Paoli includes wicked humor, which feeds nicely into the psychological horror at play. The strong characterizations add the requisite empathy for audiences to invest in Elizabeth and her plight. The story is layered with some interesting food for thought, such as the entity not caring about being a male or female (though it/he/she/they is annoyed at being married). Elizabeth’s arc parallels the legions of stories of ladies being misdiagnosed as hysterical since a male first thought he knew more about a female’s body than said woman.
Graham has stolen whole movies with just a handful of scenes (i.e., The Hangover). Here, she gets a very juicy part that requires exact precision to navigate. The actor has to ensure viewers still care about Elizabeth even after she cheats on her husband, whom she ignores, though somewhat unintentionally. Graham walks that fine line, so all watching feel for and sympathize with every wild, inexplicable thing that happens. It certainly helps that she and Crampton work amazingly well together. Of course, Crampton is no stranger to tales such as this, and seeing her pay homage to her cult classics is a treat unto itself. She misses no beats and imbues Daniella with an understandable pragmatism.
“Graham leads a strong cast with a three-dimensional performance…”
Lewis is appropriately creepy, charming, and sexy. His transformation from meek and wanting help to a snarky, confident person is incredible. Schaech doesn’t have much to do until over halfway through, but he delivers in a big way. Davison is eerie as the man who wishes to live forever via body-jumping souls.
Suitable Fresh is wild and weird, but it has something to say beneath all the kinks and mind games. The direction maintains the twisty vibe with over-the-top camera movements and fast editing. Graham leads a strong cast with a three-dimensional performance of a tricky character. Lynch and company have made a feature Gordon would have been most proud of.
"…a feature Gordon would have been most proud of."
