Greta (2019)

A young woman (Chloe Grace Moretz) working as a waitress in Manhattan discovers a handbag on the subway. When she returns it to its owner (Isabelle Huppert), the older woman takes a liking to her and to the young girl, the older woman is a mother figure. But it isn't long before she discovers the woman is bat shit crazy! Directed by Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME), this is a bungled mess. It starts off well even though it's derivative of other genre films that came before it like WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, FATAL ATTRACTION to name just three. But it doesn't take long for it to go flying off the rails. I can see what might have attracted an actress of Huppert's stature to the material. It's the kind of juicy role actresses love to sink their teeth into but the screenplay is a dud. It all feels recycled and though both of the lead actresses try resuscitation, the film is DOA. The film can't seem to make up its mind whether it wants to be a serious thriller or kitschy slice of camp and therefore ends up neither fish or fowl. With Maika Monroe (bland), Stephen Rea and Colm Feore.