Full [work] Movie: Adore

Adore is a beautiful, frustrating, and utterly strange film. It is too melodramatic to be a serious art-house hit, yet too slow and contemplative to be a trashy thriller. For viewers willing to suspend modern ethical lens and embrace the film as a fable about obsessive love, there is a hypnotic, tragic quality to it. You will likely find yourself shouting at the screen, but you probably won’t look away.

On the surface, the film is visually stunning. The setting—a sleepy, coastal beach town—is shot with a hazy, dreamlike quality. The turquoise water and golden sand create an Edenic paradise that deliberately contrasts with the deep, messy taboos being explored. Director Anne Fontaine lingers on the beauty of the landscape and the actors, using the natural light to create an atmosphere of timeless, forbidden indulgence. adore full movie

Adore is less about love and more about selfishness. It asks whether a lifelong friendship can survive when both parties decide to burn the rulebook of motherhood together. The answer the film gives is haunting, but getting there requires a hefty suspension of disbelief. Adore is a beautiful, frustrating, and utterly strange film

Y Tu Mamá También (for the sexual tension), The Reader (for taboo romance), or glossy dramas about beautiful people making terrible decisions. You will likely find yourself shouting at the

Rating: ⭐⭐½ (2.5/5)