Bubble The Unexpected Turn of Lindy Pepper-Bean Lindy’s journey in this Doctor Who episode is filled with revelations. Played by Callie Cooke, Lindy is a bratty resident of Finetime, a colony dominated by youngsters connected via a sophisticated social media system. The shocking twist reveals Lindy’s racism towards the Fifteenth Doctor, bringing to light the racial undertones within Finetime’s society. The social media AI turns on its users, which might be tied to Finetime’s racial dynamics. The episode ends with Lindy rejecting the Doctor’s help and revealing the...
- 6/6/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Doctor Who season 14, episode 5, “Dot and Bubble.” The latest episode of Doctor Who, titled “Dot and Bubble,” has sparked a frenzy among fans, who are branding the episode a Black Mirror rip off. The comparison is largely drawn due to its focus on AI technology going rogue and societal prejudices. In this episode, Lindy Pepper-Bean, played by Callie Cooke, faces unforeseen turmoil as her Homeworld succumbs to the malevolence of a sentient Dot AI. Lindy’s homeworld demise is felt through the Dot AI The Homeworld, never named specifically, represents affluence but falls under attack...
- 6/6/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Married at First Sight cast member Lindy Elloway recently threw some considerable shade at her Lifetime ex, with a not-so-subtle dig at Miguel Santiago. So, what did the marriage experiment alum have to say?
Married At First Sight: Lindy Elloway And Miguel Santiago Were Not A Good Match
As longtime Married at First Sight fans have seen, despite touting themselves as “experts,” the panel of matchmakers, led by Dr. Pepper Schwartz and Pastor Calvin Roberson, doesn’t have the greatest success rate. Fans may love them for their commentary in scenes, however, when it comes to matching couples, they have not had a very good track record, particularly over the last few years.
One of the many poor matches they’ve made included Lindy Elloway and Miguel Santiago. When it came to these two, they seemed to constantly trigger one another, to the point where it was hard to tell...
Married At First Sight: Lindy Elloway And Miguel Santiago Were Not A Good Match
As longtime Married at First Sight fans have seen, despite touting themselves as “experts,” the panel of matchmakers, led by Dr. Pepper Schwartz and Pastor Calvin Roberson, doesn’t have the greatest success rate. Fans may love them for their commentary in scenes, however, when it comes to matching couples, they have not had a very good track record, particularly over the last few years.
One of the many poor matches they’ve made included Lindy Elloway and Miguel Santiago. When it came to these two, they seemed to constantly trigger one another, to the point where it was hard to tell...
- 6/5/2024
- by Evan Morgan
- TV Shows Ace
Lindy Elloway threw shade at a “toxic ex” in a recent post, and you can call us shady but the first person that came to mind was Miguel Santiago.
We’re not the only ones who immediately thought of Lindy’s ex-husband at the mere mention of the word toxic.
After she posted the message several people took to the comment section to bash Miguel for how he treated his wife during the eight-week process.
We witnessed their rocky relationship during Season 15 and although the couple opted to stay married on Decision Day, they couldn’t sustain the relationship.
In February 2023, Lindy announced their divorce, stating that Miguel was not committed to the success of their marriage.
Since then, the Married at First Sight alum has been happily single, and now Lindy has set some standards for her next relationship.
Lindy Elloway throws shade at her ‘toxic ex’
The Mafs...
We’re not the only ones who immediately thought of Lindy’s ex-husband at the mere mention of the word toxic.
After she posted the message several people took to the comment section to bash Miguel for how he treated his wife during the eight-week process.
We witnessed their rocky relationship during Season 15 and although the couple opted to stay married on Decision Day, they couldn’t sustain the relationship.
In February 2023, Lindy announced their divorce, stating that Miguel was not committed to the success of their marriage.
Since then, the Married at First Sight alum has been happily single, and now Lindy has set some standards for her next relationship.
Lindy Elloway throws shade at her ‘toxic ex’
The Mafs...
- 6/4/2024
- by Alicea James
- Monsters and Critics
Warning: Contains some spoilers for ‘Dot And Bubble’
For anyone who might’ve found last week’s folk horror-inflected episode of Doctor Who, ‘73 Yards’, a little too ambiguous, you’ll have no such quibbles with the series’ follow-up offering, ‘Dot And Bubble’. A candy-coloured cautionary tale about the perils of tech dependency and online echo chambers set in a world where everybody lives in literal social media bubbles, the fifth episode of Russell T. Davies’ Who reboot is about as subtle as a flatulent Slitheen. But unsubtle doesn’t necessarily mean ineffective, and despite the heavy-handedness of its opening throes, Davies’ Black Mirror-riffing latest eventually builds to a flooring sucker punch of a finale that would stop even Charlie Brooker in his tracks.
After the darkness of ‘Boom’ and the wintry chill of ‘73 Yards’, ‘Dot And Bubble’ sees Davies whisk viewers away to Finetime, a pastel-paletted, domed-in alien idyll populated by rich-kid human colonists.
For anyone who might’ve found last week’s folk horror-inflected episode of Doctor Who, ‘73 Yards’, a little too ambiguous, you’ll have no such quibbles with the series’ follow-up offering, ‘Dot And Bubble’. A candy-coloured cautionary tale about the perils of tech dependency and online echo chambers set in a world where everybody lives in literal social media bubbles, the fifth episode of Russell T. Davies’ Who reboot is about as subtle as a flatulent Slitheen. But unsubtle doesn’t necessarily mean ineffective, and despite the heavy-handedness of its opening throes, Davies’ Black Mirror-riffing latest eventually builds to a flooring sucker punch of a finale that would stop even Charlie Brooker in his tracks.
After the darkness of ‘Boom’ and the wintry chill of ‘73 Yards’, ‘Dot And Bubble’ sees Davies whisk viewers away to Finetime, a pastel-paletted, domed-in alien idyll populated by rich-kid human colonists.
- 6/3/2024
- by Jordan King
- Empire - TV
“We waited for the technology to catch up. And the technology has broken us.” So Russell T Davies told the latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine about series 14, episode five “Dot and Bubble”. Tech breaking people sounds fitting for an episode Davies describes as Doctor Who’s “clearest step into Black Mirror territory.”
Set in a colony on an alien planet, “Dot and Bubble” is the story of Lindy Pepper Bean (Callie Cooke), a citizen of the happy, harmonious and social-media-absorbed world of Finetime. When Lindy’s friends start disappearing and mysterious monsters appear to be in operation, will Ruby and the Doctor be able to convince Finetime’s residents of the truth before it’s too late?
The idea for the episode first came to Davies 15 years ago, he told Dwm’s Benjamin Cook. During an LA lunch ahead of the series 11 launch, he pitched it to Steven Moffat,...
Set in a colony on an alien planet, “Dot and Bubble” is the story of Lindy Pepper Bean (Callie Cooke), a citizen of the happy, harmonious and social-media-absorbed world of Finetime. When Lindy’s friends start disappearing and mysterious monsters appear to be in operation, will Ruby and the Doctor be able to convince Finetime’s residents of the truth before it’s too late?
The idea for the episode first came to Davies 15 years ago, he told Dwm’s Benjamin Cook. During an LA lunch ahead of the series 11 launch, he pitched it to Steven Moffat,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Someone needs to get a therapist on standby for the Married at First Sight San Diego cast because they are not okay.
The former couples are again getting an onslaught of negative comments even though their season aired in 2023.
You can blame Netflix for that since Season 15 just became available on the streaming platform.
That means there are a slew of new Mafs viewers just now meeting the cast, and they have much to say about their behavior.
Miguel Santiago got a mouthful from an angry troll who took things way too far with their racist rhetoric.
Miguel shared a screenshot of their exchange online, which was crude and nasty.
Miguel Santiago shares a racist comment from a Mafs troll
The Mafs star took to his Instagram Story to put a racist commenter on blast, although he opted not to share the identity of the troll.
He posted their tense...
The former couples are again getting an onslaught of negative comments even though their season aired in 2023.
You can blame Netflix for that since Season 15 just became available on the streaming platform.
That means there are a slew of new Mafs viewers just now meeting the cast, and they have much to say about their behavior.
Miguel Santiago got a mouthful from an angry troll who took things way too far with their racist rhetoric.
Miguel shared a screenshot of their exchange online, which was crude and nasty.
Miguel Santiago shares a racist comment from a Mafs troll
The Mafs star took to his Instagram Story to put a racist commenter on blast, although he opted not to share the identity of the troll.
He posted their tense...
- 5/21/2024
- by Alicea James
- Monsters and Critics
Erik Feig’s Picturestart and podcast studio Meet Cute are partnering on ice skating audio series Fire & Ice, executive produced by Olympian Nancy Kerrigan.
The project is also executive produced by Lindy Goldstein through her Lindy Goldstein Productions banner and follows skating champions who must navigate romance and rivalry, while trying to achieve their dreams on the Olympic stage.
Chiara Aurelia (Cruel Summer) and Jack Martin (La Brea) lend their voices to the audio series, along with Kennedy Holmes (The Voice), Laura Schein, Clayton Farris, Ashley Eskew, Yuriy Sardarov, Kendall Johnson, Sydney Battle, Kathleen Leary, Jenni Barber, Gabe Greenspan and Scott Golden. The series is directed and produced by Eskew.
Picturestart, Kerrigan and Goldstein have been developing a feature film adaptation of Fire & Ice written by Ashleigh Powell, who is known for Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Meet Cute will be an executive producer on that project.
The project is also executive produced by Lindy Goldstein through her Lindy Goldstein Productions banner and follows skating champions who must navigate romance and rivalry, while trying to achieve their dreams on the Olympic stage.
Chiara Aurelia (Cruel Summer) and Jack Martin (La Brea) lend their voices to the audio series, along with Kennedy Holmes (The Voice), Laura Schein, Clayton Farris, Ashley Eskew, Yuriy Sardarov, Kendall Johnson, Sydney Battle, Kathleen Leary, Jenni Barber, Gabe Greenspan and Scott Golden. The series is directed and produced by Eskew.
Picturestart, Kerrigan and Goldstein have been developing a feature film adaptation of Fire & Ice written by Ashleigh Powell, who is known for Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Meet Cute will be an executive producer on that project.
- 3/29/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The words “bold,” “audacious,” and “daring” can be easily tossed around whenever a new-to-us filmmaker makes their feature-length debut, but in writer-director Caroline Lindy’s case, they’re more than applicable. They fall short of accurately describing Lindy’s deliriously entertaining, genre-bending first effort, Your Monster. A smash-up of multiple genres and sub-genres, Your Monster should launch Lindy’s filmmaking career for the next decade or two without reservation, hesitation, or doubt. Based, in part, on Lindy’s personal experiences and expanded from her 2020 proof-of-concept short, Your Monster focuses on Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), a down-and-out performer facing a series of personal Job-like drawbacks and obstacles, beginning with a surprise cancer diagnosis and continuing with her longtime boyfriend and composer, Jacob (Edmund Donovan), abruptly...
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- 1/31/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Maddie Ziegler in Fitting InPhoto: Elevation Pictures
Adolescence is a tough time for just about everyone, and finding out that you’re different from your peers can only make that time worse. This is half of the wordplay inherent in the title of writer-director Molly McGlynn’s semi-autobiographical film Fitting In,...
Adolescence is a tough time for just about everyone, and finding out that you’re different from your peers can only make that time worse. This is half of the wordplay inherent in the title of writer-director Molly McGlynn’s semi-autobiographical film Fitting In,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Leigh Monson
- avclub.com
Melissa Barrera seems remarkably composed for someone navigating one of the most trying periods of their personal and professional lives. You’ve probably seen the headlines: The rising star of Vida, In the Heights, and the Scream films was fired from the horror franchise and falsely branded antisemitic for a series of Instagram posts calling attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that’s claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people.
She subsequently released a statement saying, in part, “I condemn anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. I condemn hate and...
She subsequently released a statement saying, in part, “I condemn anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. I condemn hate and...
- 1/24/2024
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
Traditionally, the concept of "the monster under the bed" is seen as a universal childhood fear, the most prominent example of our collective primal fear of the dark. For boys and young men, this mythical creature is typically seen as something to conquer, to stand up to. As fantasy, horror, and genre fiction continue to mutate into phases of postmodernism, this trope has expanded, where the monster isn't necessarily a threat to be subdued but rather a secret, special friend.
But what does this creature signify for girls and young women? If the horrific version represents the encroaching world of the patriarchy, might a cuddlier version see such a creature take the form of a confidant, companion, and protector? Where would he (assuming they're male) fit amongst the horror movie trope of survivor women being "paired" with their supernatural counterpart — is there something between "La Belle et la Bête" and...
But what does this creature signify for girls and young women? If the horrific version represents the encroaching world of the patriarchy, might a cuddlier version see such a creature take the form of a confidant, companion, and protector? Where would he (assuming they're male) fit amongst the horror movie trope of survivor women being "paired" with their supernatural counterpart — is there something between "La Belle et la Bête" and...
- 1/22/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Melissa Barrera said she’s sticking with the horror genre while opening up about her upcoming film, Your Monster, at The Hollywood Reporter‘s studio during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.
In the horror rom-com by Caroline Lindy, Barrera plays Laura, an aspiring musical theater actress whose boyfriend breaks up with her while she’s recovering from cancer surgery. As Laura faces her heartbreak, a monster comes out of her closet and the pair spark a romance akin to Beauty and the Beast.
Barrera, speaking to THR‘s Seija Rankin in some of her first interviews following her high-profile exit from the Scream franchise, said she took on the Your Monster role after a close friend, who is also friends with Lindy, encouraged her to appear in the filmmaker’s debut feature film.
“He called me, and he was like, ‘So there’s this friend, she’s an actor and a director.
In the horror rom-com by Caroline Lindy, Barrera plays Laura, an aspiring musical theater actress whose boyfriend breaks up with her while she’s recovering from cancer surgery. As Laura faces her heartbreak, a monster comes out of her closet and the pair spark a romance akin to Beauty and the Beast.
Barrera, speaking to THR‘s Seija Rankin in some of her first interviews following her high-profile exit from the Scream franchise, said she took on the Your Monster role after a close friend, who is also friends with Lindy, encouraged her to appear in the filmmaker’s debut feature film.
“He called me, and he was like, ‘So there’s this friend, she’s an actor and a director.
- 1/20/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Did Beauty kill the Beast? Or was it the other way around? Or maybe they lived happily ever after? Writer-director Caroline Lindy plays with classical expectations in her enjoyable debut feature Your Monster. Actress Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera) is just out of surgery when the film starts. We quickly learn she’s survived some unnamed cancer and, in the tough year of treatments, her theater-director boyfriend of five years Jacob (Edmund Donovan) broke up with her. To make matters worse, he also moved forward with producing a Broadway musical that they developed together, one with a lead role he’d promised to Laura.
Her only friend is fellow actress Mazie, played well by Kayla Foster, who lifts up a thinly written supporting character. Mazie’s unreliability leaves Laura alone in her transient mother’s New York City apartment, crying and eating pies. Until, that is, an upstairs neighbor reveals himself.
Her only friend is fellow actress Mazie, played well by Kayla Foster, who lifts up a thinly written supporting character. Mazie’s unreliability leaves Laura alone in her transient mother’s New York City apartment, crying and eating pies. Until, that is, an upstairs neighbor reveals himself.
- 1/20/2024
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Plot: A young address (Melissa Barrera) ends up being dumped by her louse of a boyfriend while battling cancer. In her recovery, she also learns that he gave away a role he promised her in his upcoming Broadway debut. Heartbroken, she finds solace in an unlikely figure – the monster under her bed who tormented her as a child.
Review: Your Monster is a terrific showcase for Melissa Barrera. While audiences only know her for being a classic “Final Girl” in the new Scream movies, from which she was unceremoniously dumped, according to her bio, she’s a classic theatre kid. In this movie, Barrera displays a flair for light comedy and shows off her impressive singing voice, with the film being a quasi-musical/ rom-com hybrid with some (light) horror elements mixed in.
Indeed, Barrera is so immensely likeable that you can overlook some of the movie’s shortcomings, including a...
Review: Your Monster is a terrific showcase for Melissa Barrera. While audiences only know her for being a classic “Final Girl” in the new Scream movies, from which she was unceremoniously dumped, according to her bio, she’s a classic theatre kid. In this movie, Barrera displays a flair for light comedy and shows off her impressive singing voice, with the film being a quasi-musical/ rom-com hybrid with some (light) horror elements mixed in.
Indeed, Barrera is so immensely likeable that you can overlook some of the movie’s shortcomings, including a...
- 1/20/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Scream heroine Melissa Barrera shines in Caroline Lindy‘s feature debut, Your Monster, an expansion of her short film. A wholesome, whimsical romance befitting of a classic Hollywood musical but with dark underpinnings, Your Monster lets Barrera showcase her range and singing chops, even when it can’t quite decide on a cohesive approach to its monstrous metaphor.
Erstwhile Broadway actress Laura Franco (Barrera) finds her life in shambles when cancer derails her career ambitions and her longtime boyfriend Jacob (Edmund Donovan) unceremoniously dumps her. Abandoned by her mother and ignored by her self-involved best friend Mazie (Kayla Foster), Your Monster introduces its protagonist at her lowest point, all wails and self-pity. Enter Monster (Tommy Dewey), a beast that’s lived in her childhood closet for years and took a liking to having the house to himself. Love eventually blossoms between the pair, exposing Laura’s inner Monster in the process.
Erstwhile Broadway actress Laura Franco (Barrera) finds her life in shambles when cancer derails her career ambitions and her longtime boyfriend Jacob (Edmund Donovan) unceremoniously dumps her. Abandoned by her mother and ignored by her self-involved best friend Mazie (Kayla Foster), Your Monster introduces its protagonist at her lowest point, all wails and self-pity. Enter Monster (Tommy Dewey), a beast that’s lived in her childhood closet for years and took a liking to having the house to himself. Love eventually blossoms between the pair, exposing Laura’s inner Monster in the process.
- 1/20/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
You’d have to forgive Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera) for being a little out of sorts these days. In short order, she’s been: diagnosed with cancer, dumped by her douchebag boyfriend, undergone radical treatment, moved back into her childhood home, realized said douchebag boyfriend has also absconded with the musical they wrote together (and given away the part literally made for her!), and discovered that the monster she thought she imagined in her youth is still very much alive and very much living in her closet (and played by the charming Tommy Dewey).
Filmmaker Caroline Lindy makes her feature directorial debut with “Your Monster,” but it’s a story she’s told before, both in life and on the screen.
Lindy’s passion for and connection to the material is obvious (how could it not be?), as is her desire to twist a sad story into something fresh and often funny.
Filmmaker Caroline Lindy makes her feature directorial debut with “Your Monster,” but it’s a story she’s told before, both in life and on the screen.
Lindy’s passion for and connection to the material is obvious (how could it not be?), as is her desire to twist a sad story into something fresh and often funny.
- 1/19/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It’s probably safe to say that Your Monster is the only film ever to score a sex scene to Jimmy Durante’s raspy voice singing, “I could turn the gray skies to blue, if I only had you.” Caroline Lindy’s first feature (based on her short) is a singing, dancing, skewed comic take on rom-coms, heartbreak, rebounds and revenge. Full of affection for big Broadway-style tunes, with a heroine whose dream man is soft-hearted but also not human, it is a sharp, witty confection.
Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), a would-be actress, is in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery when her boyfriend breaks up by text. As we see in the opening sequence, she howls and weeps, but even as she’s being wheeled out of the hospital, we hear Dick Van Dyke cheerfully singing “Put on a Happy Face” from the original Broadway cast album of Bye Bye Birdie.
Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), a would-be actress, is in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery when her boyfriend breaks up by text. As we see in the opening sequence, she howls and weeps, but even as she’s being wheeled out of the hospital, we hear Dick Van Dyke cheerfully singing “Put on a Happy Face” from the original Broadway cast album of Bye Bye Birdie.
- 1/19/2024
- by Caryn James
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If Ann Landers had it right, and hanging on to resentment amounts to letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head, then “Your Monster” is what happens when you kick open the door and let those feelings run amok. Drawing from personal experience, writer-director Caroline Lindy delivers a clumsy metaphor of a movie, in which a promising young actor named Laura Franco (“In the Heights” star Melissa Barrera) has her Broadway dreams derailed by a cancer diagnosis, only to discover a ferocious inner strength, courtesy of the beastly creature she finds hanging around her childhood home.
In what amounts to a heavy-handed empowerment tale, the monster in question is at first a surly roommate, later a potential love interest and ultimately a manifestation of Laura’s long-suppressed sense of rage. The symbolism isn’t exactly subtle as Laura learns to break free of her polite good-girl upbringing and embrace those roiling emotions.
In what amounts to a heavy-handed empowerment tale, the monster in question is at first a surly roommate, later a potential love interest and ultimately a manifestation of Laura’s long-suppressed sense of rage. The symbolism isn’t exactly subtle as Laura learns to break free of her polite good-girl upbringing and embrace those roiling emotions.
- 1/19/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
In Caroline Lindy’s debut feature, an actress’s life quickly bottoms out, only to be rebuilt with the help of a monster living in her closet. Premiering in Sundance’s Midnight section, Your Monster, an adaptation of Lindy’s own 2020 short, nevertheless finds itself frequently in the vein of a rom-com. Below, editors Dashya Broadway and Jon Higgins talk about finding the right tone for a story that has a little bit of everything and making sure they didn’t leave the audience waiting for too long. See all responses to our annual Sundance editor questionnaire here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up […]
The post “Anyone That Watched the Early Cuts Had the Same Reaction”: Editors Dashya Broadway and Jon Higgins on Your Monster first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Anyone That Watched the Early Cuts Had the Same Reaction”: Editors Dashya Broadway and Jon Higgins on Your Monster first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/18/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In Caroline Lindy’s debut feature, an actress’s life quickly bottoms out, only to be rebuilt with the help of a monster living in her closet. Premiering in Sundance’s Midnight section, Your Monster, an adaptation of Lindy’s own 2020 short, nevertheless finds itself frequently in the vein of a rom-com. Below, editors Dashya Broadway and Jon Higgins talk about finding the right tone for a story that has a little bit of everything and making sure they didn’t leave the audience waiting for too long. See all responses to our annual Sundance editor questionnaire here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up […]
The post “Anyone That Watched the Early Cuts Had the Same Reaction”: Editors Dashya Broadway and Jon Higgins on Your Monster first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Anyone That Watched the Early Cuts Had the Same Reaction”: Editors Dashya Broadway and Jon Higgins on Your Monster first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/18/2024
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