Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
The film follows a child, played by Matti Kolirin, born into an unkind world with themes of national panic and personal tragedy.
I found this to be a surprisingly affecting horror film for a number of reasons, firstly the film does a good job in making us care about the child, their experiences, and how they are growing up, so therefore as things begin to happen you care about the fate of the character. Secondly there is more than enough of our modern times reflected in the film, even though it was made a number of years ago, maybe I am reading into it but I saw a lot of home truths reflective of our current hyper panicked world.
I thought the performances across the board were all strong, I believed the family bond and thought each of the actors played off each other well. I was thoroughly convinced.
My only real criticism of the film would be that there were some pacing issues especially towards the start that really slowed the film down, if it weren’t for them this film could be sweeping full marks
Overall, I related to this film quite a lot and found myself moved by it as well as a little disconcerted.
Pros.
The performances
The ending
The emotion
The relatability
Cons.
Pacing issues
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