It's the 1950s and everyone's living the "American Dream". In Olivia Wilde's 2022 thriller 'Don't Worry Darling,' we step into the colourful and seemingly flawless suburban community of Jack and Alice Chambers
The Tatler team was invited to the Philippine premiere night of Olivia Wilde's 2022 thriller Don't Worry Darling. Read on to know what they think:
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Alex Alcasid, Assistant Digital Editor
Don't Worry Darling opened in September with mixed reviews. Though several plot holes do admittedly exist in the story and it becomes difficult to follow at times, the film, at its core, serves to be a compelling psychological thriller that leaves the audience stunned and in wonder by the time the credits roll. With the film set against the idyllic backdrop of 1950s America, the audience is transported to Victory, a strangely closed-off city where women are loyal housewives, the men disappear every day to work at a mysterious and ill-defined job, and the only rule is for the women to never leave. Florence Pugh plays Alice Chambers, while popstar Harry Styles plays her husband Jack.
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Without giving too much away, Don't Worry Darling is a rollercoaster. Florence Pugh's acting is honest, real, and all-around superb. Her chemistry with Harry Styles is surprisingly good, though Styles' Jack stands out as a character in the city of Victory being that he is the only one with a British accent.
The world itself is wonderfully defined, with Victory containing everything and anything that a 1950s-era housewife would want, though all through watching the film one cannot help but get the feeling that something is terribly wrong with this perfect world. The mystery of the world and the intentions of Jack and Chris Pine's Frank unfold slowly, as the audience sees the pieces fall into place along with Alice.
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