THE QUEASY CLASS WAR FILM

The rich seem to be getting richer, don’t they? Seems that way, doesn’t it. Well, there is something you can do to make you feel better.

Oh yeah, smash the rich! Eat the ri… Hold on, Trotsky! No, much less ultra-violence, just watch Triangle of Sadness.

Really, how’s that gonna make me feel better? In Ruben Östlund’s satire, the super-wealthy really, really don’t get what they expected when they board a hyper-luxury cruise. If you saw Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning The Square, you can guess at the kind of sledgehammer oddness you’re in for.

What exactly am I in for? It sounds a bit brutal. Are there any yucky bits in it? There’s a fair dollop of, er, bodily functions, but it’s stomach-churningly good. And besides ES cover star Harris Dickinson’s brilliant idiot influencer, Woody Harrelson puts in a storming turn as the ship’s dipsomaniac, Marxist captain.

Woody! I loved Cheers. Hmmm, maybe you’re not quite getting the drift…

‘Triangle of Sadness’ is in cinemas 28 Oct