A Custom-Woven Lover and a Taylor Swift Singalong in 'Wicker'

“Wicker” has been generating headlines since its Sundance premiere, and Variety reports that most of the attention comes from its erotic scenes featuring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, who plays her custom-woven lover. Both characters, per the report, put an enthusiastic spin on Taylor Swift's “Wood.” There is something cheering about a film whose strangest premise becomes its marketing engine; a wicker lover with a pop chorus is not a pitch that survives a committee room.