Triangle of Sadness never really finds its own voice as it first introduces a lot of oblivious characters, who all come across as thin stereotypes we have seen many times over in countless movies, and then puts them into situations that are what you'd expect them to get into. There is the dumb and jealous male model and his flirtatious girlfriend. There is the rich and loud Russian. There is the drunk captain. There is the prim head of ship staff. There is the lovely British couple who got rich selling grenades. Be warned. Triangle of Sadness rants and smirks at the state of the world over two-and-a-half hours, which is quite some running time for a satirical comedy. But it is never boring. Partly that's because the political commentary is so shrewd, and partly it's because it has a surprising amount of warmth and nuance, too. Östlund ensures that while the situations may be absurd, the people in them are as human as any of us. Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers from Triangle of Sadness.] Charlbi Dean as Yaya | Neon ‘Triangle of Sadness’ ending explained Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund wants to make films that get people talking, and his latest — Neon’s Triangle of Sadness, the 2022 Palme d’Or winner, now nominated for three Oscars, including best picture — did exactly that. Set on a yacht for the super-rich that sinks and leaves its guests clamoring for survival on an island, the film is a social satire that also happens to include a 15-minute vomit scene.

The film starts off on the wrong foot with a long, long argument between its two protagonists. It's clearly supposed to show how shallow rich people are, but the scene should be around two minutes and instead takes up what feels like twenty. Both characters are intensely irritating: again, not on its own an issue, but it's not justified sufficiently to make it worthwhile. The story is not predictable, in a bad way. Just when you think that something interesting might take place or that an intriguing mystery will get revealed, the plot continues to move straightforward with the most obvious decisions. There's no subtleness nor any metaphors, this movie could've been shown as historical fiction docu-drama and I would've believed it cause the actual script reads like an edgy guy who just saw a couple of videos on different economical theories and decided to become Marxist or Socialist. Calbert, Yves (8 January 2023). "«Vortex» remporte le Grand prix 2023 des critiques de cinéma belges". Le Soir (in French). Archived from the original on 13 January 2023 . Retrieved 22 January 2023. a b "Triangle of Sadness". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022 . Retrieved 28 July 2023.I dislike this film. It's boring and random and one of the few films where I, personally, thought that the acting was stale. The overall movie is so much about "delivering the message" that plot nosedives and ends up becoming bland. Every luxury yacht is kind of expensive. I thought it was fun with Christina O because Christina O has such a symbolic value. It’s the elite of the Western world, and [a lot of people] were spending time [on it] in the ’70s. I thought it was a great symbol of value to blow up in the air because then it also has a meta layer to it. Woody Haralson is in this, but as per usual, he's weird quirky and really adds so little to the movie! For long stretches of that scene, as the couple argue on the ride home and in the hotel lift, it's as if Carl has made the compelling point about his relative disadvantage as a male model. Research for some parts of the script took place in May 2018. Casting took place from August to November 2018 in Berlin, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles and Gothenburg, [9] and continued in Moscow in March 2019. Location scouting began in January 2019 and lasted intermittently until October 2019. Östlund fine-tuned the last details of pre-production from November 2019 to the first half of February 2020.

The characters are meant to be antipathic. However, they are never fleshed out and remain dreadfully shallow to a point that viewers will simply not care about their fates at all. Their actions, discussions and motivations keep repeating themselves endlessly. Few movies have ever had so many redundant dialogues as this one. Goldsmith, Jill (23 October 2022). " 'The Banshees Of Inisherin' Crowns October Indie Revival – Specialty Box Office". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022 . Retrieved 23 October 2022. For me (and my fellow Swedish viewers, no doubt), it was especially fun to see revue legend Henrik Dorsin as a lonesome Swedish millionaire. He just has a perfect face and demeanor for comedy -- even the very first shot of him as a dejected, pudgy middle-aged man sitting by himself made me and my theater company laugh. I am an anti-capitalist myself, so I appreciated what this movie was trying to do, which is to use ham-fisted symbolism to problematize and criticize capitalism. There were some good scenes, mainly during the captain's dinner scene, but unfortunately I just don't think Östlund is much of an accomplished writer or director. Throughout this movie I was bored - esp. By the slowness, which is really unforgivable. Very little really happened in this movie in terms of plot, and it took forever to get to the meatier parts. For a comedy, it also wasn't much fun. 2-3 laughs, tops. Comic timing wasn't good. The political message of the movie was also so heavy-handed that it can hardly be called art; it's more of a didactic tract. At 2 hours and 30 minutes, the movie is far, far, faaar too long - an entire hour could easily be cut.

‘Triangle of Sadness’ won the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival

You have probably never seen a movie like this one. Its craziness is simply undeniable, juggling the grotesque to perfection to paint an unflattering picture of the highest social castes. But while one could be reluctant to see yet another moralizing movie where "the rich are the bad ones and the poor are the good ones", Triangle of Sadness succeeds in going further. Indeed, every protagonist can be made fun of as, through the movie, they all reveal their flaws and their greed. One of the most ambiguous elements of the ending of Triangle of Sadness is the mixed emotions it leaves viewers with — especially when it comes to Dolly De Leon's Abigail. On the surface, Abigail is the antagonist of Triangle of Sadness. It's her manipulation that causes many of the distressing events to unfold once she and the passengers are marooned on the island, after all. However, Triangle of Sadness is a complex movie, and Abigail's motives make her actions much more sympathetic, to the point that it's incredibly difficult to view her as a true villain despite what she does.