Medusa Deluxe

Medusa Deluxe is a 2022 British murder mystery film directed by Thomas Hardiman, starring Clare Perkins, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Kae Alexander, Harriet Webb, Darrell D'Silva, Luke Pasqualino and Heider Ali.

Medusa Deluxe
Directed byThomas Hardiman
Written byThomas Hardiman
Produced byMichael Elliott
Lee Groombridge
Louise Palmkvist Hansen
Starring
CinematographyRobbie Ryan
Edited byFouad Gaber
Music byKoreless
Production
companies
Distributed byMubi[1]
A24 (United States)
Release date
  • 6 August 2022 (2022-08-06) (Locarno)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Clare Perkins as Cleve
  • Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Timba
  • Kayla Meikle as Divine
  • Kae Alexander as Inez
  • Harriet Webb as Kendra
  • Darrell D'Silva as Rene
  • Luke Pasqualino as Angel
  • Heider Ali as Gac
  • Lilit Lesser as Angie
  • Nicholas Karimi as Patricio
  • Debris Stevenson as Etsy
  • John Alan Roberts as Mosca

Release

The film premiered at the Locarno Festival on 6 August 2022.[2]

Reception

Jonathan Romney of Screen Daily called the film a "flamboyant sign-off to a picture that’s about as far you can get from the short-back-and-sides tradition of British realism", and wrote that the "electric performances, from a super-alert, bristling cast", give a "feel of live event to the action, framed in Academy ratio."[3]

Jojo Ajisafe of Little White Lies called the film a "fun and extravagant murder mystery that shines a light on the beauty of hairdressing whilst leaving audiences guessing in this quick-witted whodunit."[4]

Matthew Joseph Jenner of the International Cinephile Society rated the film 4.5 stars out of 5 and called the film a "masterpiece of carefully controlled chaos and "one of the more impressive directorial debuts of recent years."[5]

Marisa Mirabal of IndieWire graded the film a "B-" and called it a "flamboyant and alluring film that leaves audiences guessing until the very end about not only who committed the heinous crime but how exactly Hardiman was able to pull off such a visually delightful feature debut."[6]

Guy Lodge of Variety praised the cinematography and the editing, but wrote that the "kinetic if not-quite-novel presentation doesn’t entirely patch over the weaknesses of Hardiman’s script, with its exhausting whirl of characters more colorful than they are shaded, and plotting that eventually runs out of compelling diversions from the matter at hand."[7]

References
  1. Dalton2022-05-17T05:00:00+01:00, Ben. "Mubi takes key territories for Medusa Deluxe including UK-Ireland and India (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  2. Del Don, Muriel (6 July 2022). "Locarno unveils the programmes of its parallel sections". Cineuropa. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. Romney, Jonathan (8 August 2022). "'Medusa Deluxe': Locarno Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. Ajisafe, Jojo (20 October 2022). "Medusa Deluxe – first-look review". Little White Lies. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. Jenner, Matthew Joseph (12 August 2022). "Locarno 2022 review: Medusa Deluxe (Thomas Hardiman)". International Cinephile Society. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. Mirabal, Marisa (29 September 2022). "'Medusa Deluxe' Review: Another Murder Mystery, This One Set at a Lavish Competitive Hairstyling Event". IndieWire. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. Lodge, Guy (7 August 2022). "'Medusa Deluxe' Review: One-Shot Hairdressing Murder Mystery Is an Elaborate, Backcombed Tease". Variety. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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