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Surprisingly incoherent and boring

One of my all time favorites.

Just perfect...

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

A young woman's descent into madness is triggered during a stay at the family vacation home of her childhood friend. I almost didn't watch this film because the title seemed broad and ambiguous. However, after viewing the trailer, I wanted to know why the two female leads had this dark energy between them. I am glad I watched it. It turned out to be a visceral and engrossing psychological thriller The toxic chemistry between the female leads was palpable and authentic throughout the film. This infused the atmosphere with the constant torque of toxic personalities and unpredictable behaviors. The well-crafted dialogue explored the female leads' perceptions about significant people in their lives including each other. It also expressed their personal beliefs as a result of these experiences. I especially appreciated this aspect of the film. We always find out, at some point, why a character behaves in a certain way. What I always want to know is what mental process did you go through that caused you to act that way in the first place? We get that piece in this film and it does not spoil the story because the logic is flawed in the first place. The result is you get an unfiltered look inside the characters' minds, which is what the psychological thriller is all about. This film allows you to walk through the doors of the females leads' perceptions. To the film's credit, there are no outside forces around to characterize the women's' behavior, mitigate flaws in their thinking process or referee any conflict between them. This dynamic makes their interactions appear seamless and organic as their personalities coil tighter and tighter around each other. This is a solid slow-burn thriller that gets under your skin and begins a slow tingling crawl as you begin to see what they believe.

Grief, loss, mental trauma and co-dependency are explored in writer and director Alex Ross Perry's Queen of Earth. A raw psychological drama with a keynote performance from Elisabeth Moss who at times unleashes bile at those around her.Moss plays Catherine who grew up together with Ginny (Katherine Waterston) her best friend, they are spending a week at a remote lake house which they also did the previous year. At that time it was Ginny whose life was in turmoil with Catherine helping her to pull through.Now Catherine is in a dark place with mental instability due to the death of her father and the ending of a relationship with her boyfriend.Over the following days both women realise that they have been drifting apart for some time with Ginny unable to help Catherine through her mental trauma. Catherine seems even more bitter that this year Gina has brought along a new boyfriend with her.The film has a lot of moody shots, Moss looks great with her make up running down looking that she is on the edge of a breakdown but this film is a slog to watch and is just too ponderous.

"Queen of Earth" is a great film. Based off the other reviews here, I think this film is under appreciated.This film takes a hard look at the complexities and imbalances that occur in long term friendships. As two people get to know each other for longer and longer, facades of politeness and patience slide away as character flaws are exposed. The two women in this story - Catherine and Virginia - have developed a deep understanding of how the other thinks, feels and fears and, for better or for worse, use this to their further their own emotional agendas.Set entirely in a vacation house in the woods, Catherine has come to Virginia for support after her father died and her boyfriend broke up with her - leaving her emotionally shipwrecked and her life in shambles. Virginia is stuck between caring for her overbearing friend and addressing the ways Catherine mistreated and took advantage of her in the past.The two women hurl mean thoughts to each other in the form of hard truths - or at least things that they believe to be true. At first glance, it is surprising to see how such a volatile relationship can be sustained as a friendship. However, as the film progresses, we see the need for each character to have someone in their life that may not care for them but, at the very least, understand and be present for them.The depth of the emotional drama is complemented by the creative camera-work and the beautiful, foreboding soundtrack which elevates this story to something of an emotional thriller. In more ways than one, the building of psychological tension between the women is as exciting as a suspenseful, murder film.I don't want to give anything away, but there are instances in the film where the story disappears into Catherine's delusions and hallucinations that I personally found over the top and not necessary. I think the film was stronger without it. Additionally, this film does not provide any sort of resolution but I feel in that sense this story mirrors life. Very rarely do we have the privilege of closure in complicated relationships but, by consuming art that addresses the subject, we can better understand them.If you are inspired and intrigued by films such as Ingmar Bergman's "Persona", Woody Allen's "Hannah and her Sisters" and the midcentury plays of Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neil - all stories about characters who simultaneously love and hate each other, than this film is definitely for you.

'Queen of Earth' is a decent indie movie. Nothing spectacular, but certainly worth a watch if you like slow-burning psychological dramas. The movie is about Catherine (Elisabeth Moss), a woman on the brink of insanity, who spends a week at a lakeside vacation house with her estranged best friend Virginia (Katherine Waterston). Through flashbacks, we get to see the rather joyful person Catherine was merely a year ago, who stands in stark contrast to the basket case she has become after some unfortunate events in her life.Elisabeth Moss stands out in the lead role. Her acting is very expressive. I also like that the director chose to shoot on 16 mm film. It gives the movie that certain ominous look of horror movies from days gone by, even though it is not a horror movie, and I wouldn't classify it as a thriller either.'Queen of Earth' is a psychological drama in the vein of Roman Polanski's 'Repulsion' (1965) and 'Rosemary's Baby' (1968) or Sebastián Silva's more recent 'Magic Magic' (2013), albeit without the tangible "horror" elements of those movies and much more rooted in the ordinary world. This is a movie about the horrors of the everyday as it were.