Renate Reinsve

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Handling the Undead

The iconic “crossing the streams” scenario, originally pitched by Ghostbusters, has served to be an effective comparison when describing debacles.  Such is the case for another supernatural film, Handling the Undead.  Norwegian filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl essentially”crosses the streams” by running a metaphorical subtext with more literal examples.  Hvistendahl aims for nuance, but misses and creates heavy-handed deliveries and drawn out results.

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The Worst Person in the World

The Worst Person in the World has a slightly misleading title.  It seemingly refers to a specific individual and, at least during the first act of this movie, that individual appears to be Julie (Renate Reinsve).  When Julie tries to focus on someone or something, she consistently has one eye on the next focal point.  She isn’t hard to please and she isn’t stubborn, but she has an issue with commitment that she isn’t even…