Unlike many pregnancy-themed horror movies, "Swallow," quite radically, doesn't linger on the monstrosity of the body and transformations that come with it. It is a film that inverses the typical trajectory by having a character begin in a state of subjugation, who slowly fights for ownership and freedom over her body and life. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV.
To invoke "empowerment" is not to suggest that Swallow is a pro-pica movie. It doesn't try to sell the disorder as something. Swallow boasts a superb central performance from Bennett as Hunter.
Chris Stuckmann reviews Swallow, starring Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O'Hare, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche. With Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O'Hare, Elizabeth Marvel. Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession. Its plot follows a young woman who, emotionally stifled in her marriage and domestic life, develops an impulse to consume inedible objects.. Swallow may try to convey a message about misogyny, but Hunter is too flat and retro to embody any relatable idea of subjugated womanhood.
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She only registers as an oddity, and the film as an. Production: A Charades, Logical Pictures presentation of a Stand Alone, Syncopated. Haley Bennett stars in 'Swallow' as a stressed-out pregnant woman with a disorder that causes her to start ingesting inedible and dangerous objects. 'Swallow' review: Film dares you to look away. "Swallow" is a rarely rich movie, but not with plot, characters or action. "Swallow" is a carefully and patiently composed psychological study, clothed up in pastel-like colors and sure-handed, competent and clean-feeling cinematography.
On the surface, Hunter appears to have it all, but a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder called pica - a condition that has her compulsively swallowing inedible, and oftentimes life-threatening, objects. I could not endorse it, but for a counterpoint to my review, read the comments from other AWFJ members on why the film deserves this honor. SYNOPSIS: Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. Swallow has all the makings of a great, unsettling film, but the only things that go below the surface are the objects that Hunter swallows.