"TRIANGLE OF SADNESS" (2022) Directed by Ruben Ostlund #oscars #spoilerfree #movies

"Winner of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or (with an 8 minute standing ovation no less) and nominated for 3 Oscars at this year’s upcoming Academy Awards (and in arguably the 3 most prestigious categories of Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay), Ruben Ostlund (The Square, Force Majeure, Play) has created an intriguing tale of vacuity, wealth, power and obscene privilege that almost, almost works. Awkwardly funny at times, laugh out loud hilarious at others, the invasion of the so called “woke” culture and of the stifling stasis of political correctness bookends and ruins an otherwise largely enjoyable romp amongst the filthy rich and a slave class they’ve fortuitously escaped from.

Although split into three chapters entitled “Carl and Yaya”, “The Yacht” and “The Island”, the initial chapter is largely an aperitif for the gluttony of greed and excess that follows which is brilliantly and hideously realised at the halfway point by the “Captain’s Dinner” on board a $250 Million super yacht. Wait until you see THAT scene! Whilst all around him are losing their heads and minds in a raging storm (as well as the contents of their stomachs), picture a very drunk Woody Harrelson in his acting element as the yacht’s captain without a care in the world, before verbally jousting with an obese Russian oligarch on the yacht’s tannoy system.

Capitalism. Marxism. Socialism. Wars of Empire.

Wars of capitalistic conquest.

And Money. Money. Money. Money.

In a rich person’s world.

Then, as the movie posters would suggest, the film descends into Lord of the Flies territory!"

The above is an opening extract from my spoiler free film review of "Triangle of Sadness" I originally penned and published to my Medium blog site on 11th February 2023 and which can be read in full via the handy link below:

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