What? (1972)
5/10
I truly believe Polanski was trolling everyone with this one
11 April 2020
I've never seen a movie that feels more like an off-his-rocker director who'd recently found fame and riches, likely on a drug binge, using his funding to basically say **** you and splooge all over his entire audience, by making a completely ridiculous, meandering, pointless, and entirely nonsensical "movie", which of course stars a strikingly gorgeous lead actress who is half naked the majority of the time.

I am a huge fan of Roman Polanski's early filmography (60's-70's) but I swear he must have been on a drug BINGE when he decided to make this movie. Thriving after the success of Rosemary's Baby, binging on who knows what, and thinking "I can do whatever I want, so I'm going to do this, LOL". One of the most careless celluloid jerk-off's I have ever seen. Is Sydne Rome beautiful? Yes. Is the movie hilarious? Sometimes, but not usually. Does it have a plot? No. Is there any sort of structural progression to it? No. Is it hilarious that he made it? Yes. Will I ever watch it again? Probably not.
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