ME, YOU, MADNESS
US, 2021, 98 minutes, Colour.
Louise Linton, Ed Westwick.
Directed by Louise Linton.
This is an oddball film, at best. Very negatively reviewed. Mixed reactions from viewers. It is the work of Louise Linton, the I am deep trivia item revealing, Louise Linton came up with the concept for You Me Madness after falling asleep in a hot car following a trip to the pharmacy. She described a 'Doors-like vision' of an indigenous man telling her to make a movie about a girl-boss serial killer. So she did.
Perhaps best to read the Wikipedia entry to help make a decision – especially the last paragraph in the last line!
Catherine Black, a wealthy and extremely intelligent corporate hedge fund manager and serial killer, has a high-fashion sense and spends her money on expensive cars, clothes, artwork, and furniture. She purposely lures Tyler Jones, a thief and gamer who steals from elderly individuals, including Black's grandmother, to apply for a job as house sitter of her large home in Malibu. As he cases the home, Black roofies him to knock him out, and then gets her nails done. When Jones awakes, Black's girlfriend arrives, and after feeding him organs of a frat boy while mocking him in Mandarin, they engage in an evening of drugs, sex, and bonding.
Black, after killing a man who was making suggestive faces at her in an exercise session, comes home and orders Jones to leave her house. While she takes a shower he steals her car and jewelry. She analyzes Jones' car's tracking device, calls him, and reads off the times and locations that he and his partner-in-crime, Chad, committed recent thefts. He brings the car and jewelry back in exchange for her not giving the Los Angeles police the incriminating evidence, but she explains that promises are meant to be broken. As they physically fight, and Jones runs from Black, he discovers her freezer full of human body parts, upping the stakes and forcing Black to vow to kill him even as it becomes obvious to both that they are madly in love.
Relaxing after their final series of fights, in which Black could have killed Jones by any of several methods, they simultaneously agree to marry. Black begins taking medication to control her need to kill, and Jones gives up a life of crime, finishes engineering school, and pays back Black's grandmother and his other victims. They have become vegans.
End credits show Catherine and Tyler happily raising a dog and three children.
On the other hand, from an IMD blog:
Refreshing oddity
This truly is a high-concept movie. It's funny, perplexing and honest. … Finally, it's a social commentary on the currently prevalent societal expectations toward women and men. In short, this movie is weird, entertaining and thought-provoking. You should definitely watch it.
