"If the plot is piled up with unmitigated clichés (cruel, senseless rich people, good-hearted immigrants, a fable of perfect family of origin, the psychological manipulation of negging and nonpology, the list goes on and on...) and Mirabella-Davis might be a lousy fabulist, what gives vitality to SWALLOW, besides Katelin Arizmendi's stylish cinematography, is Bennett's metamorphic performance. A frail flower distressed by her parentage (the cat will be let out of the bag later) and conjugal negligence, Bennett, who looks like a poor girl's Jennifer Lawrence, grandly inhabits Hunter's compulsion, disorientation and exasperation with such astonishing finesses, one cannot take eyes off her. Even when we cannot relate to Hunter's weird condition, we are compulsively intrigued by Bennett's nuanced delivery and delicate mannerism, hoping some deus ex machina can materialize to save her."
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read my full review on my blog: cinema omnivore, thanks