Saltburn is about an Oxford student who is thrown into the world of his aristocratic classmate when he goes to his family's estate for the summer.
Director Emerald Fennell lets you know this film is about homosexuals with the opening line. I really enjoyed Promising Young Woman, and so my hopes were high. It is set in 2006 which I adamantly remember since that was my graduating year. Perhaps people in England dressed that way but here in the States, we dressed very differently.
Berry Keoghan plays the socially awkward main character who seemingly gets taken into this world of luxury and friendship that causes him to do some extreme things. He's not your traditionally handsome man and for some reason keeps getting roles. I mean he was good in The Banshees of Inisherin but no one remembers him in Dunkirk. Even in Banshees, he was just a weird and annoying character though.
Jacob Elordi plays the love interest who has the charm to get any girl he wants. You might remember him from Euphoria and he plays a much different character in Priscilla but there's nothing really here to be excited for.
The film has a lot of Fennell charm and a predictable ending. The film would be completely different if the main character wasn't bisexual which is a focus of the film. I don't think most people would enjoy the film, but film buffs might sit through it and say Fennell's growing her catalog. Result: B-.
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