Sebastian Stan stars as an actor who undergoes a radical procedure to remove his facial tumours – with unexpected results.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or if you prefer: be careful what you wish for. You can choose your own proverb to summarise the theme of Aaron Schimberg’s bizarre absurdist comedySebastian Stan plays Edward, whose life is transformed when he takes part in a radical medical procedure inIt centres on an unlikely subject for humour. Its main character, Sebastian Stan’s Edward, an aspiring actor, suffers from neurofibromatosis, a genetic mutation that deforms his facial features.
When we first meet Edward, he is appearing in a short film promoting tolerance in the workplace for those suffering a disability. Not that acting is doing much for his self-esteem. He leads a reclusive life, hurrying through the city each day with his head down lest some loudmouth start taunting him for the fun of it.
Renate Reinsve, who plays aspiring playwright Ingrid, and Adam Pearson, who plays Oswald – another character who suffers from neurofibromatosis – inBut things are about to change. His outgoing new neighbour, Ingrid , gives every sign of wanting to get to know him for reasons that soon become plain. She’s writing her first play which, she’s decided, should be about him.
Edward, however, has a secret. He’s part of an experimental drug trial aimed at peeling away his disfiguring tumours and giving him a normal face. And after a spectacularly grisly ordeal, horror movie is transformed into fairytale. The Frog becomes a Prince.Edward’s response to this miracle is radical. Choosing to bury his old self, he takes the new name of Guy, makes up a story about Edward’s suicide and sets out on a new life.And now comes the main moral behind the fable Schimberg is crafting.
Schimberg can’t quite handle the abrupt changes in mood that his ambitious scenario demands. Things accelerate to weirdly hysterical extremes as his denouement approaches, and you start to feel as if you’re in the hands of someone who doesn’t quite know how to play out the tangled web he’s woven. So many different genres have gone into it, that the central argument is in danger of getting lost in the confusion.
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