Her Smell

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Original title: Her Smell
Year: 2018
Running time: 134 min.
Country: United States
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Screenwriter: Alex Ross Perry
Cinematography: Sean Price Williams
Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Amber Heard, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Dylan Gelula, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz, Agyness Deyn, Eka Darville, Gayle Rankin, Lindsay Burdge, Keith Poulson, Craig Butta, Yusef Bulos
Producer: Bow and Arrow Entertainment, Endeavor Content
Genre: Drama | Music. Alcoholism. Drugs. Independent Film (US)
Synopsis: A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success. Elisabeth Moss will star as Becky Something, a maniacally destructive punk rock star who pushes her relationships with bandmates, family, and followers to the limit as she wages a years-long war against sobriety while attempting to re-engage the creativity that had once led her band to massive crossover success.

Premiere: Toronto International Film Festival
New York Film Festival NYFF 2018.

Awards: 2019: Gotham Awards: Nominated for Best Actress (Moss)

2019: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Actress (Elisabeth Moss)

2019: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Actress (Elisabeth Moss)

2019: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Actress (Moss)

Critics' reviews

"Moss takes a character who makes Courtney Love look like Mother Teresa and exposes the shards of humanity that once vitalized and defined her music. The effect is shattering (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Moss varies the volume and the tempo of her performance, calling forth cascades of profane invention and rills of whispery poetry, but she always stays in the same key, the key of Becky."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"The auteur’s sixth feature is truly a painful sit for the first 80 minutes, after which a measure of redemption arrives. But it’s too little far too late."

Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter
"It’s truly one of the most noxious movies ever made, which might help to explain why it’s also Perry’s best (...) The second half is so rich and hopeful that it almost feels like a sweet reward for not walking out of the theater."

David Ehrlich: IndieWire
"[It] is at once absorbing and indulgent (...) Elisabeth Moss’s commitment, and the burnished bravura of her talent, pull you through"

Owen Gleiberman: Variety
"Moss is a primal, predatory force in 'Her Smell', a female-centric spin on the classic debauched rock star story."

Sara Stewart: New York Post
"Some may not have the stomach for it, and yet Moss's oscillating, energy-devouring performance and the real-time composition of Perry's scenes make it almost impossible to look away."

Emily Yoshida: Vulture
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