‘Foe’ Review: Soul Mates
metroweekly.comFoe (★★☆☆☆), director Garth Davis’ sterile adaptation of the 2018 sci-fi novel by Iain Reid. Davis and Reid co-wrote the film, which unfolds like a novel, allowing ample space to imagine the inner lives of its characters, though the filmmakers might have done more to realize the world beyond married couple Hen and Junior, and the tall, handsome stranger who shows up uninvited one day at their isolated Midwest farmhouse.The year is 2065, and, predictably, fresh water and habitable land are globally scarce.
Still, Hen and Junior, all alone on their patch of prairie, and played by awards darlings Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, appear none the worse for wear.
In fact, cinematographer Mátyás Erdély shoots the toothsome pair like models in a perfume ad, particularly Ronan.Outfitted in chic skirts and blouses, Hen often — and you’d be surprised how often — takes long, pensive walks around the farm, and across picturesque salt flats where she and Junior kiss each other hungrily.
Elsewhere on the planet, catastrophic storms, heat, and droughts are ravaging life as we know it, but these two still look photo shoot-ready all the time.
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