"had me in stitches"

Review of In Fabric (2018) by screenqueeen: 👍 4/5

the thirteenth night in the lonesome hooptober day 40 film 35 cats: 0

92/100

had such a delightful time in Ms. Luckmoore's company on the sales floor. every word chosen throughout this film is so beautifully picked, it inspired me to write a poem to one of my beloveds. everything is so delectable here, even the relatively lackluster back half is fully enveloped in the bizarrely crafted world we grow accustomed to. it's a world that is unmistakably crafted as expansively autistic with little to no friction between even the most clashing personalities. but it's less of a realization following what-if worldbuilding than it is a set of parameters within which expectations start to arise. even still, every time someone sits down with Stash & Clive we know just what to expect because we've all had those conversations with employers before. at least, i know i have multiple times. what i love about this so much is that it never stoops for the low hanging fruit (not that i would expect that from Strickland) to gawk at the ever recursive spheres of retail. there's a lot to look at and feel here. i was continuously amused by how the department store was run and felt like a poorly-disguised front for a coven* yet the public remains oblivious the whole time. i really really wanted this to just keep going. i have never been so disappointed that a movie is over and there is no longer anything left to see.

*in the second portion early on during the stag party once Reg has the dress on and is being berated, held aloft by his "peers" someone jokes "to your first divorce!" and the group falls silent before the man carrying Reg says "oi, less of that, alright?" as if there was a sacred line in the emasculation of a pushover coworker that was nearly crossed with a divorce joke. this movie is very funny

**SEWSPIRIA