Doctor REACTS to SALTBURN | Dr Elliott Analyzes Saltburn Movie | Dr Elliott 

I’ve thought about this since it came out, but Emerald Fennell (Director of the film) recently confirmed that Oliver was in fact “profoundly in love” with Felix, so it begs the question, what really was the drive of his rampage? to me, it stems from his obsession with Felix, willing to do anything to keep him close and avoid his rejection. Felix’s fate was sealed when he started to see Oliver for who really was, he rejected him, and when Oliver realizes there’s no coming back from it and that he’d be forced to leave after his party, that’s when he kills him. but it seems like he immediately regretted it. Saltburn had to become his new goal, his new obsession, something to blur his infatuation over Felix with. Oliver tries to make it seem like he was always driven by economic resentment and that all of his plans were premeditated for that goal, but it just doesn’t add up compared to the first half of the film. we hear Oliver say at both the beginning and end, “I wasn’t ‘in love’ with him.” but people forget something, Oliver is a liar. the character literally narrating the story, is someone who we know is a liar. i absolutely love the plot of this film after a day of thinking on it, still gutted there was a deleted kiss scene we didn’t get to see lol.

I love your reaction to this movie... Based on what I'd heard about the film before I watched it, I'd assumed the infamous scenes were just going to be there for cheap shock value. But, in context, they each revealed something new to the audience about Oliver's hidden nature and dark intentions. I love how we were "fooled" at first, into thinking that Oliver was going to be the victim of this privileged family... And then we found ourselves complicit in his madness and crimes as we followed him all the way to his naked victory. It was a wild ride!

Why did he lie about his family? It's right there - he was giving Felix what he wanted. Felix can view himself as a good guy who takes in this stray poor fellow. Like his mom there is a voyeuristic element when we hear him grilling Ollie on "how bad was it", then he shares what he learned with his whole family before they meet Oliver. Felix and his mom both take in strays then dump them when they stop being interesting or cause any discomfort (poor dear Pamela, last years guy, the friend Eric who spent time with Felix;s sister rather than Felix, etc) When the room cleaning made Felix annoyed he started to dump Ollie (not texting to invite him to the pub). Ollie knows he's being shown the friendship door, so he tries the desperate measure of showing up crying his dad died. And it works. Great film about obsession, desire, and consumption.

The film reminded me of a game we played in my sociology class about behavior and wealth accumulation. The teacher gave us a study to read about how people from the upper middle class were more likely to gatekeep and try to take advantage of the poor/ working class more so than those born into extreme wealth, due to stronger beliefs about and resentment of "working harder" than most. Oliver's comment about being a predator to the wealthy and knowing how to work for what he wants, seems to fall in line with what we learned in the sociology class.

I saw a RU-vid comment about the lunch scene after Felix's death suggesting that each character represents a stage of grief which is an interesting take. Elspeth is denial, desperately trying to maintain a normal conversation and pretend the horror of her son's death hasn't happened, Sir James is anger directed towards the staff and Farley, Farley is bargaining begging to do something other than just eat lunch, Venetia is depression drowning her emotion in a bottle wine, and Oliver is acceptance.

It's so creepy and sooooo well done how the character of Oliver himself sucks the audience into all his psychotic deeds and you don't get it until the very very end. That's some fantastic acting and script-writing there

Ha haaaaaa, when I watched Saltburn, I could not WAIT to get Dr. Elliott's reaction. Thank you for reviewing this and now, you feel how WE feel

Previously I had described 'Saltburn' as a retelling of 'Richard III' (his name mentioned in the movie, marriage, brother George's demise, etc.), where, rather than physical deformity, it was that of Oliver's personality. Like all good movies provoked much thought and discussion.

I still think it was all about Felix in the end Oliver is an unreliable narrator after all, he lies to his audience and himself several times. In the beginning he wanted Felix and thought he could perhaps have Saltburn along side him. Things changed after the birthday visit though, Felix rejected him completly and Oliver's love turned to hate. Felix was nothing but an obstacle now and Oliver removed him deciding that if he couldn't have Felix he would find some way to posess everything that was his and become him.

I think, in terms of motivation, Oliver lied about his background because he knew his comfortable, ordinary middle-class life and family wouldn't interest Felix or gain him access to his family. He says as much himself - "I gave you what you wanted." There's a well-documented history of the upper classes wanting to rub shoulders with those from the total opposite side of the social spectrum. It provides an element of glamour or danger for them that the humdrum middle-classes do not. In 19th century New York, the rich used to pay for tours of the tenements (where the term "slumming" comes from.) Felix seemed to bring "a pet" back to Saltburn every summer ("I like you a lot more than last year's one"). Unfortunately, this "pet" devoured them. Oliver also seemed to think he was above his pedestrian beginnings, which would fit with his narcissism and probable psychopathy.

Loved to see you react to this movie! That /slurp/ sound effect gets me every time. I don’t really classify this under the Eat The Rich category, because I think we were meant to have a lot of empathy for the family as Oliver destroyed them. Oliver’s motivations felt very personal, and unfortunately the family’s lifestyle left them naive & vulnerable to Oliver’s manipulations.

i think this movie has to do more with obsession and consuming versus love. oliver wasn’t rich but he came from an upper middle class family so this reads more to me about obsession vs some kind of class related rich vs poor story.

I just watched this recently! There were many occasions where I would be looking at what happened before me with my jaw on the floor. What a wild movie. And the "naked victory lap" had me feeling so many different emotions of horror, shock, disbelief, and oddly happy? He's a naked guy with a nice butt dancing through a beautiful mansion! Truly a one of a kind viewing experience. Thanks for your review and your channel!

A truly fascinating character study, for all the characters, really. I bet one could teach a whole course on psychological neuroses based solely on the ones exhibited in Saltburn alone.

This movie made me think a lot about it after i watched it, what i think disturbed me the most was that in the end he got away with it. mostly in movies the bad guy get punished in the end, here he wins. And the family for as far i can tell didn't deserve it

Another enjoyable reaction! I’m not sure whether you watch other RU-vidrs reviews/commentary videos but Amanda the Jedi did a really good analysis of Saltburn, including comments from the director/writer about what certain scenes meant to her. It’s a great watch.

Director Fennell’s previous film ‘Promising Young Woman’ has plenty of material for you to discuss too…

5:12, slightly unrelated, but to tell a story about "old Oxford" like most people expect vs "New Oxford" It's said that when CS Lewis, first made the journey to Oxford, he arrived in the train station in the morning, and exited towards the city. He walked for a while, through (what would then have been) new residential area and an industrial site and thought that Oxford was going to be a massive disappointment, where was the picturesque scenery he had long heard of? He kept walking until he ended up at the end of the town and on a patch of countryside and turned around, and saw the beautiful buildings he had been expecting in the distance. He had left the train station from the wrong exit.

The catons were nothing but kind and loving to oliver, yet he collects their stones after his character snaps. Its interesting that the other characters that were rude or cruel to oliver, all survive. This was not a story of conventional revenge. I think the message of the movie is be cautious of who you give your kindness to.

I watched this movie with my parents and I was shocked with the grave or the bathtub scene but my parents had so normal kinda boring reactions. at the end my dad told me " are you shocked? you should watch A clockwork orange. That's a dark and twisted one ." I watch it and now i get it 😅 but i recommend both movies ✌️

That was joyful. So glad Saltburn led me back to your page.

I’ve been waiting for you to review this!!!

Why is the thing that shocked me the most from this video that you were born in Stockton 😂😂😂

that’s so weird cause i was just watching one of your vids and thinking i’d love to see you check out Saltburn lol!

i watched this last week & murder on the dance floor hasn’t left my brain for a moment. i already couldn’t stop thinking on & analyzing this beautiful piece of work, then the song on top really sealed it. I cannot stop thinking about it.

Ahhh, first MovieBitches and now you, I'm so happy I don't have to be alone with processing this movie - and you having taught at Oxford makes projected psychoanalytic sense for me as an avid enjoyer of His Dark Materials hahaha Best wishes from Vienna, a psychology major

I watched Saltburn just so I could watch this video, thus came to this very fresh from the film. I was impressed at how much the flashbacks to "planning" seems like a fake out as nothing is ever more than one step and it all seems to be immediate response to emotional stimuli of the moment. Oliver is so smart, but has such bad impulse control.

Your take is so interesting and intelligent. Glad I came across it.

This is something I’m interested in maybe getting a psychologist to reacting to Oliver quicks mental state in the movie

Getting to watch/hear Dr. Elliott's reaction to "Saltburn" is a gift I didn't know I needed! Thank you so much for reacting to this and sharing your take as a forensic psychiatrist. It's one of those films that still has me scratching my head, asking myself questions, re-watching certain scenes for different perspectives, etc.

If you ever have the time and wish to share, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Felix and Venetia's relationship. I feel as though the film teased a bit of an incestuous relationship but didn't really delve into it.

There are some excellent interviews with emerald fennel she wrote during hence 'forbidden' body fluids!

Great-wish you covered the reunion of Oliver with Elspeth.

great video I watched it mostly blind but knew it had some "controversial" scenes and knew about the dance ending. Overall I thought it was okay, it had some dark humorous moments, lots of similarities to The Talented Mr. Ripley. At first it seemed like Oliver was just giving everyone what they wanted and telling them what they wanted to hear but seeing what horrible people some of them were, he just chose to be even worse to be on top. I think it's meant to have more questions than answers, so people can interpret it how they'd like and discuss it afterwards. May I suggest a show for you to analyze? Have you watched Our Flag Means Death? There are a few episodes from the second season that would make good react videos. Hope you have a wonderful day

unrelated to this specific video, but I recently watched Boiling Point, both the film and the miniseries. Could you make a video/series of videos about it? I think its really powerful and would love to hear your input on it.

Oliver is very much an unreliable narrator so I don't believe a word out of his mouth about his motivations or whatever. I think if Felix never learned the truth about his family he would have kept going, he murdered him because he knew there was no salvaging it now that he was seen by Felix. From there I think he just wanted everything Felix had as a continuation of his obsession. He couldn't have Felix so he'd have Saltburn. A fascinating character, glad to see you react to it! I'd love a follow up with you digging in more to your thoughts at the end / round up of everythinig all at once maybe. But thanks for this!

Great reaction to your own time at Oxford. Did you mention that you taught at Oxford? Oh, yes, only about a dozen times. 😂

It’s the first 15 seconds for me 😂😂😂

I saw this in theaters- it was an excellent choice. I was kinda surprised how much the bathtub water thing bothered me- it's so much more than the grave sex scene. Is there an explainable reason for this?

Hi, loved your reaction. You should react to "the society of the snow". It's a great movie and I think you are going to have a lot of interesting things to say about that one

I'd be really interested in a second pass at this video. Watching again knowing what you now know about Oliver.

Finally, a Psychiatric look. As a Psychologist, I always thought on this movie like Voyeurism as the real movie title ❤

I don't have the word too, for that scene!

For me, it's the way you said, "just a tad psychopathic." 💀💀💀

beautiful boy would be a good movie to watch, it helped my family understand my addiction a bit better and i understood them more. beautiful film

Freud would have a field day with Oliver. So I don't know if your other prescribers have told you but I no longer get notified that you've uploaded, and I also often don't see them in my Subscriptions page neither? =/ I've just re-clicked the bell, but I expect it'll happen again as I've had to do this a couple of times now. I really hope your channel isn't being hassled as I love it.

I would’ve loved your commentary on Oliver’s outside adventures including blood. Great video as usual!!!

How would you diagnose him if you had to?

I believed Oliver pulled out the nasogastric feeding tube instead of the endotracheal tube because that thing is just too long.

My take was that he loved him so much, wanted to be him, wanted to possess him and everything he had (house, family)… to the point that he physically consumed him (out the plug hole) and his sister (blood), took Felix’s life to “own” it and then further possessed him by f**king the grave. In my mind the hate he mentions comes from Felix not wanting him back. Amazing film. Some very shallow characters on the face of it that have insane depth to analyse.

Omg i never would of guessed youd react to this but it just makes so much sense 😂

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For me the best movie from 2023 #oscars #goldenglobes

dr reacts to the new bbc interview with the vampire show please

It's a pretty weird film

Could you react to more greys anatomy? Like the shooting episodes

That man ollie different

Although a great film (Thanks for the great dissect) Now I see I need therapy for real.. Was only supposed to be a movie.

Harry Potter fantasy? At Oxford? That's poorly researched, I'm p sure HP was filmed in Durham. I think the Wizarding World might not be far away tho maybe?

I mean wtf was this movie it is amazing but wtf. And I am so glad Felix is not the bad guy becaue I really liked him but I thought in the beginning he and his family would end up murdering or assaulting Oliver not the other way around

I’ve not watched this, but looks a bit You season 4?

... But did you ever study at Oxford? Lol

You grew up in stockton as in....teeside!?!?!!

I think it's not good that to make Oliver look like he'll be a victim at the start he has to look average and wear glasses and then goes on to all these things.

My friend told me to watch this film as it's a cute queer romance...it wasn't it really wasn't

I watched the movie but I found Oliver's motives and sexuality so confusing. It mostly seemed to be fetish though.

To be rated a 15 is ridiculous

I was fine when i watched it until he started slurping then i borked man!

Honey I watch a lot of your reaction vids and love them, but please, for the love of God, drink some water!

I love how you always have Drag Queens on your tablet in the back ground !

So, you just chat aimlessly in your videos? Cool.