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‘Opus’ Review: Ayo Edebiri & John Malkovich Navigate Toxic Stan Culture In Mark Anthony Green’s A24 Horror Debut — Sundance Film Festival
In A24's 'Opus', Ayo Edebiri stars as Ariel, a young journalist inexplicably invited to the compound of pop legend Moretti (John Malkovich).
Juliette Lewis and Murray Bartlett serve hilariously vein depictions of media lifers who’ve been around the block and remain at each other’s throats, along with supporting performances from Tony Hale as Moretti’s equally eccentric publicist and Opus casting director Amber Midthunder as an aggressively devoted cult member. In addition to a star-studded cast, the film is also ripe with cameos from Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo, Lenny Kravitz and Rosario Dawson as the voice of Billie Holiday in a tragic puppet show that chillingly uses stuffed dead rats to portray reporters and paparazzi harassing the artist with offensive and dehumanizing questions. Although the film could have ended 20 minutes earlier than it does with a classic horror genre resolution to Ariel’s final-girl journey, the arc continues to develop as Green toys with the audience’s perception of influence and free will, delivering another satisfying twist that drives home his message.
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