Juliette Lewis's spirit traps in haunted chair, film falls flat
Filmmaker Amanda Kramer's "By Design" stars Juliette Lewis as a woman whose spirit migrates into a haunted chair, leaving her catatonic. Actor Mamoudou Athie plays a musician obsessed with the furniture after his girlfriend gifts it to him. The film's potentially comedic premise disappoints, as the actors deliver dialogue in hypnotic trance-like monotone throughout its unsatisfying conclusion.
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Published 15 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC · Updated 15 Oct 2026, 06:20 UTC
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