The Assistant (2020)

I'd somehow gotten it into my head from snippets of reviews that this was a horror movie. So, after the first half-hour of just watching a young woman perform a soul-killing job, I was wondering when something was going to happen. Soon enough I found out that this was a horror movie alright --- but just a run-of-the-mill everyday horror of powerful people behaving like entitled assholes because everyone accepts it as their due.

I didn't find it interesting in any way. Sure, it's effective in conveying the situation, but I'm not interested in the situation. I mean, if Silence of the Lambs was entirely comprised of a girl whimpering in a pit, it wouldn't be interesting... and it'd be even less interesting if everyone could see a clearly-marked accessible exit.

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