<Snarky comment omitted because she frightens me.>
Slash/Back (2022) is about a community of young Inuit girls in an Inuit village, so what did I expect from a script about girls aged, oh, seven to thirteen? Oh, so much hair itching!
If it helps any, my Arts Editor suggested that for American girls of the same age, the dialog was spot on; she wasn’t quite so sure about Inuits.
So what’s their problem? Well, between the spats, aliens have appeared and are menacing the girls. The aliens take over creatures, which never goes well, so, if it helps, think of zombie humans and polar bears and a memorable murderous zombie bunny rabbit. The parents?
They’re at a dance, and, given what happens to the cops, perhaps that’s just as well.
Sounds ridiculous? If you can make it past the dialog and spatting and the actually realistic kids being kids part, this is not too bad. Girls grow up a bit and get to be clever, monsters take it in the shorts. What’s not to like?
Well, the male characters might as well have been cardboard cut outs.
And that charging polar bear? It reminded me that polar bears freak me out. Good thing it was only a monster.
