FRESH (March 2022)

FRESH

(March 2022)

You are an obsession

I cannot sleep

I am a possession

Unopened at your feet…

-- “Obsession”

     Animotion

“You do not need a man, okay? Or anybody, for that matter. It’s just… the way we’ve been raised since f*ckin’ Disney movies.”

“Yeah. F*ck Ariel.”

“F*ck her. Stupid b!tch left the whole sea for a man. Come on, now.”

Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is definitely not a skilled player at the dating game, so much so that she tells herself she’s “very okay with” being alone.

But then…

One meet-cute at the grocery later, and “cute” and “funny” Steve (Sebastian Stan) is suddenly in her life.

Despite initial appearances and that opening stretch of pre-credits runtime though, this isn’t some random rom-com--that key art should be the tip off, right?--and Noa will ultimately have even more reasons to hate dating… if she survives “cute” and “funny” Steve’s attentions…

“… if it’s done right… it’s f*cking exquisite. It’s like nothing you’ve ever had before…”

Fresh is director Mimi Cave’s feature film debut, off a script by Lauryn Kahn, and this was a surprisingly gruesome title, with some serious teeth.

And a number of… wait for it… dance montages!

Plus the Yeah Yeah Yeahs burning up the end credits roll…

What more can you ask for?

This is some seriously twisted sh!t, no lie, so be prepared…

“You know how I knew you were special? ‘Cause you’re f*cked up, too.”

I feed you, I drink you

By day and by night…

I need you, I need you

By sun and candlelight

-- “Obsession”

     Animotion

(Fresh key art courtesy of impawards.com.)