I actually attended to a Catholic high school school in the 2010s. This is nothing like it, just an average American high school with a very loose uniform code, which is really disappointing. Rebel girls in Catholic schools face a lot more problems with authority than the ones in regular high schools. I can imagine so many scenarios in this film that could have worked so much better if they knew what it was really like to be a troubled teenage girl in a strict Catholic school; taking revenge on strict teachers, suspicious nuns, a Christian-themed assembly where something goes on fire, ghosts, the level of police-like surveillance on school grounds, public prayer, or going into detention for the smallest things...
The concept of the plot itself taps into something primordial, something unique to girls. The rage, the desire for power and freedom to change fate, the desire to connect to the natural and spiritual world, the idea that witchcraft and magic is an inborn right, but that without guidance or wisdom it can turn into the very evil that inspires fear and hate and jealousy.
Loved the music, the aesthetic, the intensity of the plot etc. Literally the only problem I have is the missed opportunity to develop the whole preppy Catholic school idea, which could have been a great influence to take the movie to the next level.
The concept of the plot itself taps into something primordial, something unique to girls. The rage, the desire for power and freedom to change fate, the desire to connect to the natural and spiritual world, the idea that witchcraft and magic is an inborn right, but that without guidance or wisdom it can turn into the very evil that inspires fear and hate and jealousy.
Loved the music, the aesthetic, the intensity of the plot etc. Literally the only problem I have is the missed opportunity to develop the whole preppy Catholic school idea, which could have been a great influence to take the movie to the next level.