Watching Reinsve's performance I was struck by how rare it is we get such an honest, fleshed out, nuanced, and complete portrait of a female character in motion pictures. Her Julie is one of the most fascinating and riveting characters I've seen on screen in a long time while being very much an "every person". The combination of Vogt and Trier's script paired with Reinsve's excellent work here is just a revelation.
The Worst Person in the World is a film that brings us little moments of joy, excitement, like flirting with a stranger and finding connection where one did not expect, to moments of great pain including loss and death, but also moments of pure melancholy and ennui at the lived experience of modernity. It is a gripping ride through it all.
Paired with Danielsen Lie and Nordrum, Reinsve has a very honest chemistry so much so that it felt like you were peering into a real woman's life, or moments in it. Danielsen Lie is also captivating in all his complicated dimensions as well. The film economically, through glimpses of moments during its "chapters", paints what feels like a very real narrative of a human being and her life, the choices, the regrets, the boldness in everyday things.
Trier isn't overly dramatic but yet his style remains cinematic. The Worst Person in the World is delightfully watchable, visually stunning. All of it comes together into the sort of experience that leaves you just sitting there as the credits roll grateful for the chance to have experienced that story.
The Worst Person in the World/Verdens verste menneske
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum
Director: Joachim Trier
Writers: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
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