Suspenseful and intriguing, LNIS defies easy definition, crossing a murder mystery, with a ghost story, but it might be a little too weird (for some.)
Thomasin McKenzie (JoJo Rabbit, 2019) is excellent in the lead role, as a 1960's naïve fashion designer student, Eloise "Ellie" Turner.
There is style, as well as substance, and it features a great 60's soundtrack, but it's never clear if Eloise has actually gone back in time. Is she simply seeing what she's err, seeing? Has she inhabited so-and-so's body or is she simply watching from the sidelines? The film suggests both, which is confusing.
Matt Smith and Anya-Taylor Joy are barely in it, both are good though. Their memorable dance is enough to give the Travolta / Thurman iconic dance in Pulp Fiction (1994) a run for its money.
Diana Rigg is good in her last screen role (as Ms. Collins) but the build up is better than the pay off (the final reveal is implausible and far fetched.)
The police didn't bother to investigate?
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DIRECTED BY: Edgar Wright. SCREENPLAY BY: Edgar Wright, Krysty Wilson-Cairns. RUNNING TIME: 116 minutes. CERTIFICATE: 18 / R. UK.
