The Square (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #54 extract: The Square (2017)

Wow... it's been a while since I was last blown away by a movie. 

Not only is The Square the funniest film I've seen in an age, but it's also the best comedy I've seen. So precise, yet also vague and scattered, what emerges from a series of comedic bits is an awkward story about being out of touch with who we (modern us) are. And, from this story, emerges a beautifully round and deeply human character. Engaging modern art for the ridiculous nonsense it sometimes can be, but nonetheless trying to come to terms with it and then tease us to make an effort to understand, The Square does what it tells you it is doing whilst stepping outside of itself. With a four-dimensional narrative of sorts, whichever way you choose to look at The Square, sometimes will come through. I cannot recommend this more, and I feel a fool for not having seen a Ruben Östlund movie before. A new personal favourite.