Would I watch this again? No.
Would I recommend it? No.
Will you miss anything by skipping this movie? Still no.
Horror? No. It's a drama about medical and parental morality.
Characters? Watching Rose felt like watching Eugene from The Walking Dead (In all fairness she did have *some* charming moments but overall the character just fell flat). Celie was fine, she kept the scenes from being unbearable. The kid was boring but she was a reanimated corpse, so. (Although not focusing more intimately on the impact on the daughter was a terribly missed opportunity imo)
Was it interesting? The idea is, but the movie itself isn't.
Thought provoking? Yes, as in you'll sit and imagine more exciting ways this movie could've been made.
TO BE CLEAR, I am not giving it a low rating because the kid didn't turn into a zombie or get possessed or something, I am giving it a low rating because the movie was boring and the scenes felt like being dragged through gravel. There was not enough action or intrigue for the topic of literally bringing (and keeping) the dead back to life via questionable means. How do you manage to make that boring? This movie does with characters you barely care about, dreary grey scenes and the bear minimum of possible ideas used. It lightly coats a mold that could be SO much deeper. Sure, a movie doesn't need jump scares to be interesting, but even as a drama it needed more actual drama??
It's barely a thriller or a psychological horror, there were no 'special effects', no 'new life to Frankenstein', and no 'lingering impact', no wow factor, and calling it creepy? Please, people. None of this is in this film unless you have seen no other movies/stories in your life and you've just come out of the womb.
We already know many mothers will kill for their kids; some would feel bad, some wouldn't, it's not revolutionary. We already know many people in science would push the ethical boundary for the greater good, whether struggling with those choices or not. We know this, and although the summary isn't misleading and this movie does portray the characters experiencing these subjects, but it was incredibly lackluster and contains the most basic of ideas one could come up with for such a juicy topic.
The glowing reviews are misleading. It's a slow medical drama between two uninteresting characters about keeping a kid alive at a moral cost. If this was the intention, then it passed. However, it doesn't mean it was enjoyable. It missed out on countless opportunities.
Who will enjoy this movie? People who haven't seen many movies or read many books, people who don't ask questions, people who are easily impressed, people who prefer slow movies, people who have a personal connection to the creators.
No hate on the actors obviously.
Would I recommend it? No.
Will you miss anything by skipping this movie? Still no.
Horror? No. It's a drama about medical and parental morality.
Characters? Watching Rose felt like watching Eugene from The Walking Dead (In all fairness she did have *some* charming moments but overall the character just fell flat). Celie was fine, she kept the scenes from being unbearable. The kid was boring but she was a reanimated corpse, so. (Although not focusing more intimately on the impact on the daughter was a terribly missed opportunity imo)
Was it interesting? The idea is, but the movie itself isn't.
Thought provoking? Yes, as in you'll sit and imagine more exciting ways this movie could've been made.
TO BE CLEAR, I am not giving it a low rating because the kid didn't turn into a zombie or get possessed or something, I am giving it a low rating because the movie was boring and the scenes felt like being dragged through gravel. There was not enough action or intrigue for the topic of literally bringing (and keeping) the dead back to life via questionable means. How do you manage to make that boring? This movie does with characters you barely care about, dreary grey scenes and the bear minimum of possible ideas used. It lightly coats a mold that could be SO much deeper. Sure, a movie doesn't need jump scares to be interesting, but even as a drama it needed more actual drama??
It's barely a thriller or a psychological horror, there were no 'special effects', no 'new life to Frankenstein', and no 'lingering impact', no wow factor, and calling it creepy? Please, people. None of this is in this film unless you have seen no other movies/stories in your life and you've just come out of the womb.
We already know many mothers will kill for their kids; some would feel bad, some wouldn't, it's not revolutionary. We already know many people in science would push the ethical boundary for the greater good, whether struggling with those choices or not. We know this, and although the summary isn't misleading and this movie does portray the characters experiencing these subjects, but it was incredibly lackluster and contains the most basic of ideas one could come up with for such a juicy topic.
The glowing reviews are misleading. It's a slow medical drama between two uninteresting characters about keeping a kid alive at a moral cost. If this was the intention, then it passed. However, it doesn't mean it was enjoyable. It missed out on countless opportunities.
Who will enjoy this movie? People who haven't seen many movies or read many books, people who don't ask questions, people who are easily impressed, people who prefer slow movies, people who have a personal connection to the creators.
No hate on the actors obviously.