Anatomy of a Fall

The writing has good dialogue but first 30 min is slow. This film is very cerebral and plays with a bit of a cliche where the wife is more successful and smarter than the husband and is persecuted for it and then becomes the victim. I've seen this story in the hundreds the past few years and at festivals lately.

Everyone at Cannes was talking about The Zone of Interest so I was surprised when this film won bc very few people talked about it. This film is good for exploring husband and wife, man and woman dynamics and secrets in a courtroom style murder film genre, etc.

This film does not contribute anything new to cinema so I was disappointed by the award. The wife character is bisexual which is used to create more mystery. Did she kill the husband so she can be with the other woman? She don't need no man to be happy, right? She's very stoic and doesn't feel much emotion

You will go back and forth wondering did this woman who is so much smarter than her husband kill him bc he is jealous or bc she is bisexual? Or does she have alterior motives.

I recommend maybe watching it on the airplane while you're with friends talking and couldn't find something else or could be good on the subway with your phone if nobody is talking to you.

The ending is surprising so I gave it an extra star for that; that's not easy to do. And another star for the writing which was the better part.

Took away stars because a new movie or tv show with this same underlying story and theme (albeit different execution) comes out every day. And took away points bc there is an underlying didacticism.