DanTheButler
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It takes a real craft to make me squirm and focus on the way I breathe while watching. This movie did such a good job at building anxiety throughout that I almost thought I was going to be disappointed with the ending.
McAvoy is a stellar actor and if not for his performance bits in the trailer, I may have missed out on this one. I heard some hype around it, and that usually leaves me disappointed, but my expectations were exceeded.
There were a couple loose plot points that had me questioning the writing and believability in response to some scenarios, but this is my new favorite movie since Hereditary. Not since 1997's Breakdown have I seen a raw thriller like this that absolutely blew me away.
McAvoy is a stellar actor and if not for his performance bits in the trailer, I may have missed out on this one. I heard some hype around it, and that usually leaves me disappointed, but my expectations were exceeded.
There were a couple loose plot points that had me questioning the writing and believability in response to some scenarios, but this is my new favorite movie since Hereditary. Not since 1997's Breakdown have I seen a raw thriller like this that absolutely blew me away.
A sham of a first half that was a wasted effort for audiences and concert extras. It felt a bit like the screenplay was not entirely finished before filming began, or it was completed without rewrites. If you are looking forward to a twist after 20 minutes, it has already presented itself, which leads to disappointment once it becomes more obvious.
M. Night decided at some point his daughter would appear in the film as a pop singer, and later become a main character to the plot, making the circumstances of this story even more bizarre an unbelievable.
Hartnett is kinda goofy early, but later becomes much more in character, and I just can't quite tell if that was intentional. He was too Channing Tatum-esque in this and I feel like Henry Thomas would've been better cast as this character.
Overall the movie just doesn't deliver, mostly because of early poor writing and acting. Kinda felt like a good story idea to pitch, but with bad execution for all the resources and money put into it. It mostly felt like a 2-3 star movie early, but the second half things do get better, if only slightly.
M. Night decided at some point his daughter would appear in the film as a pop singer, and later become a main character to the plot, making the circumstances of this story even more bizarre an unbelievable.
Hartnett is kinda goofy early, but later becomes much more in character, and I just can't quite tell if that was intentional. He was too Channing Tatum-esque in this and I feel like Henry Thomas would've been better cast as this character.
Overall the movie just doesn't deliver, mostly because of early poor writing and acting. Kinda felt like a good story idea to pitch, but with bad execution for all the resources and money put into it. It mostly felt like a 2-3 star movie early, but the second half things do get better, if only slightly.
Heard it wasn't great, took a chance. Started out slow but just kept getting better as it went on. You know early on what kinda movie this is, weird humor, sketches and dialogue but there are several times I could not stop laughing. Even for how bad others may have roasted this movie, it was pleasantly enjoyable and funny. Could it have been better? Absolutely. But I think it would have been too much. As it was, you could tell there was this "trying too hard" through a lot of the movie. It worked for me most of the time, but I can see how it didn't for others. Not great but better than expected.