Death of a Unicorn

Absolutely brilliant! Was laughing my ass off and also crying at other points. Jenna's best performance so far imo

One of the best movies. They made unicorns look so realistic and very cool. This is one of kind, unique movie. I never seen a unicorn look that realistic before. Truly amazing, would recommend to watch to everyone including families.

Enjoyed this, felt like it could have done with some better writing. Its a good brain out kind of movie.

the unicorn were super cute 🦄

This is honestly one of the most wild movies I've seen in a while. I mean, who comes up with a story about killer unicorns? It’s got a great cast, with Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega delivering solid performances as a dad-daughter duo who get caught up in a wild situation. The Leopolds, played by Richard E. Grant, Tea Leoni, and Will Poulter, are pretty interesting (if not always likable) characters. I definitely didn’t like them.

The real star of the show, though, is the unicorns. They're both beautiful and terrifying, and the special effects are really impressive. The movie's got a great energy, and it keeps you on the edge of your seat as things get crazier and crazier.

The themes of exploitation and playing with forces you don't understand are pretty clear, and I think that's one of the strongest parts of the film. It's not subtle, but it's effective.

If I'm being picky, some of the characters could've been fleshed out a bit more, but honestly, the pacing is so fast that it doesn't really matter. One thing that did stand out to me, though, was the casting. I'm a huge Paul Rudd fan, and I loved him in this, but for some reason, he just didn't quite mesh with the rest of the cast for me. I think if the cast had been a bit different, it could have elevated the whole movie. Still, it's worth watching, even if it's just for the sheer craziness of it all.

For all the og my little pony fans 😙:ok_hand_tone3:

I was surprised how much I enjoyed it.

_Lisa Frank never prepared you for this level of violence._

Death of a Unicorn is an over the top mildly bloody and gory dark comedy about a group of people who kill a unicorn and discover the neigh unlimited healing powers it's body possesses. Some are against exploiting the beast, more are for it and drama ensues when they learn it might not be safe to keep the body.

The first thing to be wary of given it's subject is the CGI unicorn. I'm not a corridor professional but the beast looked good. I think (hope) they made good use of physical prosthetics when they could. But point is they looked good and barring one weird timeline jump from night to day they mostly showed them at night but not in a way that felt like they hadn't finished the CGI and were using night to cover it like pretty much every CGI action movie (Black Panther, Wonder Woman).

The concept is pretty absurd and mixing the absurd horror into some humorous elements is a tough sell. I think if anything it might have been easier on the heels. Poulter, Grant and Leoni really got to chew the scenery. They were clearly having a great time playing villainous characters. Leoni's "impotent" death scene in particular struck me as particularly amusing. I think the worst character personality wise would have to be Paul Rudd's Elliott. He starts off sympathetic as a father to a daughter that isn't connecting and you kinda expect they're going to connect by the end of the movie but what you don't expect is for me to reach out in the opening only to then deny Ortega's Ridley again and again. She constantly has ideas that are relevant and interesting and compelling but while you expect her to get shrugged off by the rich douches you don't expect it from her Father who hours ago was trying so hard to get her to open up to him.

I think some of Jenna Ortega's dialog sounded pretentious. Not that the sentiments were wrong by any means. They were 100% on the dot but the WAY she presented them, her exact diction didn't read right to me. It felt like maybe Jenna was saying it and not the character Jenna was playing.

Jurassic Park is also an absurd comic horror film. I think it leans to the Horrific then Absurdity then Comedy. Using that metric Death of a Unicorn leans to the Absurdity then the Comedy then the Horrific. Jurassic Park is a more subtle movie thematically but the lack of subtlety is part of the humor in Death of a Unicorn.

Fun, silly & mystical. Nice to see NoHo Hank again. A preposterous yet entertaining A24 entry. 6.6

Just another brilliant weird yet bad yet great movie from A24. Basically, the weirdest way ever of a plot about a father and daughter reconciling their relationship after the mother died by going on a business trip with the Dad that turns into a wild yet weird yet unexplained yet what the fuck was that adventure after they hit a unicorn with their car.