FILM REVIEW - Lluís Bas

Film Review – Lluís Bas

“Nosedive” is the first episode of the third season of Black Mirror. This science-fiction series was created in 2011 by Charlie Brooker and nowadays it’s produced by Netflix. This episode’s director is Joe Wright and the leading actress is Bryce Dallas Howard.

In this short film we can see the story of a girl called Lacie who lives in a futuristic society that rewards people’s kindness and punishes unfriendly attitudes.

Lacie lives in the privileged part of this society until one day, desperate to improve her standard of living and her popularity on social media, she does her best to go to a wedding of high-ranking people but unfortunately, the trip doesn’t go as planned.

I find this episode amazing because, in my opinion, the role of Lacie is brilliantly performed and I like how the main character rediscovers her society by looking things from another perspective.

However, I didn’t like the final scene because I think it is so hard to understand for any spectator. If I was this episode’s creator, I would have changed it for a more specific final.

If I had to say something about “Nosedive”, I would say that it’s a great episode of this series and if you like Black Mirror and futuristic films with an open ending in general, you will love it.