Under the Silver Lake

Movie Ranked #630 | 2019 - Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Sam, intelligent but without purpose, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.Sam (Andrew Garfield) is a disenchanted 33-year-old who discovers a mysterious woman, Sarah (Riley Keough), frolicking in his apartment's swimming pool. When she vanishes, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy in the City of Angels.
Best two reviews:
1) Time Out - The ambition of Under the Silver Lake is worth cherishing. It will either evaporate into nothingness or cohere into something you’ll want to hug for being so wonderfully weird. (Rating: 100) Read Full Review >
2) The Film Stage - The plot’s construction might be derivative, but its serpentine execution is flawless, providing enough crazy turns and zany characters to sustain an escalating momentum for Silver Lake‘s nearly two-and-a-half-hour runtime. (Rating: 83) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
13) CineVue - Mitchell’s third film feels like a script that was locked in a drawer after numerous rejections but now can be brought out and pushed through with clout earned from the success of It Follows. (Rating: 40) Read Full Review >
14) The Guardian - This film just wades into a murky lake of self-consciousness and sinks inexorably to the bottom. (Rating: 20) Read Full Review >
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