Random Movie Review - Last Night in Soho

I do like Edgar Wright as a filmmaker. Like fellow British filmmaker Christopher Nolan, none of his films so far have been terrible. Some of his films like Nolan have been weak in comparison to his other films, but not all of them. Today we look at his latest film, which is another horror film of his, but his first time doing a psychological one. Psychological films have to be made carefully because one wrong move and your film is doomed to fail. Most of these kinds of films are about mental health, but they could be about other things too. So let's take a look:

The film is about a girl called Ellie (played by Thomasin McKenzie) who is obsessed with the music and fashion that made the swinging sixties what it is. She has dreams of being a fashion designer and goes to study at the London College of Fashion. Despite learning of her mother's passing (who was also a fashion designer) and at the urging of her maternal grandmother (played by Rita Tushingham), she pursues her dreams and makes some friends along the way. That is until she has constant vivid dreams that take her back to the sixties and in the body of one Sandie (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) which, soon enough, have her in a constant battle between what is real and what isn't to the point where things may get a little bloody.

So like I said earlier, psychological films are very difficult to get done right. Not impossible, but needs to be done right, and I'm happy to say that Edgar Wright did well. Although it doesn't come across as a psychological horror at first, it manages to spend the first half focused on Ellie's ambitions to do what she wants to do while having dreams about Sandie. But then things get worse in the second half when reality is questioned and all that. He did well with this film which I have to say of all his films, this is probably the best one he has done so far. Don't forget, this is the guy that gave us Baby Driver and the Cornetto Trilogy which are all critically acclaimed films in their own right. But yes, this is his best one yet, and I look forward to seeing what he does next. 9.5/10