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I don’t know which title is more apropos. Perhaps both as this film is certainly about a dedicated foodie (pardon me for this) as well as a dedicated sociopath (no apologies here.<\/div>\n
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To say the “plot” is an intricate web of what becomes, IMHO, a disturbing story of narcissism and self-aggrandizement spread evenly across all the characters, so skillfully crafted by writers Will Tracy and Seth Reiss, is an understatement. (you have to love compound sentences – LOL)<\/p>\n

Director Mark Mylod carefully guides the performances of his stars, Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy but it is his direction of the outstanding supporting cast that provides the foundation and ultimately the cohesion that binds the underlying storylines together.<\/p>\n

Stunning is Hong Chau as Elsa, and we have another haunting performance by Judith Light as  Anne. It is hard to determine whether Nicholas Hoult as Tyler should be considered a leading or supporting cast member, but one thing is for sure, he truly defines the term self-centered ass-hole!  I give it 4 stars.<\/p>\n

Respectfully submitted, your erstwhile critic, Quoth the Maven, Always More.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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