The Loved One (1965)

Wants to be a biting satire on American (specifically Hollywood) excess and its extension into even the business of death. It rather ruins the effect, though, by inserting true believer Aimée into the mix. She doesn't come off as an innocent so much as an idiot.

There's no one to root for -- no one to like at all. Even the hero is just a coattail riding layabout who wants the pretty girl...but doesn't bat an eye once she's gone. Way too over-the-top and ugly to make any lasting statement and not nearly funny enough to be a pleasant diversion.

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