'We Are Boats' review: An existential mishmash that examines life through the eyes of death
‘We Are Boats’ avoids the trappings of the supernatural genre as it explores friendship, love, family, and life itself, in a truly captivating and novel way
To stare death in the face. No, it is not a red demon with a bifurcated tail and pitchfork or a hooded grim reaper with a scythe. In ‘We Are Boats,’ death is a lanky, angular woman with piercing green eyes. The movie starring Angela Sarafyan and Luke Hemsworth is truly out there, really out there.
Francesca (Sarafyan) is a high-class escort, plastic and doll-like, her piercing green eyes being the only natural thing about her. It beggars belief but, in a twist of fate, Francesca ends up in some sort of heaven/purgatory. Here, that takes the form of the great outdoors. From this moment forward, she looks a lot more natural. Few in Hollywood beam of natural beauty like Sarafyan. It’s rather refreshing.
