GOAT

 

This film had a good reputation among the kids at Alex's Cubs, so we thought we'd give it a go. The animation is from the same studio as Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse and has the same distinctive hand-drawn style.

The story is about Roarball, which is a more exciting version of basketball played by animal characters. The Goat is a small, who wants to compete with the bigs. A familiar story. In an attempt to appeal to the kids there is an annoying amount of talk of things going viral, and diss tracks. Other than that it was quite enjoyable.

The Housemaid

 

This is an old-fashioned thriller with a couple of twists thrown in. There are there main characters, and it's a guessing game who is evil/crazy/manipulating the others. It plays out in a satisfactory way, in particular the very final scene which I like, but on reflection I think some of the earlier scenes where the audience are misdirected don't make a lot of sense. Perhaps on a second viewing it would fit together.

The premise is a struggling Housemaid gets to live-in with a rich family, and get a sense of the dream-life that she can't afford. But of course, things are not what they seem...