But there are worse things than too much ambition.
Davis short-fused Anna is a wannabe who cant seem to catch a break.
And Beths sheepish humility just makes Anna even angrier.
Credit: Mark Schwartzbard
In one of the movies most electric scenes, the women run lines together.
In that moment you understand her resentment toward Beth.
Had the movie kept prodding that exposed nerve,Always Shinewould have been a complete winner.
But Takal and Levine strain for something more meta.
Just before the hour mark, the story takes a Lynchian third-act whiplash twist a detour ontoMulholland Drive.
It turns out to be a dead end.
The too-clever conceit sabotages the whole thing.B
