It was at the point after [spoiler] Eloise enters the first dream sequence, and Sandie descends the mirror lined stairs and dances [/spoiler] that I thought "This is so good, I don't even care what happens next!" Turns out, I did care. It's such a shame to see a movie that could be so brilliant suffer from such a poor and incoherent narrative.

Edgar Wright really outdid himself this time and I’m consistently amazed by his work. The direction in this film is honestly probably the best of year with every shot so delicately placed and beautiful, the scenery in this film is obviously stunning and the costume design absolutely phenomenal. You can really tell every time Edgar Wright makes a film how much a movie movie buff he is. Every song in this film feels so perfectly chosen for every scene and the score is amazing as well. Thomasin McKenzie was absolutely amazing in this film and deserves more love because this film was marketed it seems as Ana Taylor Joys film and when it comes to Ana Taylor Joy she absolutely stole the show and made your eyes lock in on her with every scene she was in. Can’t understate how artistic this film is and just a good horror movie in general as well. Easily one of the best movies this year if not the best so far.

I like the craft a lot, this might just be Wright's most well made film. You can also feel that he's challenging himself by stripping away a lot of the humour and irony that's found in all of his previous work. However, I think that this exposes a lot of his weaknesses as a writer. For one, the logic of the plot doesn't make a lot of sense and the plot twists are very predictable. The characters and dialogue are so one dimensional and on the nose that it reminded me of 80s teen horror flicks. It's probably intentional, and I get that most of this is directed from the perspective of the protagonist, but it doesn't make her more interesting or likable. On top of that, the horror elements feel tacked on and goofy, it's almost like Wright briefly forgot that he isn't making _Shaun of the Dead_ here. As the film goes on it starts to embrace its Argento influence, which is an interesting experiment, but the execution of the tonal shift isn't smooth. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the sequences taking place in the 1960s. The constant switching between Eloise and Sandie is a nice visual cue and the soundtrack picks are amazing. The theme about romanticizing the past is handled pretty well, more so than its commentary about gender. It's a masterclass in editing and pacing, as expected from Edgar Wright. Lots of inventive cuts and great scene transitions. Overall it's alright, but it does show that Wright's style is at its best when he fully embraces the cartoony and ironic nature of his scripts. 5.5/10

Truly brilliant film that had me captivated from the beginning to the end that i was not expecting. Great cast, great acting and brilliantly filmed with a sound track that really puts you back in the 60s. Easily added to my top ten films of this year.

It appears that 'Last Night in Soho' is too far out of Edgar Wright's comfort zone. I really quite enjoyed the story up until [spoiler]the stabbing[/spoiler] and, while I thought the entire movie was shot and edited really well and was fun to watch, the horror elements really felt like they were straight out of an episode of 'Doctor Who'... This is another movie that appears to romanticise mental illness to the point where it can be used as a "super power", and it caused me some confusion in terms of narrative, in how the supernatural elements seem to be [spoiler]confirmed as really happening but that she's still unwell. So which is it? Is the dark energy of the home manifesting itself and reaching out to her or is she really just seeing things caused by some super sharp intuition, why do the male spirits follow her outside of the boundaries of supernatural logic (because she's actually really hallucinating?), why does she see her mother (is her energy following her or is it part of the inherited mental illness which was explained as causing her mother's death), why does she continue to see the other young woman at the end if it's only supernatural. It's disappointing that she never sought help for her mental state by the end.[/spoiler] It's all very inconsistent and left too unexplained for my liking. I also would have liked to see ANY [spoiler]"ghosts" of the women forced into sex work who were killed during those times (the older cop mentions that it makes sense the main character's mother is dead, implying that it was "normal" for women to be killed there too, so why not also show them as her "visions"?)[/spoiler] Anyway, 'Last Night in Soho' is fine. It doesn't push any boundaries and is probably the most underwhelming Edgar Wright film yet. If you want some recommendations of horror films that pretend to romanticise mental illness but then remind you that no, it's a terrible thing to have that can so easily destroy you, then check out 'Saint Maude' and 'Censor'.