Make Up - 2019 - 5/10
Ruth comes to visit her boyfriend on the Cornwall coast.
He works at a beach community, overhauling during off-season.
Ruth could work, too, but she seems more inclined to chill. To do nothing.
Disappointing film cannot find its identity.
Is it a horror film? A mystery? A “relationship” drama?
Angles are offered with neither explanation nor resolution. Characters are poorly developed.
A dark ambiant score favors the horror mystery genre (though at one point I commented, “If you replace the music here with Beach Boys or Erasure, the whole vibe changes.”).
Result of this writer director vanity project is a muddle.