Family reflects on the death of a child.
So much to praise. The facts of a daughter's drowning on an ordinary family outing to the lake are delivered through fast-edit mockumentary. It goes spooky with image manipulation, and wanders through speculation on what happened, until the sad conclusion.
This has the best interview-to-camera I've seen, and the pace is good, with excellent photography. Australia is stunning, and what's with that miniature Grand Canyon? Never seen that before.
But at about 12 mins it should have settled into showing the story, rather than telling it - 20 mins later I accepted that wasn't going to happen and the story wasn't a horror, but something more sensitive.
Not sure about the medium and baby-sitter themes - they seem like red-herrings in a reflection on the aftermath of suicide. And there was one problem in the splice of the drowned daughter's face with the face that visited her on the phone: they didn't match up. That was the crucial image, so the ambiguity was puzzling to me.
The music and sound were perfect, and the editing too, but it feels like something made by a cinematographer. Maybe a good comparison is Mr Jones (2013).
Overall, a subtle reflection on painful reality. But not a horror.
So much to praise. The facts of a daughter's drowning on an ordinary family outing to the lake are delivered through fast-edit mockumentary. It goes spooky with image manipulation, and wanders through speculation on what happened, until the sad conclusion.
This has the best interview-to-camera I've seen, and the pace is good, with excellent photography. Australia is stunning, and what's with that miniature Grand Canyon? Never seen that before.
But at about 12 mins it should have settled into showing the story, rather than telling it - 20 mins later I accepted that wasn't going to happen and the story wasn't a horror, but something more sensitive.
Not sure about the medium and baby-sitter themes - they seem like red-herrings in a reflection on the aftermath of suicide. And there was one problem in the splice of the drowned daughter's face with the face that visited her on the phone: they didn't match up. That was the crucial image, so the ambiguity was puzzling to me.
The music and sound were perfect, and the editing too, but it feels like something made by a cinematographer. Maybe a good comparison is Mr Jones (2013).
Overall, a subtle reflection on painful reality. But not a horror.