X/Pearl
2022 · 102 MIN · HORROR
STAFF RATING:★★★★½4.5 / 5
TMDB:7.2 (2,581 votes)
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
DIRECTED BY:Ti West
WRITTEN BY:Mia Goth, Ti West
STARRING:Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro
STUDIO:A24, Little Lamb Productions
shelf notes: 1910s · alligator · aspiring actress · audition · barn · confession · corpse · dance performance · empathetic · farm · isolated farmhouse · lust · mental illness · mother daughter relationship