I’m sure someone curating Grimmfest has a minor obsession with eye amputations, as The Goldsmith is at least the second film I’ve watched that features this type of operation.
It all starts off very straight forward, as three robbers infiltrate a rich couple’s house, but in a twist that feels like a distant cousin to Don’t Breathe, it all goes horribly wrong.
Part of their downfall is that they simply don’t like each other, which is something that is exploited when things go wrong.
At times The Goldsmith feels like a soap opera or reality TV segment as the characters true colours are revealed and scandals are uncovered.
You will never figure out where this is going and when it gets there, you will genuinely be quite puzzled. This is very much a film that starts at point A and ends around but ZZ, given the narrative shift.
The Goldsmith veers into extremely gruesome territory and isn’t for the squeamish.
The Goldsmith plays as part of Grimmfest 2022.
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