Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

A lesbian (Kristen Stewart) who works in a gym gets the hots for a bisexual female bodybuilder (Katy O'Brian) and gets her hooked on steroids. The steroids turn her into a psychotic female version of The Incredible Hulk as she turns into a killer when she gets into a rage. Directed by Rose Glass (SAINT MAUD), this black comedy is fun for awhile before it sinks into preposterousness and gets just plain silly. Every character in the movie is a sleazebag and it's hard to get empathy for any of them, even the physically abused sister (Jena Malone) who takes her beatings without complaint and desperately wants to return to abuser husband (Dave Franco) even after he's put her into the hospital! The laughs are erratic though there is one laugh out loud moment when O'Brian expresses horror that she's murdered people and Stewart lovingly assures her that there's nothing wrong with her! Reading through some of the favorable reviews of the film, I was shocked to see that some critics took the movie seriously. Personally, I've always found bodybuilders sort of creepy and this film only validates my feeling. Worth checking out but if you want to see a really good movie about criminal lesbians, check out the Wachowski's BOUND. With Ed Harris (who gives the best performance in the film) and Anna Baryshnikov (Mikhail's daughter).