Overal Under the Silver Lake is a beautiful piece of cinema that might not be what the average film goer is looking for, but cinephiles will probably appreciate for it's distinct. While "Under the Silver Lake" has neo-noir elements, obviously, it's not exactly a thriller. Its darker qualities come with a heavy dose of slacker comedic sensibility—it's the only movie you'll see this year in which someone suspicious is trailed via paddleboat.
As a Los Angeles movie it lacks the rough, naturalistic edge of "La La. Under the Silver Lake hits its stride slightly more often than it stumbles, but it's hard not to admire - or be drawn in Under the Silver Lake alternates between being incredibly compelling and frustratingly confused. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.
Film Review: 'Under the Silver Lake'. Under the Silver Lake Is Loopy, Paranoid, and Extremely of Its Time. In UNDER THE SILVER LAKE, unemployed Sam (Andrew Garfield) lives a do-nothing existence in his Hollywood apartment, obsessed with secret codes hidden in pop Under the Silver Lake leaves off with a bit of a strange, sour note, but it's not easily forgotten and perhaps cryptic enough to revisit. Andrew Garfield in 'Under the Silver Lake.' It ends … well, we're still not sure where this movie ends, exactly. Under the Silver Lake deserves to join the ranks of the many great modern noirs as it both maintains and revitalizes old tropes of the genre while also tying everything together hilariously for one of the greatest movie-going experiences you'll have all year. Through Sam's search for Sarah, the film.
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There are moments when something frightening. Sam (Andrew Garfield) is a pop culture-obsessed slacker living in LA, who spies on his neighbours and reads conspiracy zines Every time Silver Lake threatens to disappear entirely up its own rabbit hole, an arresting image or sharp sequence cuts through the haze and pulls. The fog is thick in Under the Silver Lake—but it's neither the funk of pot smoke (though there is some of that) nor bad weather. Rather, it's the confusion located somewhere behind Andrew Garfield's brow.