3/10
If you can listen to an overly emotional drunk Cellist for 2 hours, enjoy.
30 June 2023
It may seem strange that the music is my first mention of what's lacking with this movie, but the music exactly reflects the storyline and plot, long, drawn out, repetitive and nauseatingly misguided. If a neighbour straining across the Cello at 3am after an emotional hiccup Isn't likely to annoy you, then enjoy. If however you're in any way reasonable, you'll likely find this film too affected in it's misguided belief that the story is in any way original or unpredictable. From the little girl to the lead actress, Sarah Snook (who isn't any different here to the role she plays in Succession, comfy trouser-pants and all) the film is a diatribe of annoyance and irritation. It's so easy to figure out and despite the mewling Cello music, there are no jump scares and it's entirely as expected, mediocre and miserable. Greta Scacchi was wasted and could have had a better, bigger role and the writing really let down the cast. It simply didn't work as a haunting psychological thriller and there were many directions it could have gone but didn't. The writing and direction asked the audience to suspend their disbelief for too long, promising something terrible to come, yet delivering nothing but a mentally unstable women, something that even the Rabbit picked up on from the outset. The rest was a slog and not worth the time or effort.
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