If I had a nickel for every time Kennie’s friend recommended a movie with adults breastfeeding in it, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

'was it a kink or a cry for help' is really a philosophical question

Mia Goth has a tendency to work on films with some of the strangest characters and subject matter that I’ve seen. I appreciate the commitment to her eccentric brand though.

MY FRIEND’S UNCLE IS IN THIS MOVIE!!! We went in blind and saw it in theaters, and my friend’s aunt failed to inform us that her uncle would take part in an orgy ajdiodjendkfkfifkdkd Infinity Pool is definitely in the top 10 for weirdest movies I’ve ever seen. I’m so glad Kennie watched and analyzed it!!

"$30 isn't something to scoff at, you can get a whole pack of eggs these days for that" has me in stitches😂😂😂😂

The wife was my favorite character cuz she knew to get tf up on outta there 😂😂😂

The "dead empty eyes" of Alexander and Bill! Don't worry, they're fine! They're just Swedish lol.

All imma say, is Mia be putting her all in them horrors

it’s always such a relief when someone else in the theater laughs first at uncomfortably funny moments like that

I can't really think of another actor like Mia Goth tbh she brings some sort of gremliny energy to the characters that makes them kind of cartoonish and unsettling, but still never pulls me out of the performances

I just love that anytime Mia Goth is in a film you instantly know it’s gonna be some fuckery going on.

Kennie has become a staple in my week for the past 2 years And queen has helped me set a romantic standard that is sensical, real big sis shit

Spoiler Alert for those who never watched it: I feel like in the ending, James sends his clone back home so that the real him can stay back in the country. Maybe out of shame, he didn't want to face the reality of living in his rich wive's shadows and being the author of an unsuccessful book. The whole movie he wanted 'dominance' or to feel powerful, only to have it stripped away by a group of rich people, so he stayed back to probably, reclaim his 'power' by most likely, dominating poor people like the rich. A twisted cycle of the social hierarchy.

I will say, the actress that plays the wife Em Foster is Cleopatra Coleman they let her keep her natural accent which is a mixture of cultures. Her dad is from South Wales Australia where she grew up and her mom is Jamaican. I think that’s what you were picking up which is accurate as a mix of accents but in this case it is natural. Edit: I am also speaking from experience as I was born in Trinidad to a mother with English accent. I also watch a lot of European, English and American shows as an infant. Then I moved to the US and grew up in Brooklyn as a young teenager. My accent is all of those things 😭

I remember when he first put on his mask and it was a grotesque version of a court jester and I figured from then he was just going to be their pet

Ngl, the "hazing" prank and Gabi taunting him were so funny to me too. He truly did bring that situation on himself

you're not wrong, the entire skarsgard family. even their dad stellan gives off that 'i lock people in my basement' vibe.

I’m disappointed that they didn’t play into the potential turmoil and terror of proving you’re the real person and of seeing your own clone in the audience and you being executed. But maybe that would’ve been too cliche.

Kennie there's a pyscho-stalker movie with J.Lo in it called The Boy Next Door that's wonderfully bad, it came out when I was 13 or 14 and it was the first adult movie that I sneakily watched on my Kindle Fire

Mia Goth really lives up to being a member of the Goth family from The Sims.

😂 when kennie says, well "how do you go back to a normal life after that?" I'm thinking you better make it work, cuz there is NO way your rich EX girlfriend would continue to fund your ridiculous lifestyle after choosing a messed up resort over her 😅

it seems that some non sweds dont know this, but Alexander Skarsgard is also a nepobaby, we know him and his siblings as like, THE nepobabies. Their dad is Stellan Skarsgard, very famous in Sweden, was in goodwill hunting. Thought mentioning this might add to the nepotism aspect of the film lol

This movie is fascinating to me because I feel like it’s rare to see a nepo baby explore these topics in a way that kind of captures how gross and exploitative the industries around them actually are. I’ve never had the means to experience that kind of wealth so it’s an interesting perspective to see, as long as the person isn’t softening the impact because they’re trying to not acknowledge the extent of their privilege

No, no, you're right. Almost every brown haired bearded white man looks the same. Unless you put them side by side or you've watched something like Hallmark for 5 years straight, you'd never be able to tell them apart.

Okay may I just say, Odile's laugh in Barbie's Swan Lake walked so that that "Jamesy" dolphin cackle could run😌

When Mia Goth started shooting and screaming I was dying lmao, she's so funny in this movie

“Is that adhd?” And here I thought I was finally entertained by a neurotypical.

Maybe the name infinity pool means to draw from an infinite pool. Like there is an infinite pool of clones but each time he is cloned, James becomes less human than he was before.

Kennie, highly recommend the Bollywood movie Om Shanti Om. It’s a romantic comedy that pokes fun of its own brand and also has a meta moment where it gets a large number of super famous Bollywood actors to sing about their own privilege. 10/10 movie with some truly ridiculous scenes

I feel it in my bones that this is gonna be a good one I can't wrap my head around what I just watched.

i have a recommendation but it’s not a movie. i don’t know if you’ve heard of the korean drama “the glory” but it’s so amazing, it’s essentially about a woman getting revenge on all her bullies from the past, the whole show is amazing and has a very satisfying ending

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="460">7:40</a> yes sensory overload is super common in ADHD! I could see theaters being especially bad for that given the overwhelming visuals and audio. I def feel the same way during some movies in theaters ❤

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="450">7:30</a> Yup! That’s an ADHD thing! (It’s also an autism spectrum thing but I digress. There’s a lot of co-morbidities between ADHD and autism.) It’s called sensory overload or overstimulation, it’s pretty common with people with ADHD, in some form or fashion anyway. Different people have it manifest in different ways or have an easier/more difficult time dealing with it as it can vary as to how severely it impacts your day-to-day. Anyway, this has been a tangent from a fellow person with ADHD, and former psych major, xD

This movie just like Midsommer enter into the category of movies "only make any lick of sense when you heard it's actually the director working through some personal stuff and not an actual story" for me. Infinity pool in essence is about a guy who feel inadequate and has everything around him making him feel as such (wife openly recognizing that love for him had nothing to do with marrying him), until he fantasizes about a hot fan who likes his job and she utterly destroys his ego until he realizes "hey, maybe what I needed all the time was getting over myself" to get some sort of closure. Just like Midsommer is about a messy breakup, this is about a dude's ego but with a lot of psychodelic bullshit and more sex with pet play because why not. The wife is not a real character, it's a personal projection of those feeling of being immasculated and a loser basically. Mia Goth's character is the projection of that inadequacy as a writer and a men even further.

I saw this in theaters and it was definitely one big trip. Tbh I kinda liked the first half of the movie better bc it had a more interesting vibe. You had the obvious undertones about harmful tourism industries, the question of how would YOU feel if you had to watch yourself die and question your existence, and the (now oversaturated) theme of the selfishness of the ultra-rich. The ending was more action-y and I loved Mia Goth’s performance but I feel like it lost a little bit of its meaning in exchange for just being violent. Like the whole “dog” fight and blood titty just kinda lost me lol. Also, why did they want to keep him at the resort if they were going to go back home eventually anyway? I thought they were going to end up being a murder cult that posted up on the island or something. But overall, I feel like the movie succeeded in being unsettling and grotesque bc I left the theater feeling grossed out and confused but not mad about it lol.

I think your early opinion was spot on. I also watched the movie in theaters and though I disliked the entire movie up to the end, it's blatantly a movie just meant to make the watchers uncomfortable but it's done with nearly no relevance to the actual story early on. One of my biggest gripes was the over use of Dutch angles especially when looking at the resort. They made it seem like something was off of wrong about the resort and then that went nowhere, it was the government and a few travelers. I remember thinking during one of the dinners that maybe some of the employees were part of a cult or something but all that discomfort was misplaced. Almost like it's meant to mislead us, there were a lot of cheap tricks to cover up a mediocre story. (like random prolonged shots of the ocean when the ocean had nothing to do with the story)

Mia Goth has always been in weird movies. Her weirdness has just become mainstream and I’m loving it. 😂 I’m also loving Alexander Skarsgard’s random turn to weird roles. Good for him.

I LOVE how I get to "watch" movies I had no intention of watching (although this one might have tricked me bc I stan a writer character)...keeping up with the cultural ziegiest and feeding my interest in horror, while my tolerance for it has dropped.

“Is it a kink or a cry for help” 😂😂😂 Chiiiile listen!! If I had heard this just a few years earlier I could’ve saved myself A LOT of time, hurt and regrets. Fortunately I ended up marrying a good man but sometimes I wonder if his kinks were a cry for help too🥴

This movie was definitely shock value for shock value. The message of the film has been done 1000000 times.

My autistic ass is so relating to the overstimulation and not being confident whether or not it’s actually overwhelming or unsettling to that degree or it’s actually to that extreme. Love ur videos! I’ve been waiting for you to do a vid on this movie😊

As someone who has interacted with media with very similar themes to Infinity Pool, I just found Infinity Pool to be absolutely terrible. It does nothing with it's concepts and just added in the s*x and explicitly violent scenes to make the movie seem grander that it was. It absolutely confounds me that so many critics like it.

anydays a good day when Kennie uploads

"Cover it in glitter and hope for the best" is my new life motto, thanks Kennie

"$30 ain't nothing to scoff @, you can buy a whole carton of eggs" had me DEAD 😂😂

…..☹️ what the hell…. See this is why I enjoy you, Kennie. I could never sit through a movie like this but you describing it is extremely entertaining. But still… I’m disturbed.

Mia Goth is so fun. She was amazing in Pearl. Also this is such a solid look. I love the beanie and the green eyeshadow. Also also, for some random reason, the captions decided to interpret Kennie's restrained laugh as the word "foreign" and that was very funny to me.

kennie getting ralph fiennes & liam neeson confused makes me want to see her watch schindler's list

I haven’t seen her in other shit but I absolutely LOVED Mia Goth in Emma. Also this kinda sounded like ”The white lotus” on crack 😂

Cole's very open about his breastfeeding kink huh

You know whats funny to me? People mention Alexander as Bill's brother, but no one mentions either of them as STELLAN SKARSGARD SONS

Off the bat, LOVE the old school Avril Lavigne look you got going on! 🔥 🎸

"Cover it in glitter and wish for the best" needs to be on a t-shirt. TM that shit.

As someone with ADHD this movie sounds like a nightmare to me, but I’m kinda curious HAHAHA. Maybe it’s one to watch in the day with my cuddly dog 🫠 Also the actress behind Em (cleopatra Coleman) is Australian. Called it the moment she was shown in the KZfaq vid haha (im Aussie)

Kennieeee!! I have a recommendation for Bad Movies And A Beat!! You should do Fear (2023) but watch it in a HOOD MOVIE THEATER PLEASEEE!!

Kenny: I felt like I was sensory overloaded. (Pauses) Is that an adhd thing? Me, with adhd: Yes, girl. Yes, it is! 😂 Also, watch Pearl! 😂 In all seriousness, I don't think I'd like this movie if I was to sit and watch, not because it's horrid, but I think the sound alone would not be good for me because I too would most likely get overwhelmed by it.

This movie was wild. I ended up watching the uncut version and the SA scene caught me off guard because I wasn't expecting to see... Someone brought to completion. I originally thought that the boob goo was a maggot he hallucinated because they referred to themselves as zombies lol. I still don't understand what I watched. And it seems like your friend Cole has a thing with weird shock factor titty scenes after Barbarian 😅

I think it's interesting you brought up Gabby and her crew being hella racist to the Li Tolqans despite them technically being white cause as we know who gets to be considered "white" and "non-white" is something always in flux throughout history. They never tell us where Li Tolqa is specifically but it seems heavily coded as being a vaguely Eastern European/specifically Balkans-ish country (most of the movie was filmed in Croatia IIRC). People from that part of the world, while technically European and "white", have often been understood as, if not outright non-white, pretty far towards to the periphery of what gets considered "white" (and in the context of immigration to the US/UK basically treated as non-white e.g. look at anything a British Home Secretary has said about Slavic immigrants in the last 10 years lol). For me this was kind of one of the main themes of the movie: the racist division of the world into "white"/"non-white" or "Western"/"Eastern", and how that ultimately makes people closer to power and privilege (i.e. those considered "white" or "Western" like Gabby et al.) 1000x more barbarous and violent than the people they project non-whiteness/orientalism onto. I think that's why there were those otherwise weird out of place moments like the scene in the hella appropriative Chinese restaurant or that random cut-away to the "Bollywood dancers" in the resort. Li Tolqa is sort of like an imaginary spot where all of these violently racist/orientalist understandings of the world come together and then freaks like Gabby get unleashed on it for their own pleasure.

Ouuuuu I’m so happy you did this one. I watched it and immediate was like ……..Kennie needs to see this shit.

To answer the question you raised in the beginning: Yes, it is very common for us ADHDers to have sensory issues/sensitivities. I don't like to leave my house without my earplugs. You never know when someone/something is going to make some noise.

ohhhhh i’m fascinated to see what kennie thinks of this movie. i saw it in theaters and i was ungodly bored by a lot of it but i’m also incredibly desensitized to the majority of the kind of imagery shown in it. since the shock didn’t get me, and there really wasn’t a ton to the movie outside of that (and what was said outside the shock value has all been said and done a billion times before), i really didn’t get much of anything from it. i thought the acting was solid but i really was just bored and annoyed through the majority of it. only movie i’ve almost walked out of from annoyance alone. and i don’t mean to sound like a pretentious edgelord “ummmmm I don’t think it was really that gross” like it was gross and foul and yeah shocking, but not in any way i hadn’t seen before. and then yeah like we get it, wealth, power, and lack of consequence can and often will corrupt, we know this we all know this. would’ve been nice if the movie had anything else to say

Let me get this out of the way you’re literally doing green eyeshadow in a white crewneck sweater. Nothing but respect because I couldn’t do it. I’m already getting anxiety. Lmaoo

Shoutout to Cole for delivering us to this point. The man needs a wellness check I’m disturbed, I’m disgusted, and weirdly intrigued. Idk, maybe I’ll watch this one myself, but only in the safety of my friend’s house

I do not know what I expected when you were describing the film, but I was not prepared for the mention of cloning. Not the main guy getting caught up initially because of one (1) singular compliment about his book. I haven’t even seen the movie, but Em staying when he first mentioned couldn’t find his passport feels out of character lol. The faces I made when you described the o*gy trip and the feeding scenes…….I’m-

KENNIE I watched this opening weekend and I was HOPING AND PRAYING you would watch this movie. I love Mia Goth and anything she's in (Ex and Pearl are masterpieces- especially Pearl). The flash scenes were too much but the movie itself was fun to watch. I gave it a 7/10. Love your take on it!

i think we're gonna need a new category "bizarre movies and a beat"

You're probably not gonna see this Kennie, I really appreciate your videos. I'm an artist and I've been having a burnout so I was really depressed about not being able to draw, but I saw your video and decided to watch/listen to it while I drew so I got some art done! Just wanted to say thanks!

i’m glad i wasn’t the only one that felt “sicky” watching this in theatres 😭

Kennie! Pearl is in a trilogy, I think you should do a triple feature video! 🎉🎉🎉

i watched this a couple of days ago and was hoping you were gonna make a video on it. i’ve seen some disturbing movies and this one definitely took to cake. like you said most of the movie is kind of boring and grey, so it just makes the disturbing scenes more disturbing. it didn’t feel right watching 😭🤣

“I’m disgusted! But I wanna know more” if that’s not me too then idk what is 😂😂

“i’m easily sensory overloaded. is that an adhd thing?” kennie sadly it is

Mia Goth laughing and saying 'Jamesie' is going to be my new ringtone lol

Sensory overload is an adhd thing, I’m the same way. When i rave i have to wear earplugs and light coloured sunglasses for the music and lights/strobe Edit: just the clips you added made me shudder, I can’t imagine how you felt in the theatre 😨😰

This series means so much to me. My weekend wash days are not the same without bad movies in a beat. With that being said this one was a doozie. I kind of want to see it and then come back to this video

Cronenberg movies are so good at making you feel completely disturbed when you're done watching them. I don't think we are meant to actually like any of their movies.

Cleopatra Coleman is Australian irl lol that’s why her accident is funky

Mia goth often plays strange characters but I do also love how she acts them out

So this one made me look at the screen in true shock. Goo? Some goo? I screamed, "Girl what!? Kenny, girl, WHAT!?"

The way you described the beginning of Infinity Pool reminds me of how I felt watching Skinamarink for the first time. It's really unnerving and not much happens for the first like 40 minutes, but the middle/end of it just make your stomach turn especially when you realize what's happening. I did not like it on the first watch but after the second time, I really loved it. I don't think it's exactly up your alley, but I definitely think it's one of those movies people should try out at least once.

Yes, please do a video on Pearl!!! Was very excited when you mentioned it being one of your 2022 favs in your video on The Menu and was hoping that would be a possibility!

From what I've heard and (clips) seen, this movie is the definition of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes"

I felt so called out when Kendall said that woman's accent was distracting lmao. Some of us just have fucked up accents TT^TT

I remember when I kept seeing ads for this movie and being upset I couldn't already just read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia cause I already knew I didn't want to watch it. And then this video popped up in my notifications! ... Now I just have to work up the courage to actually watch this 😅

Don’t know how this bonkers plot didn’t stick but I was racking my brain trying to figure out why this movie looked familiar but the didn’t sound familiar until I realized Amanda posted about this a month ago 🤣🤣 Had a literal file not found cause it was in trash moment 😅😅

I like the concept a lot but i really wish that it did something interesting with it but it never does anything more then be kind of stylish which isn't horrible but its wholly unsatisfying

OMGG YESS, I was going to recommend this at some point because I watched it in theaters blind without knowing the plot and I was horrified by wtf I watched 😭😭

I feel like this film is a very trippy representation of how modern day colonialism and classism affects social/political structures in the global South.

I love these long form break downs. Thank you!!

Ahhhh you made it onto the trailer for love is blind 4!!! I about died and screamed! Lol I was like AHHHHH! My friend!

Watching this in theaters also made me so unbelievably angry and ill. The things I do for Mia Goth. Speaking of, I would LOVE a Pearl video, but I think you should wait until MaXXXine comes out so you can just cover the entire X Trilogy!

I watched this movie and I, as a person with adhd, left the room to do laundry and just listened to the film in my headset until I felt I could come back to finish watching.

Omg so excited to watch i really love your artsy weird movie videos

Yay I'm so excited to hear you talk about Pearl!

thank you for the warnings for flashing!! your old intro used to do that for me so bad, it’s really nice to see you being so careful about it! not every youtuber is and it causes lots of pain on my end

This description was EXACTLY how I felt about Uncut Gems

Just wanted to say that green color looks great on you. On an unrelated note: You made me want to watch the movie lol

I'm excited to see you review Pearl!

I’m already watching this a second time, I can’t wait for the pearl reaction 🎉

So excited for you to talk about Swarm