Wasn't expecting much from this & only saw a pretty unimaginative (pardon the pun), trailer for the film last year until sweet fa until recently. Like I said, I wasn't expecting much from this as it didn't sell it to me, but, I thought it might be good given Jeff Wadlow, the director of Kick-Ass 2 & Truth Or Dare was behind this. So, naturally, I thought it might be good...
A woman returns to her childhood home to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind is very real & unhappy that she abandoned him.
I found the film to be pretty tame. While the premise & concept were ok, it was poorly executed. If you thought M3gan & Night Swim were bad, look out, this takes the cake. The film has more cons than pros, the pros being the what little horror we got. Then there's the cons... jeez, where to start...
Oh yeah, the film is 1 hour & 40 minutes too long (100 minutes) & has really bad pacing issues especially towards the end. It didn't half out stay its welcome by the time the 3rd act rolled around. It was annoying as the sluggish pacing was bad enough from the start, but by the end, man, it really irritated me & just when you thought the film was ending, more came.
The characters were bland & annoying. Of course, with it being 2024, there was some modern references in the cast & of course, all the male characters were portrayed as weak, bad or non existent in the film. Even the imaginary friend was a male, typical...
But anyway, with that came the lack of scares, the juvenile monsters you see & the dumb, goofy effects. Not to mention the uneven, out there story, the lack of realism & just the disengaged feel & watch of the film. You just couldn't get into it & it became quite a chore to watch after the first 40 minutes or so.
The film was more talky talk, drawn out drama than horror & scares which were little to non-existent, ok, there was some scary visuals but they weren't that great in themselves. I also couldn't help but feel there was a sort of message in the film, about men not being needed, I don't know, but from the portrayal of the characters, it's pretty plain to see...
Overall, it's a pretty weak & annoying watch of a film. This film didn't cut it & was utter tripe from start to finish. Weak characters, weak story, weak effects & an over bloated runtime with pacing so slow, even slugs would be squirming with frustration just to get to the end.
2/10.
A woman returns to her childhood home to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind is very real & unhappy that she abandoned him.
I found the film to be pretty tame. While the premise & concept were ok, it was poorly executed. If you thought M3gan & Night Swim were bad, look out, this takes the cake. The film has more cons than pros, the pros being the what little horror we got. Then there's the cons... jeez, where to start...
Oh yeah, the film is 1 hour & 40 minutes too long (100 minutes) & has really bad pacing issues especially towards the end. It didn't half out stay its welcome by the time the 3rd act rolled around. It was annoying as the sluggish pacing was bad enough from the start, but by the end, man, it really irritated me & just when you thought the film was ending, more came.
The characters were bland & annoying. Of course, with it being 2024, there was some modern references in the cast & of course, all the male characters were portrayed as weak, bad or non existent in the film. Even the imaginary friend was a male, typical...
But anyway, with that came the lack of scares, the juvenile monsters you see & the dumb, goofy effects. Not to mention the uneven, out there story, the lack of realism & just the disengaged feel & watch of the film. You just couldn't get into it & it became quite a chore to watch after the first 40 minutes or so.
The film was more talky talk, drawn out drama than horror & scares which were little to non-existent, ok, there was some scary visuals but they weren't that great in themselves. I also couldn't help but feel there was a sort of message in the film, about men not being needed, I don't know, but from the portrayal of the characters, it's pretty plain to see...
Overall, it's a pretty weak & annoying watch of a film. This film didn't cut it & was utter tripe from start to finish. Weak characters, weak story, weak effects & an over bloated runtime with pacing so slow, even slugs would be squirming with frustration just to get to the end.
2/10.