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David L @RT85619132 Sep 1 After watching the excellent “Beezel” (directed by Aaron Fradkin and written by him and his wife Victoria Fritz Fradkin, who also starred) I ran to this film. It’s not as good as I had hoped. Misha Reeves is fantastic and a lot of fun to watch but the story runs out of steam and begins to drag. Overall it’s just ok. But you can also see a huge leap in Fradkin’s filmmaking from this movie to “Beezel”. Can’t wait to see what’s next. See more Bill W @RT55041566 Jul 13 Val was actually not bad. It's kinda silly but worth watching. See more Ben Y @RT41182504 01/06/2025 Wow, surprisingly great movie. Misha killed it as Val. On my watch list for a while, glad I finally checked it out. See more May 20, 1 @RT82994400 04/22/2024 in addition to this masterpiece, i also recommend “bedazzled” and “shortcut to happiness”, also masterpieces See more DANIEL W @Dan1964 11/12/2023 Loving this. Best line so far. "Where's my knife "—"In the dishwasher" See more 10/07/2021 Man, this movie got me. It starts as a simple criminal -- Fin (Zachary Mooren) -- on the run caper. He's just gotten out of a deal gone wrong and ducks away from the cops and into a mansion, where he thinks he'll have some time for the heat to die down. That's when he learns that he isn't alone.  The house belongs to Val. Expertly played by Misha Reeves -- who was also in Electric Love, another movie directed by Aaron Fradkin and co-starring Mooren -- Val starts the film very matter of factly explaining her work: she entertains men, gives them a fantasy and often finds herself breaking down the most physically imposing men and making them crawl around on a leash. Kind of like Freddy (Erik Griffin, Montez from Workaholics who, yes, was also in Electric Love), who bursts into the house with one eye whited out and a body full of threat and swagger before being laid low by just a word from the redhead spitfire that's really running things. That's the thing. Fin thinks that he's in control, but he's been continually led around (mostly by his girlfriend Jenny, who is played by co-writer Victoria Fratz), lied to and used. Even if he grabs that ceremonial dagger that Val for some reason keeps in her kitchen, it's going to take more than that to get past one of the smartest women he'll ever meet. If she is a woman. Because by the end, we learn that she just might be Valefar, the patron demon of thieves, the one who encourages them to have a good relationship with one another. She keeps offering Fin choices, like the opportunity to be hers, and the chance to stop the spinning wheel that is his life and actually be like her and call the shots. Not everyone is cut out for that. By the end of the film, it's become a broad -- yet gore-drenched -- comedy with a cop's live head on a plate and Fin being given one last opportunity to live his own life. Unless he just wants to serve in Heaven, rather than rule in Hell. But one gets the feeling that Val isn't one to share the throne. I loved everything about this film, from its bold colors to its throwback to another era of snappy dialogue back and forth between its leads. Much like the character that it's named for, Val will slowly win you into its confidence and then own you. And hey -- it's only 81 minutes long, so it's not that Faustian of a bargain. See more Read all reviews

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