{"id":106,"date":"2026-05-16T14:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=106"},"modified":"2026-05-16T14:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:04:12","slug":"films-on-relationships-one-remarkable-one-nightmarish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"Films on relationships, one remarkable, one nightmarish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>\u201cRemarkably Brilliant Creatures\u201d<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u2b50<\/span><span>\u2b50<\/span><span>\u2b50<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span>Rating: 2.5 out of 4.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Based on the bestselling 2022 novel by Shelby Van Pelt and directed by Olivia Newman (\u201cWhere the Crawdads Sing\u201d), \u201cRemarkably Bright Creatures\u201d channels Nicholas Sparks by way of centenarian wildlife expert David Attenborough. If that sounds like a lot of tentacles, it should, as the film is narrated by an aging giant octopi named Marcellus. Marcellus lives in an aquarium on the Puget Sound and likes to get out and scamper about at night, which brings him into contact with Tova (Sally Field), a retiree who works the late-night janitorial shift, both to keep busy and to help settle past traumas. One affectionate tentacle touch and Marcellus can tell that there is a \u201chole\u201d in Tova\u2019s heart. Things get more complicated when Lewis Pullman\u2019s Cameron, a broke struggling musician, takes over Tova\u2019s shift after she twists an ankle. The Sparks-ian angle \u2014 human trauma distilled into an airy lite confection \u2014 has all three finding closure on that past and healing in the now, through interaction with each other. For the audience, there\u2019s an unsolved mystery to add intrigue.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=104\">Why Cambridge needs social housing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marcellus, voiced by Alfred Molina, gives us all the Attenborough octopi factoids we need, and while the film is best when Marcellus is at the center (the FX and such are excellent), Field and her gaggle of aging gal pals \u2014 the \u201cknit-wits,\u201d a sewing club with Joan Chen, Beth Grant and Kathy Baker \u2014 charm in devilishly understated ways. It\u2019s heartwarming for sure, but never maudlin. Field, a veteran presence, carries the film and knows when to cede the stage to her eight-armed co-star.<\/p>\n<p>Watching \u201cCreatures\u201d sparked the desire in me to go back and watch the Academy Award-winning documentary \u201cMy Octopus Teacher\u201d (2020), which plays like \u201cCreatures\u201d IRL. It also has me wanting to reread Sy Montgomery\u2019s excellent and emotionally insightful \u201cThe Soul of an Octopus,\u201d which, like Tova, is about the author\u2019s interaction with a polypous named Athena at our beloved New England Aquarium. \u2014 Tom Meek<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Streaming on Netflix<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\u201cObsession\u201d<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u2b50<\/span><span>\u2b50<\/span><span>\u2b50<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span>Rating: 2.5 out of 4.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>YouTube horror prankster Curry Barker jumps to the big screen with this debut chiller that became something of a cult staple on the festival circuit last year. In construct, it\u2019s \u201cFatal Attraction\u201d for the new generation, with flourishes of the occult and more as it dials in on a shy, love-struck millennial with the sheepish name of Bear (Michael Johnston) who can\u2019t muster the nerve to ask winsome co-worker and bar trivia teammate Nikki (Inde Navarrette) out on a date. During one such forlorn evening he stumbles into a tchotchke shop and on a whim, buys a One Wish Willow. A snap of the osier and all Bear\u2019s Nikki dreams come true \u2014 and quickly become an endless waking nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=102\">Parents push Murphy for answers on 158 Spring Street, Ahern field<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cbe careful what you wish for\u201d effects are a page right out of a Stephen King novel; Nikki is suddenly so into Bear she won\u2019t leave his side. Being in the bathroom too long becomes a matter of door banging, and God forbid another woman sends him a text or looks at him a little too long at a bar. That\u2019s when the jealousy horns come out \u2014 and strange gump happens.<\/p>\n<p>Barker, whose YouTube fare is dark and predictable, actually uses his bigger budget to dial up some great eerie moodiness. He also proves surgically adept with his grinding use of aural immersion to drive the mounting tension. His best is an early scene where Nikki, a ghostly silhouette leaning against a wall watching Bear sleep, just lingers there in an ephemeral haze. It\u2019s simple, unshakeable and downright creepy. But as Nikki\u2019s obsession grows and things turn increasingly disturbing and bloody (trigger warning for cat lovers), the plot becomes labored and beholden to form, not character.<\/p>\n<p>Key to the film is Navarrette\u2019s turn-on-a-dime performance, which dazzles as much as it disturbs. No her, no movie. She brings to the part the doe-eyed, girl-next-door presence of Neve Campbell infused with the rage gene Willa Fitzgerald conjured up in \u201cStrange Darling\u201d (2024). It\u2019s an incredible performance in a promising concept that doesn\u2019t quite deliver, but it does manage to get under your skin \u2014 just enough. \u2014 Tom Meek<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=100\">Cambridge responds to shooting with resources, community events<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Playing at Kendall Square Cinema and AMC Assembly Row 12<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRemarkably Brilliant Creatures\u201d \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50 Rating: 2.5 out of 4. Based on the bestselling 2022 novel by Shelby Van Pelt and directed by Olivia Newman (\u201cWhere the Crawdads Sing\u201d), \u201cRemarkably Bright Creatures\u201d channels Nicholas Sparks by way of centenarian wildlife expert David Attenborough. 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