**** CLEARLY NOT FOR EVERYONE ****
This movie better defines "torture porn". Yet it holds merit for those few of us looking for something different.
Portraits of Andrea Palmer is an 74minute ride, passing through a life afflicted by depression, pain, and misery. The film puts another perspective upon what we all have become to know as a normal aspect of life, of which we walk past daily without ever thinking twice about. Witness what this "normal life" may entail behind the fake smiles and makeup. This movie is grime. I would dare to say some scenery and images compete with those of Saló, 120 Days of Sodom. The film holds nothing back when reaching towards its goal of ugliness.
What started as watching our protagonist's day to day life quickly fades to a much darker place as she sinks lower and lower. Early scenery captures the concept perfectly with blotchy black and white video effects, breaking only for self inflicted gore images. By the end the world has consumed what bit of individualism she had and you're left with a defeated zombie.
Without ruining much more of the "plot" I will stop there, though I feel the need to warn readers this movie is beyond the point of "questionably extreme". In addition the overall plot lacks a depth which would typically be desirable when watching these sorts of movies.
Rating 5/10, average.
Gore/Disturbing scenery 7/10 Acting 9/10 Plot 3.5/10 (60% of the film is a porno) Camera quality / sound effects 6/10
Unique art-house take on a genre not flooded with unoriginal content. Yet, kind of boring.
Portraits of Andrea Palmer is an 74minute ride, passing through a life afflicted by depression, pain, and misery. The film puts another perspective upon what we all have become to know as a normal aspect of life, of which we walk past daily without ever thinking twice about. Witness what this "normal life" may entail behind the fake smiles and makeup. This movie is grime. I would dare to say some scenery and images compete with those of Saló, 120 Days of Sodom. The film holds nothing back when reaching towards its goal of ugliness.
What started as watching our protagonist's day to day life quickly fades to a much darker place as she sinks lower and lower. Early scenery captures the concept perfectly with blotchy black and white video effects, breaking only for self inflicted gore images. By the end the world has consumed what bit of individualism she had and you're left with a defeated zombie.
Without ruining much more of the "plot" I will stop there, though I feel the need to warn readers this movie is beyond the point of "questionably extreme". In addition the overall plot lacks a depth which would typically be desirable when watching these sorts of movies.
Rating 5/10, average.
Gore/Disturbing scenery 7/10 Acting 9/10 Plot 3.5/10 (60% of the film is a porno) Camera quality / sound effects 6/10
Unique art-house take on a genre not flooded with unoriginal content. Yet, kind of boring.