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Saint Pauly says...
4 years ago
_Swallow_ is like wearing second hand underwear that's far too tight yet looks incredible on you. It's full of cringe and will never stop making you uncomfortable yet works in every way possible.

This neo-pre-feminist (yes, I just made that up) psychological thriller is constantly evolving as it explores the psyche of a trophy wife whose at risk of being tarnished. Director Carlo Mirabella-Davis leaves a lasting imprint of his style on this film that Haley Bennet owns like a dress tailor made for her talent.
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YaseminB says...
4 years ago
Urgh it was going soooo good, but the film just kinda ended? They could have done so much more with it. Such an anticlimax.
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Reply by Fornost
4 years ago
@yaseminb [spoiler] abortion propaganda kicked in [/spoiler] seems like the whole interesting narrative was a prelude to a simple thing, the very ending, with no message, and just a simple answer that killed the whole character development revealed to me...there's no purpose to this film than the final message
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Reply by Xiofire
3 years ago
@yaseminb I agree, the movie is pretty good, but I disagree the ending is an anti-climax.<br /> The whole movies theme was about the purpose of birth, and if people are supposed to be born outside of solid family constructs. The movies opening scene is that of a lamb (kid) being butchered and eaten, the two central motifs of the film; the message was telegraphed from the start. <br /> Hunter feels like she's not worthy of birth due to her being the by-product of rape, and while not to the same extreme, she probably feels the same of her own offspring being born from the weirdly hostage-esque relationship she finds herself in. <br /> She lies to her therapist about the support system she was born into, which we get a glimpse of when she phones her Mom and is greeted with a cold shoulder and a closed door.<br /> Why would she want the same for her child? Hunter is now free of the burden of guilt of being born after the meeting with her father, but she clearly wouldn't want to subject her future child to the same weights she bore her whole life, hence the abortion. The ending isn't explosive, but it's the natural conclusion of the character and the movies themes.
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SpuppolSenpai says...
a month ago
[spoiler] Hope whoever wrote this film got sentenced with life prison, terrible doesn't go near enough to how bad this shit is [/spoiler]
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jeroenvanstrien says...
6 months ago
Good film in which the young woman Hunter develops the eating disorder Pica. The film is very uncomfortable at many moments, not just the ones where Hunter swallows (and later defecates) pushpins and other sharp objects. Her husband Richie and his parents also contribute to the discomfort. With a family in law like she has, it's no wonder she develops a psychological disorder. Later, it turns out that there is more going on. Haley Bennett's acting is very convincing.
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Max.Renn says...
2 years ago
"Fake it until you ... go insane and start swallowing needles and batteries"

Hunter (played beautifully by Haley Bennet) is a kind hearted and naive young girl who tries to be the perfect wife, in return she receives the indifference and oppression of her husband and family.
In response to this gaslighting situation, she begins to rebel by swallowing dangerous objects.
Swallow is a psychological horror where terror and violence are sneaky and mean. The film perfectly manages to put us in the role of the protagonist, we feel weak and helpless and we suffer with her the psychological violence inflicted on her by her family members. The other characters, from the husband, to the in-laws, to the psychologist, even if they never lift a finger on her, are a collection of monstrous characters.
Swallow is a very interesting film, never boring, well directed and photographed.
Highly recommended, expecially if you enjoyed movies like Gaslight with Ingrid Bergman, The Invisible Man (2020) or the more recent Men by Alex Garland.
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extrudaaltsoskifli says...
3 years ago
Wierd complex movie, worths a watch.
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Xiofire says...
3 years ago
With an almost suffocating atmosphere, Swallow is a slow burning, gross-out thriller with a surprising underlying message. Carlo Mirabella-Davis manages to create oppression and claustrophobia during scenes of wealth and extravagance, a pretty strong feat for such an odd storyline and script. Some may find the ending a little shrivelled, but everything here is set and wrapped from the offset, and if you're willing to go with the shocking subject material, you'll find a solid psychological drama inside.
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faithful soul says...
4 years ago
The movie might be hard to swallow but its actually based on fact. Well, the marble eating is anyway, as it is a genuine psychological problem. The film is pretty good, but the anticlimactic ending was quite hard to digest.
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miguelreina says...
4 years ago
A prison of gold. The perfect wife in her invisibility. Only transgression can make her stand out. "I just... like the textures in my mouth". This desire becomes an obsession. Actually, no explanation is needed, but the script insists on wanting to explain everything. And what begins as a surrealist proposal in the style of "Dogtooth" (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009) becomes a drama of conventional resolution. The perfect wife does not exist.
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bajos says...
4 years ago
I had to pause every 15 minutes and say "CRINGE" out loud. But the movie works, just a little bit slow, but it sure was something new. I dont know why it gets listed under "thriller" or "horror", this is clearly a Drama.
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PipiAndrade says...
4 years ago
Any really decent male characters in this movie? There was Luay!
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TvWatcha3 says...
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3 years ago
3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Swallow’:

1. The swallowing objects aspect took more of a backseat in the story than I expected it to. And it was also more disturbing than I expected it to be.

2. Every single character was either awful or odd. The husband, his parents, the “hug guy,” the girl who shouted Hunter out at the party, the therapist, Hunter’s mom and biological “father.” Hunter’s loneliness was palpable.

3. It was nice to see SUCH a bleak film end on a somewhat optimistic note. I was thrilled to see that girl eat a burger and fries — and find the will to survive on her own.

Bonus Thought: Great performance by Haley Bennett.
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AuralRevolt says...
3 years ago
**Surprisingly compelling and a visual treat.**

The way she was treated was the most horrific part of the film. Haley Bennet gives a stellar performance that kept me compelled until the very end, which I also loved.
>_Hunter: “[gulp]”_
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