Death of a Unicorn‘s Class Commentary Is a Gloriously Gory Release

These aren’t the unicorns you’re used to in fantasy tales, these are fearsome beasts—because of course they would be, in a movie from A24. Death of a Unicorn brings the laughs as a darkly hilarious creature feature, but it also sharply eviscerates everyday conflicts stirred up by capitalism. Paul Rudd stars as Elliot, a single father trying to move up the ladder with his terminally sick employer Odell Leopold (Richard E. Grant), who is on his deathbed trying to stave off death with the best medicines in existence to no avail. The Leopold family invites Elliot and his daughter Ridley (Jenna Ortega) to spend a weekend in their secluded mansion in the woods in order to determine if Elliot has what it takes to be the financial handler for the family estate once Odell kicks the bucket. But in particular, they want to meet his family in order to see if he’s fit to take care of the surviving Leopolds. Death of a Unicorn takes a turn when Elliot runs over a baby unicorn on the way to the Leo ... Read full article.