Comforted by her friend Bunny, Alice attempts to explain her suspicions, but Bunny reacts angrily when Alice tells her she went to Headquarters, accusing Alice of jeopardizing their livelihood in Victory.Īlice and Jack invite their neighbors to dinner, with Frank and his wife, Shelley, as special guests. Alice becomes increasingly paranoid, and during a company celebration where Frank gives Jack a promotion, she breaks down in the bathroom. Collins prescribes medication for Alice, which Jack declines, and she steals Margaret's heavily redacted medical file from his briefcase then burns it. Alice then tries asking Jack what’s really happening at the Victory Project, but he becomes angry and gaslights her. Jack dismisses Alice's claims and says Margaret is simply recovering from a household accident. Before she can reach Margaret's body, Alice is dragged away by men in red jumpsuits who work for Frank and experiences strange visions. After brushing off Margaret, Alice witnesses her slit her own throat and fall from her roof. In the following days, she experiences increasingly strange occurrences and receives a phone call from Margaret, who claims to have seen the same things.

She stumbles onto Headquarters in the desert and touches one of its mirror-like windows, experiencing surreal hallucinations about another life before waking up at home that night. Riding the trolley across town, Alice sees a plane crash in the desert and rushes to help. Alice and Jack then have sex in Frank's bedroom, but she notices Frank secretly watching. At a party hosted by Victory's enigmatic founder, Frank, Alice witnesses Margaret's husband attempt to give her medication after an outburst. One resident, Margaret, has become an outcast after experiencing a mental breakdown and taking her son into the desert, resulting in his apparent death, although she claims Victory took him from her as punishment for breaking the rules. The women enjoy luxuries and lounging while caring for their homes during the men’s absence.Īlice spends her days with other wives, including her best friend Bunny. Every day, the men leave for work at Victory Headquarters in the surrounding desert, in which their wives are discouraged from entering or even asking about their husbands' work. ( July 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īlice and Jack Chambers are a married couple who live in Victory, California, an idealistic desert company town in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The film grossed $87 million on a budget of $35 million. It received mixed reviews from critics who praised Pugh's performance, the cinematography, and production design, but criticized Styles' performance, the screenplay and direction, and noted similarities to other works in the genre such as The Stepford Wives (1975) and Get Out (2017). The film was the subject of media attention and controversy, including conflicting reports regarding the circumstances of LaBeouf's departure and alleged conflicts between Wilde and Pugh.ĭon't Worry Darling premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 23, by Warner Bros. Filming began in Los Angeles in October 2020, lasting through February 2021. Pugh joined the cast in April 2020, with Styles being added that September, replacing Shia LaBeouf after production had already begun. The film follows a housewife (Pugh) living in an idyllic company town who begins to suspect a sinister secret being kept from its residents by the man who runs it (Pine).įollowing the critical success of Wilde's feature directorial debut Booksmart (2019), a multi-studio bidding war took place for the rights of her second film, with New Line Cinema eventually winning. The film stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Nick Kroll, and Chris Pine. Don't Worry Darling is a 2022 American psychological thriller film directed by Olivia Wilde from a screenplay by Katie Silberman, based on a spec script by Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke, and Silberman.

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