Even as it gestures towards a host of rich ideas concerning the dangers of sycophantic celebrity worship (and the increasing dearth of independent critical voices required to keep our cultural honest), Mark Anthony Green’s “Opus” is a dull and baffling horror movie that ends up becoming the very thing it’s supposedly so concerned about: A vain and vapid pop spectacle that’s utterly lacking in substance. Funny in parts due to the sheer charisma of star Ayo Edebiri, “Opus” is a film whose ultimate punchline comes at the expense of the viewers it deceives into looking for depth.
The story begins with a hardworking young journalist named Ariel (Edebiri), who — despite her passion and clear promise — is devalued by the powers that be at the swanky music magazine where she works. Her self-centered boss Stan, played by a woefully underutilized Murray Bartlett, takes her good pitches and assigns…
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