14 April 2009 Main Posts Beautiful – the film Rjurik Davidson If you’re interested, you can catch my review of the Australian film Beautiful in the latest Metro Magazine (Issue 160). Beautiful is a psychological thriller set in a Lynchian mode. Each time I write a review, I’m constantly reminding myself that I shouldn’t write anything that I wouldn’t say to the person’s face. That’s my number one rule. In the case of Beautiful, that wasn’t too hard because there is are some things to like about the movie. Still, there are some things to dislike (the cliched seventeen-year-old femme fatale for starters). All in all, it’s uneven and unlikely to set the world alight. As a whole, it can’t quite unify its many elements. It’s surrealism is dreamy rather than eerie, which undermines the tension of the thriller. David Lynch is harder to emulate than it appears. Still, it’s nice to see an Australian independent film which tries something different – a semi-surreal mode beyond the usual gritty suburban family dramas. Rjurik Davidson Rjurik Davidson is a writer, editor and speaker. Rjurik’s novel, The Stars Askew was released in 2016. Rjurik is a former associate editor of Overland magazine. He can be found at rjurik.com and tweets as @rjurikdavidson. More by Rjurik Davidson Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 11 November 202211 November 2022 Main Posts On the last day of Subscriberthon, our amazing online editor gives you one last (very good) reason to subscribe Editorial team What's in store for the last day of Subscriberthon? First published in Overland Issue 228 10 November 202210 November 2022 Main Posts On the second-last day of Subscriberthon, our favourite editor-duo give you reason #1002 to subscribe to Overland Editorial team What's in store for the second-last day of Subscriberthon?