Sometimes I Think About Dying review: "Daisy Ridley demonstrates her star power"
Apr. 16, 2024There’s more to life than death in this affecting portrait of a morbid lonely soul.
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As grim as these fantasies may be, they are a lot more exciting than her bleak reality: a life spent shuffling paperwork in a shabby office sited somewhere on the Oregon coast. Until, that is, she meets Robert (Dave Merheje), an affable new colleague who makes it his mission to pop her bubble of isolation.
A Sundance indie tuned to a deliberately muted key, Lambert’s quiet romance is a symphony of uncomfortable silences that requires producer/star Ridley to hide her light beneath the thickest of bushels. The movie’s charm lies in watching Fran slowly blossom under Robert’s attentive ministrations, a nervous night at the pictures (followed by pie) paving the way for a subsequent murder party at which she reveals a flair for ghoulish storytelling.
Given the short from whence it came ran a mere 12 minutes, there is a definite sense of material being extended beyond its elasticity. Yet it’s a decent vehicle for Ridley that, like last year’s The Marsh King’s Daughter, shows she doesn’t need a galaxy far, far away to demonstrate her star (Wars) power.
Sometimes I Think About Dying is in UK cinemas from April 19 and is available digitally in the US now.
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Neil Smith is a freelance film critic who has written for several publications, including Total Film. His bylines can be found at the BBC, Film 4 Independent, Uncut Magazine, SFX Magazine, Heat Magazine, Popcorn, and more.
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