THE LOVE WITCH

 I don’t think I’ve come away from a film as bemused as I did with this horror comedy mashup.

That’s in part due to the director and writer going to great lengths to create a retro 1960s look even though the film is set in the modern day, albeit one where witches are accepted as a real thing.

The main character    (nicely played by ) is one such witch who is trying to find a man to love. Unfortunately the ones she meet all tend to end up loving her excessively and then dying, although since this is down to the potions she gives them so isn’t she to blame? 

All in all I found the way the film is inverting gender roles or commenting on them quite confusing, but maybe that the point?

Also adding to my disorientation is the strange acting style which I’ve seen referred to on the internet as ‘presentational’ which seems to mean it is stylised.  Well it’s certainly unlike how real speak for sure.

I was certainly entertained in the sense that I was intrigued as to where it was going although when we got there the ending left me a little underwhelmed.