The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Mystery · Fantasy · Thriller · 2022
A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.
Movie details
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
“Do not look in her eyes.”
2022 Mystery · Fantasy · Thriller 1h 42m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Ana Lily Amirpour
Written by
Ana Lily Amirpour
Jeon Jong-seo
Mona Lisa Lee
Kate Hudson
Bonnie Belle
Ed Skrein
Fuzz
Evan Whitten
Charlie
Craig Robinson
Officer Harold
Lauren Bowles
Nurse Shirley
Serene Lee
Mrs Pong
Court is in session
Put Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.