Friday, March 25, 2022

Consumption (2016)

While driving to a condo in the mountains, Seth tells the legend of the bloody bride to a bunch of dullards who have no reaction.  He also mentions his mother died. While Mallory is asleep in the backseat, Seth’s girlfriend Becca and friend Eric say nothing in response to the death of his mom. It’s bizarre.

The condos are strange. The porch has four doors in a row with only the door frame between them.  There are small wooden crosses all over the grounds, a groundskeeper who warns them to leave, and a weird couple who at first say they aren’t the managers, but then turn around and say they are. The managers ask them if they’ll be at church on Sunday.  Mallory can’t read the room, and instead of simply saying she won’t be attending, tells the managers she’s proud of being an atheist.   A veiled threat is offered in response.

This vacation is mundane other than Seth seeing his dead mother. In other scenes, Becca makes a sandwich and eats by herself. Eric and Mallory congratulate each other on working on their individual issues. Then they have a huge fight, break up, and Eric ends up outside with consumption, which means in this case means bleeding from the mouth.  Then Seth and his raccoon eyes decide he doesn’t love Becca and hits on Mallory.  It’s just a bunch of people who aren’t all that likable, and who don’t seem to like each other either.


Dialogue from a dysfunctional couple:

Groundskeeper - Wait, you’re not supposed to be here. This is exactly what they want.
Seth - Who?
Groundskeeper - The ones who believe

Is there nothing immune to her gossip?

Becca - I know, Seth.
Seth - Know what?
Becca - About your Mom. I heard you telling Eric in the car.
Seth (angrily) - You were spying on me.
Becca - No, but why didn’t you tell me before.
Seth - My personal life is none of your business.


No one is alarmed by the massive amount of crosses along
every sidewalk in the condos
Why is a different actress playing Mallory in the afterlife?
Becca’s sandwich making prowess is legendary
No one with raccoon eyes should be driving.
Four doors with no space between them? This is the
weirdest condo I’ve ever seen.
The movie ends and this title appears. 

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