But as I scrolled through the «Christian»
hate tweets to this news personality, I was
baffled and ashamed
by these so - called followers of Christ.
While the malleable allegory of the film's events — a woman and her writer husband live in an Edenic country house that spirals into infernal chaos — has fueled both love - or -
hate reactions and directorial marketing, I was riveted
by the heedless spectacle and totally enveloping film technique, all anchored in Jennifer Lawrence's sometimes
baffling commitment to a character driven to distraction
by her husband (Javier Bardem), his mystery guests (deliciously entitled Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris), and much, much more.