Spree attempts interesting ideas with messy execution. Its story follows a deranged man who's desperate for social media attention. Every character is similarly influenced by internet fame, which blatantly emphasizes our loaded modern reality. Thus, Spree isn't subtle, but satire rarely is. However, while Spree has an important message, its journey is meandering and repetitive. Nevertheless, Joe Keery brings captivating layers of depression, transactional posturing, mania, and anger. While his protagonist is extreme, Keery makes it feel all too real. Ultimately, Spree's clever premise sometimes gets lost, but Keery's performance keeps the engine running.
Technically, Spree is presented as social media content. While this fitting choice is admirable, its implementation is cinematically clunky. Inferior visuals, basic production, and cheap effects can be blamed on the presentation style, but more meaning could've been applied. Meanwhile, the soundtrack is modern and anxious, but inconsistently impactful. Really, only the sound and editing are significant, using symbolic quiet, jump cuts, montages, and split screens. Overall, this dedication to a confined approach requires thematic technique to be subtly baked in. Therefore, viewers may appreciate the film in theory, but only Keery delivers in reality.
Writing: 6/10
Direction: 6/10
Cinematography: 5/10
Acting: 8/10
Editing: 8/10
Sound: 7/10
Score/Soundtrack: 6/10
Production Design: 4/10
Casting: 6/10
Effects: 6/10
Overall Score: 6.2/10
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