Saltburn
Director: Emerald Fennell Run Time: 131 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2023
Starring: Alison Oliver, Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Richard E. Grant, Rosamund Pike
Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) brings us a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire. Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
“It’s like Bridgerton on amphetamines. Or Downton in a K-hole. And it’s appealing because, however fanciful and thematically absurd, there is truth here.” ~ Kevin Maher, Times (UK)
“It’s in service of the dizzying adventure of a story, undoubtedly wrestling with class and deception as much as desire and the plain silliness of youth. It’s all there, but one of the greatest pleasures of Saltburn is just being invited to the party.” ~ Ella Kemp, London Evening Standard