Krantz has a penchant for stylization that quickly slides into a velvet - painting cheesiness, which - along with the script's pseudoprofound Philosophy 101 maxims - renders the atmosphere
less noirish than ridiculously cartoonish.
Not exact matches
Elements of
noirish mystery persist throughout A Fantastic Woman, but the filmmakers prove
less interested in their protagonist's psyche than the intolerance she's made to endure at every turn.
Absent any need for Sirkian quote marks, the
less brightly stylized images in «Carol» more closely resemble those of «Mildred Pierce,» but the palette here seems even more deliberately muted — all dingy greens and nicotine browns, bathed in
noirish shadows that seem to provide a cover under which the characters can at last reveal their true selves.