‘Last Night In Soho’ pissed me off so much

Ugh the ending really annoyed me.

OP, the ending was kind of a letdown. The actress who plays Ellie was lovely, but the character… you grow frustrated with her.

I saw this on a Saturday matinee last weekend, and was the only one in the theater. It leaned much more into the supernatural than I expected it to—I was anticipating something purely psychological based on the promotional materials, which were heavily referencing things like "Repulsion" and "Persona" (which was possibly intentional misdirection). It went a little zany with the ghosts, and I thought the shtick ran thin toward the last half. That being said, I appreciated the giallo-esque visuals, the soundtrack, and performances, which are uniformly good. Some people have said they saw it coming from a mile away, but the twist ending actually caught me off guard. By the end of it all though, I felt a bit lukewarm about the whole thing. It really came across to me as more of a popcorn flick than I thought it would. I wonder if a second viewing would help me make a stronger opinion or not—as it stands now, I am ambivalent about the film as a whole.

I just watched this. It’s interesting that the movie hadn’t been discussed more here — London in the 60s! Matt Smith! Anya Taylor Joy!

But there are a smattering of topics with 5-10 comments.

OP, if you’re still alive (I realize I am bumping an old thread), don’t blame the character Ellie too much. Protagonists in horror movies have to do stupid things now and then. It’s the engine of a horror movie.

Anya Taylor Joy is, along with Margot Robbie, the most interesting actress working in Hollywood today. In terms of looks, while Robbie might be more conventionally beautiful, ATJ is unmatched in pure magnetism. She’s so fascinating in this movie I thought my head was going to explode!

Thomasin McKenzie has a terribly annoying voice.

OMG, we watched this just the other night and I was really looking forward to it and...I agree with everything being said here. It was fucking AWFUL!

I get they were trying to do the Italian horror thing but...it just didn't work.

So many plot holes and stupid choices. The script was just a fucking mess.

The lead character was an annoying idiot but I also really hated the actress playing her, too.

And, a waste of Anya Taylor Joy's talent....she shouldn't be a supporting character in a film subservient to a lead with ZERO charisma.

And, so many plot holes....

1) Why was she getting praise for her dress designs when they were all just rip-offs of dresses designed in the 60s?

2) Did they not screen test the actor who played the boyfriend/love interest WITH the lead actress? Not only did they not have ANY chemistry together, she actually seemed like she loathed him most of the time. (Not to mention he wasn't a good actor either, or particularly attractive or charismatic).

3) How did Diana Rigg end up OWNING the house? That made zero sense....22 year old wannabe singer/prostitute ends up owning the house where she started her career as a serial killer...uh, what?

4) How many fucking men did she kill? It seemed like there were 50 ghosts....how do you hide that many corpses without any one noticing?

5) The dorm for the fashion school had NO monitors or resident assistants?

6) What was the time frame for the events? It seemed like all this shit happened in the first week of school....

7) Why didn't they arrest the lead character for murder/arson? She went to the police with a nutty story and they actually investigated and went to talk to the nutty chick's landlady as part of a welfare check and then that very same night, the landlady mysteriously dies in a horrible fire....I think the best twist ending would have been the cops arresting the annoying lead girl for murder.

8) Edgar Wright has made good movies....what the fuck happened here?

9) Oh, and even the soundtrack was terrible when it should have been awesome!

not a huge fan of this one. I love the idea of 60s London on film but this didn’t really do it for me it seemed too obvious. I’m a big fan of the films of that era, darling, the l shaped room, blow up... I thought the ending just seemed silly I would have preferred it to have been more psychological than actual full on horror. I did think it was somewhat obvious that Sam Caflin was going to have a key role with his cameo, I hate when they do that, it’s obvious they will be significant when there’s a name star in a small role which just gets my mind thinking instead of enjoying.

I meant Sam Claflin.

There's another thread where similar observations are made.

I didn’t hate it and would have been happy to overlook some of its conceits if the story had been told better.

But I thought the second half was frenetic and overwrought and the idea that the johns who went to nightclubs to get some pussy were evil monster zombie ghost whatevers was preposterous. Not to say I approve of exploitation of women but if we are going to cheer Sandie for murdering her johns shouldn’t we also cheer Aileen Wuornos? Anyway, to turn them into cgi ghouls straight out of central casting cheapens the real suffering exploited women suffer. It’d be like making a Holocaust movie and doing the gestapo as cartoons.

I don’t think ATJ is ever wasted. She made the movie worth watching. She is pure entertainment.

I didn’t hate the actress playing Ellie, Thomasin McKenzie. Actually thought all the performances were terrific. But horror movie makers need to turn it down a notch, not up. Too much is not enough.

I liked Thomasin McKenzie, just hated her character.

its almost unwatchable. The movie doesn't make sense. 90% of the filming effort went into the invisible shit where they had to mirror the two performances in certain scenes to intercut both actresses....many of these were done with practical trickery and insane choreography--very little of which would be appreciated by anyone who isn't a professional cinematographer or filmmaker.

R7 I agree, the dresses were absolutely lifeless.

Then at the fashion show she just plonked them in a bunch of gender-nonconforming male models and everyone was jealous of her talent.