"Pearl" brims with lead Mia Goth's energy. The character has so many demons but simply the chemistry in her is wrong and Goth gets that right. It is an interesting irony. Pearl wants so hard to please but her instinct tells her all the wrong things to do.

The notion of anticipation and perception is an interesting beast. What Writer/Director Ti West does with his new film "X" is both reflexive but oddly surrealist in its eventual comeuppance.