For the first two thirds, "Triangle of Sadness" is a really strong, funny, but also bitter satire. Director Ruben Östlund targets the world of the rich and beautiful and relies heavily on black humor. The cast is strong across the board. In particular, the long discussions between the main characters Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (the recently deceased Charlbi Dean) were always fascinating. The film is by no means subtle. Bodily fluids play a significant role in a crucial sequence. What I didn't like was the film's final third, which dragged on far too long. The film is at least 20 minutes too long. The finale was neither surprising nor particularly exciting. Östlund most likely wanted to demonstrate what happens when the previously established hierarchy is turned upside down. That was unnecessary, especially at that length. Overall, I would still give the movie a clear recommendation.

Movies that you can smell

This film is not the bloated body of a drowned rich person washed up on the beach. This movie is not the coroner cutting into the cold, colorless corpse of a wealthy man now destitute in death. Rather, Triangle of Sadness is the sharp scalpel mocking the polished skin it slices into as it peels away wealth of blubber to expose the absurdity that lies rotting beneath. This satire of the affluent may not be the most accessible or the most subtle takedown of the rich (oligarchs and influencers included), but it is far and away the most skillful and entertaining. I haven't seen all of the films competing at Cannes in 2022, but I don't need to for me to say this is clearly the winner. (And for those who will complain about the vulgarity of the dinner scene, let me just say, "Exactly!")

Proficiently made from the technical point of view but way too much "rub in your face" message, more focused on provoking a visceral reaction rather than a thought: I like subtlety in the delivery of an idea, not [spoiler] "rich people vomits and get sick as well, even in their ivory tower" and some Lord of the Flies/society role reversal [/spoiler]. And I'm not referring to a piece of filmmaking passing its message just in an ethereal way, Parasite has its bits as well but doesn't just focus on "let's get this through in the only way millenials and 5 sec attention span generation will get it: through visual showing outrage". I wonder how people can comment "hilarious" on this movie, the only genuinely funny part was the captain's bit with the Russian guest.

“Shit. I sell shit.” Triangle of Sadness may not be everybody’s type of comedy or may be too strange for some, but I thought this was hilarious. There’s a scene in this movie where everybody on the cruise ship has seasick and explosive diarrhea, and the sick look so realistic that even I started to feel sick. It’s a bizarre movie that weirdly feels and looks like a foreign language film, even though it’s not. Of course, this will only appeal to an audience that will appreciate it by its odd nature, and for those people, I highly recommend it, lol. Also, rest in peace Charlbi Dean Kriek. I was shocked to learn of her unexpected passing afterward. She was so young and had a bright future ahead. Damn, that sucks.