Interesting take on the traditional Christmas movie. Despite being a horror flick, I felt the movie still kept touch with the genre (i.e. The atmosphere, the lighting, the miracle/hope theme).
I didn't see as many plot holes as some comments may suggest but I agree some scenes could have been made shorter while I still appreciated some other slower paced ones as they did bring something to the story in terms of realism and character building.
The ending is valid and will keep us questioning on an ethical level which is something that is nicely achieved throughout the movie.
I didn't give it a higher score only because the acting came a bit short for me. Not that it's poorly acted, it's not - but it did seem like the actors were reading from a script at times which felt slightly contrived and unauthentic. I believe this is more of a directing issue.
Lastly, I was afraid the story would become repetitive and expected as the doors kept opening but it also came up with new visuals/feelings/twists to keep it entertaining to the end.
I didn't see as many plot holes as some comments may suggest but I agree some scenes could have been made shorter while I still appreciated some other slower paced ones as they did bring something to the story in terms of realism and character building.
The ending is valid and will keep us questioning on an ethical level which is something that is nicely achieved throughout the movie.
I didn't give it a higher score only because the acting came a bit short for me. Not that it's poorly acted, it's not - but it did seem like the actors were reading from a script at times which felt slightly contrived and unauthentic. I believe this is more of a directing issue.
Lastly, I was afraid the story would become repetitive and expected as the doors kept opening but it also came up with new visuals/feelings/twists to keep it entertaining to the end.