UPDATE: Suffice to say, today’s world premiere of “Don’t Worry Darling” more than lived up to the hype.
Harry Styles gave us further proof of his vacant intelligence. Florence Pugh decided not to show up for the film’s press conference. Pugh also refused to make eye contact with her director (Wilde) during the film’s closing credits. Nick Kroll and Styles randomly made out. Pugh and Wilde’s stylists engaged in an instagram feud. Also, did Styles actually spit on Chris Pine at the premiere? #SpitGate
The embargo has lifted and it’s as bad, if not worse, than I could have ever imagined. USA Today, EW, BBC, The AV Club, Little White Lies, The Guardian and IndieWire, The Wrap are pans. Variety is mixed.
The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin, who must be the most generous film critic around, gives it a 4/5. His review, the only positive one, has bumped “Don’t Worry Darling” to a 48 on Metacritic.
EARLIER: The embargo for auteur-extraordinaire Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling” should break this afternoon. And, yes, she definitely should be worrying, darling.
By all accounts, this film is going to get panned. Judging from the people I’ve already spoken to, it will be incredibly amusing to read the reviews for this film. Razzies were mentioned a couple of times.
Florence Pugh, although she is attending the premiere, decided not to attend the press conference which included Wilde, Harry Styles, Chris Pine and Gemma Chan. At the presser, when asked about his transition from music to acting, Styles said “what I like about acting, it’s the feeling that I have no idea what I'm doing. Noted.
Meanwhile, Cinevue critic John Bleasdale simply tweeted, “worry darling” after attending a screening of the film.
People who claim that this is all such a disappointment because auteur Wilde showed so much promise with “Booksmart” … well you’re dead wrong. The critical acclaim “Booksmart” garnered was a media-constructed illusion, there’s nothing about that mediocre movie that makes you feel otherwise.