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It is the scariest movie I have ever seen.
It provides me with nightmare fuel to this day.
Before the film ended, I was out in the hallway, experiencing my very first panic attack.
My point is, this movie ruins lives.
The scene is meant to indicate how bone-deep depressed they both are.
He punches their car on the head.
Nobody draws anybody like one of their French girls.
They dont want this life; theyre living it almost by accident.
But not special enough to avoid the cruel banality and homogeneity of 1950s suburbia.
Things go aggressively downhill from here.
Leo is like, You are hysterical.
We need to find you adoctorto help you make sense of yourlife!!!
Kate promptly bones the sheriff fromStranger Things.
Married, two kids.
Should be enough, she says to him before they have sex in a car (again …
It is for him.
We were never special or destined for anything at all.
Leo comes home to Mrs. Potatohead and tells her that hes been cheating on her, but its over.
She says she doesnt care and doesnt love him anymore.
Little woman decides shes not ready to stop playing house?
he screams, his face reddening as he turns to Leo.
You figure its more comfy here in the old hopeless emptiness after all, huh?
That way hed never have to find out what hes made of.
(I begin Googling flights to Paris leaving right now with no return flight.)
When Kate returns, shes entered the Uncanny Valley of 1950s Housewives.
She sits across from him, smiling vacantly.
Both disappear near seamlessly into their prescribed roles.
Tell me about your new job, she says.
Leo draws a computer on a napkin as he explains how hes going to sell them.
I see, Kate says, eyes black and empty.
At least, I think I see.
Leo leaves for the day, his eyes watering with joy.
I dont know when Ive ever had a nicer breakfast, he says.
It is the most chilling scene Ive ever seen on film.
Watching it, I feel like I need an exorcist.
The film ends as the neighborhood digests the news of Kate and Leos fate.
Her husband studies her.
What about the Wheelers?
My mom comes into the bathroom and laughs.
Rachel, she says.
You dont have to live in the suburbs.
