NY Times review: "...film adaptation...acquires a supernatural sheen..." and mentions a "haunted house."
IMDB: "As darkness falls...mysterious things start to go bump in the night..."
Showtime: "Eerie things things go bump in the night..."
So sue me if I expected a...horror film! I've never seen such misleading reviews.
But...getting past that, this very small film is almost anti-supernatural, so realistic are the themes and performances. Very awkward moments of family dysfunction. Repression on steroids. And often, genuinely affecting.
One of the best films among the many I've seen this year and, sadly, not the kind we see much of anymore. Slow, minimalistic, artsy. Something to be thankful for indeed.
IMDB: "As darkness falls...mysterious things start to go bump in the night..."
Showtime: "Eerie things things go bump in the night..."
So sue me if I expected a...horror film! I've never seen such misleading reviews.
But...getting past that, this very small film is almost anti-supernatural, so realistic are the themes and performances. Very awkward moments of family dysfunction. Repression on steroids. And often, genuinely affecting.
One of the best films among the many I've seen this year and, sadly, not the kind we see much of anymore. Slow, minimalistic, artsy. Something to be thankful for indeed.