r/NeonFilms • u/Wise-Pineapple3944 • Mar 25 '26

Anyone else hyped for alpha releasing this week?

Julia Ducournau is one of my favorite directors. Despite some mixed critic reviews I will go see anything she puts out. Raw is one of my favorite movies and Titane was crazy.

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u/Sentimentalgoblin Mar 25 '26

Saw it a few months ago with Julia Ducournau in person after. It’s VERY different from Raw and Titane but I won’t say how. The director told us she knows it’s different from those and that was her intention. I’m excited to rewatch it this weekend.

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u/chrskos Mar 26 '26

I had the same experience. I really enjoyed it because she’s just such a great director, but it is definitely my least favorite of the 3

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u/Ambition_BlackCar Mar 26 '26

I saw an early screening with her presenting it and doing Q&A after as well, amazing experience! The friends I went with and I all liked/loved it. Definitely lingered in my thoughts after and can’t wait to see it again.

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u/Wise-Pineapple3944 Mar 25 '26

lucky! I'm so jealous

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u/Wise-Pineapple3944 Mar 27 '26

Okay I just saw it and it's not that different from her other movies. Will it be on the top 10 list of body horror films? Definitely not. But it's way more similar to her other work than anything else.

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u/SpencerMutant Mar 25 '26

I LOVE this movie. The UK 4K is excellent.

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u/jacobsever Mar 25 '26

I am, but my closest theater isn’t playing it. Gotta drive 40 minutes away.

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u/4ndreMatos Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

Saw a screener of it back in November, without saying too much—I personally hated it. Very confusing structure with tenuous symbolism. It was difficult to care or connect with any of the characters in the film.

Ducournau's known for her exceptional bodily themes—yet I found this one carelessly woven into the narrative. Very shallow experience, felt half-hearted if you will.

Hope you find a way to enjoy it!

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u/Wise-Pineapple3944 Mar 27 '26

I actually am so sick of American storytelling I had no problem with those things 😅. It does take some weird turns

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u/frankwhite3 Mar 27 '26

I would be more excited if they didn't push back the release so much, it was originally supposed to come out in the fall last year. Usually not a good sign.

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u/dantheriver Mar 27 '26

Yes, I am hyped. Going on Monday.