Leave The World Behind (2023)

Leave the World Behind is about two rich families having to stay together during a Fire Sale.

Written and directed by Sam Esmail, the film leaves you wondering just what is going on throughout the film. The ending doesn't satisfy and you're just left with an okay feeling. I expected more out of the Mr. Robot showrunner but then again the ending is very nilistic which makes sense from his pessimistic perspective.

Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke play the couple on vacation, staying at a BNB. Turns out the BNB is owned by Mahershala Ali's character who is played at first as a mysterious character with many circumstantial and coincidental excuses to force the audience to think he's lying. Ali and Roberts had the best acting in the film as Hawke went through the motions a tad.

There are children in the film. Myha'la plays the annoying and angsty teen which seems like an over-the-top character in how she's written. I don't really remember her character in the movie Dumb Money and I haven't seen how she acts in interviews to know if she was just playing herself, but she really made the audience dislike her which was what the intention was.

The film tries to be more than it is but kept my attention for sure. Result: C+

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