The cinematography is by and large the best that Thimios Bakatakis and Yorgos Lanthimos have achieved through their collaborations (Kinetta, Dogtooth, The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer). The locations (another parallel to The Shining) consist of lavish ballrooms and beautiful homes, all of which are absolutely stunning and shot in a ways that enhance their allure. The camera is always moving, panning, and tracking in engaging ways, which helps entice you through the overall dim plot. This and the use of score, which consists of unsettling and ominous tones, strings and screeches, create the film’s true crowning achievement: its atmosphere. However, for all the atmosphere the film serves up, it's never enough to make the characters or their ludicrous circumstances feel in any way believable or fully dimensional.

From a technical standpoint, the film is pretty flawless, but narratively speaking, it’s a bit uninteresting. The problem with film is that a lot of the narrative’s mystery and twists can be easily pieced together and spotted and figured before they ever happen. So, you spend a good bit of time waiting for the film to catch up to you, and you spend a great deal of time waiting for the film to do anything at all really. Once the film's rules are clearly spelled out, which comes at around the halfway point, it's just a matter of waiting and hoping that that the film delivers on the grotesque. If you’re anything like me, by the time the film reaches its absurd climax, it will give you a few uncomfortable chuckles and you will be ready for it to wrap up.