Sugar Rot

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Directed by Becca Kozak
Produced by Becca Kozak

Written by Becca Kozak

With: Chloë MacLeod, Drew Forster, Charles Lysne, Michela Ross, and Tyson Storozinski

Editing: Becca Kozak

Runtime: 82 min
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color

The many intriguing themes, ideas, and images in Becca Kozak's body horror about a young woman who turns into the sweets she consumes, and is herself consumed by the people in her life, are overpowered by sloppy writing and production values. These aethetics don't feel punk rock so much as just unfinished, and there's a casual acceptance of everything depicted here that works against the intellectual premise.

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One of the year's best. An excellent film. Possibly one of the 5000 greatest and certainly worthy of repeated viewing.

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A very good film. Most films I see fall in the two- or three-star ranking. I give an extra half-star to three-star films that could end up on the list of the 5000 greatest.

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A good film that fully succeeds at what it sets out to accomplish. Well worth seeing, but less effective than a three-and-a-half stars films and often less consequential than a two-and-a-half star film.

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