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‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Has an Absolutely Absurd Big Twist<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Warner Bros.</p> <p>There’s a lot of juicy drama existing outside of <em>Don’t Worry Darling</em>, from on-set romances, custody papers, PR gaffes, to even a rumored hawked loogie. It’s been one of the more <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/how-olivia-wildes-dont-worry-darling-became-the-most-scandalous-movie-of-the-year">chaotically enjoyable hype cycles in recent memory</a>—one that’s only amped up anticipation for the movie itself.</p> <p>It’s too bad that the movie is 10,000-percent less fun than <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/dont-worry-darling-press-disaster-does-olivia-wilde-come-off-the-worst">any of the mess leading up to it</a>. <em>Don’t Worry Darling </em>is a slog, saved only by Florence “Miss Flo” Pugh’s performance. Her Alice is a woman dealing with simmering (and incredibly believable) rage and distrust for what’s going on around her. She’s what we in the biz call an audience avatar, a character we can relate to. But that relatability only goes so far—because the movie takes Alice, and us, on<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/dont-worry-darling-review-harry-styles-looks-lost-but-florence-pugh-shines-in-olivia-wildes-feminist-film"> a painfully absurd ride</a>.</p> <p>(<strong>Warning: </strong>Spoilers ahead for <em>Don’t Worry Darling</em>.)</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/dont-worry-darling-ending-explained-the-final-twist-is-absolutely-absurd?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Warner Bros.

There’s a lot of juicy drama existing outside of Don’t Worry Darling, from on-set romances, custody papers, PR gaffes, to even a rumored hawked loogie. It’s been one of the more chaotically enjoyable hype cycles in recent memory—one that’s only amped up anticipation for the movie itself.

It’s too bad that the movie is 10,000-percent less fun than any of the mess leading up to it. Don’t Worry Darling is a slog, saved only by Florence “Miss Flo” Pugh’s performance. Her Alice is a woman dealing with simmering (and incredibly believable) rage and distrust for what’s going on around her. She’s what we in the biz call an audience avatar, a character we can relate to. But that relatability only goes so far—because the movie takes Alice, and us, on a painfully absurd ride.

(Warning: Spoilers ahead for Don’t Worry Darling.)

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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