![]() If Bloody Hell underwhelms in any way, it might be that Lindy’s excellent and sensitive development can sometimes come at the expense of other characters’. Amara and Griffin also feel similarly underused. Woon-A-Tai plays a solid teen heartthrob as Adam, enough so that it almost makes one wish he had a little more to do. ![]() (At this point, the Schitt’s Creek alum has perfected that kind of sour sweetness.) And although Ziegler and Hampshire never quite click as a believable mother-daughter pair, Hampshire does bring a certain humanity to Rita’s anger, which in another performer’s hands might’ve felt alienating and two-dimensional. She really shines, however, in the final act, once Lindy begins to regain her sense of self. As Lindy’s understanding of herself deteriorates, Ziegler makes her distress relatable and empathetic. Ziegler is a striking screen presence, and she brings a quiet charisma as Lindy-an effortless athlete who suddenly finds herself struggling in ways she never could have predicted. ‘Appendage’: The SXSW Horror Film That Turns Trauma Into a Terrifying Evil Twin Like most teenagers, this film bursts in the full range of human emotions, and sometimes multiple at once. Moments of bitterness between Lindy and Rita bubble up and simmer down overnight, only to sweeten in the morning with a breakfast tray. As its “traumedy” billing promises, the film treads the fine but wandering line between soul-deep disappointment and laughter. Through her conversations with Jax and others, Lindy begins to notice all of the outside forces that seem to shape her relationship with her body-including a male-dominated medical establishment that can treat bodies that fall outside a very rigid set of standards and assumptions as innately objectionable.īloody Hell can feel tonally ambiguous at times, but that’s not necessarily a shortcoming. Lindy’s one calm port in the storm seems to be another new friend, Jax (Ki Griffin), who speaks openly both about being nonbinary and intersex and wishing their parents hadn’t chosen surgical intervention on their behalf. Before long, she and her new BFF Vivian (Djouliet Amara) are chatting over the possibility that she might soon bed her boyfriend, Adam (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai). Rita is determined to make the place feel like home, and Lindy seems to blend in seamlessly at school. (You can also catch Hampshire in fellow SXSW feature Appendage.) ![]() Lindy has recently moved into her grandmother’s old house with her mother, Rita-played by an especially thorny Emily Hampshire, formerly seen on Schitt’s Creek. There’s a rainy quality hanging in the air of Bloody Hell, McGlynn’s sophomore follow-up to her 2017 debut Mary Goes Round. Personal, raw, and at times wickedly funny, the film is an excellent showcase for Ziegler, whose natural performance leaves a lasting impression. The “traumedy” made its debut at the SXSW Film Festival and finds Ziegler playing a 16-year-old named Lindy, who is determined to lose her virginity to her boyfriend but whose plans are delayed by an unexpected diagnosis-one that challenges her perceptions of womanhood, sexuality, and herself. ![]() A trip to the gynecologist is rarely anyone’s favorite activity, but Maddie Ziegler has an especially bad time there in Molly McGlynn’s Bloody Hell.
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