WICKER-Made from THATCH into a PERFEC Match - Olivia Coleman/Alexander Skarsgard

WICKER, the fantasy tale doesn't quite make sense but it offers some good, common sense for contem- plating what makes relationships work. Part fantasy, part philosophical and part pure horniness right from the start, WICKER is a stickler for shunning complacency within a patriarchal society. The story is set in a fictitious, fable in an early English Gothic Period situated in a seaside village. Here the townspeople refer to one another by their occupations. Fisher woman (Oscar winner Olivia Colman, "The Favorite") plays the heroine, an outcast in the village because of her independence and unmarried state. The women in town are mean girls who delight in ridiculing Fisher Woman. The leader of the vulpine pack is the beautiful and well dressed "Tailor Woman." Tailor Woman is married to the town's tailor and played by the statuesque Elizabeth Debicki (Emmy winner for "The Crown"). The town has its motley mix of brutish and inept men. Basketmaker is played by the captivating Peter Dinklage ("The Throne") whose skills at weaving are omnipotent. Fisher Woman finally fed up at with being an outcast, commissions Basketmaker  to make her a husband. He accepts and tells her to be at the church in a month's time. Following the lunar calendar, Fisher Woman appears eagerly at the church, wildflowers in hand to find the living embodiment of her groom construed from reeds. The couple are married and return to Fisher Woman's cozy cottage -now a happy home. The two exude a romantic spark that draws envy from the townsfolk; men and women alike. The Wicker Husband, as is he called, joins the men at the local pub. The men are leary of Wicker Man but beseech him "How to Handle a Woman". Oops, wrong movie (same reasonings)! The men ask Wicker Man why he helps Fisher Woman with household chores. "It makes her happen. This makes me happy." The local marriage ritual is placing a shackle around the brides neck and then pronounce the couple "Man and his wife." Basketmaker ponders (aloud) philosophical questions on the nature of autonomous creation with appealing profundity. But this is not a deeply philosophical movie, nor is it comparable to Shelly's FRANKENSTEIN which grapples with questions for having created a living being. WICKER is simpler with a light touch, warm heart and an eccentricity that makes far more than what's in store with a love story between a woman and a wicker man. Furthermore, the sensational acting from its A list cast: Coleman, Skarsgard, Dinklage and Debicki turn this folk lore into an enchanting love match made from thatch.