'Don't Worry Darling' Review: 'Get Out' But For White Women
Essentially 'Get Out' but for white women, 'Don't Worry Darling' has strong material with its twist reveal, but the writing and directing falter trying to execute it.

Another happy Children's Day is coming. The kindly father-in-law Sun sits in the palace of heaven and laments that the children get up earlier than him. Although tens of thousands of years have passed, Grandpa Sun decided to invite children from the earth to his palace for the holiday. Of course, an invitation must be issued before that, so Eunuch Sun entrusts the lovely and mischievous messenger of light to the earth to convey the good news.
Essentially 'Get Out' but for white women, 'Don't Worry Darling' has strong material with its twist reveal, but the writing and directing falter trying to execute it.
During the third act, the momentum stalls, largely due to the film’s obsession with Kubrick’s visual design. But all in all, Doctor Sleep is a cinematic success, defined by rich characters and high powered emotion.
'Motherless Brooklyn' is a 1950s whodunit made by its star, Edward Norton. Like most detective films in this setting, the cast is mostly white males (with a few notable exceptions).
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”
Eddington attempts to capture how media is intertwined with the uncomfortable present.