We can only pick
ONE?
Guuuurl...
Well, it has a couple of close runners up, but I guess the honour has to go to:
Why? I suppose this is a good example of timing with me. I missed it when it came out and just never got around to it. I hadn't read anything about the film, and the only thing I knew about it was that it's a Jake G pic so I'd get around to it the next time I was in a Jake G mood (it happens - it's how I wound up with films like Bubble Boy in my collection. Charming movie you'd all probably hate, btw
).
So my Jake G mood hit and I put it on, and
was not expecting that, oh my god! Not only was it was one of the creepiest performances I've ever seen (and it was just ****ing awesome), but it scratched my misanthropic itch. I can't remember when last I watched a film and
immediately wanted to watch it again. And again. Actually, I do. Funny Games (original) did that to me.
I loved everything about it. The mood, the colour palette, lighting, the dark humour, and the way that just thinking about it just gave me goosebumps. Terrifying, yet strangely funny stuff.
And this is a directorial debut ? Jesus.