✅ Dramatic development, cinematography, blocking, editing, sound design, and Navarrette’s performance are outstanding.
✅ How the movie keeps the viewers trapped in Bear’s perspective cleverly hints at the living hell Nikki is trapped in.
✅ Everything’s firmly grounded in the real, actual horrors of cowardice, coercion, and exploitation.
One absolute highlight is Nikki’s recitation of her violent, incestuous, Baudelaire-ish Hänsel & Gretel sequel.
Obsession by Curry Barker, 2025.
Watched at the Cinema theater on July 7, 2026, in its original language.