Aedonerre
I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.
Hadrina
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Marva-nova
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
lazlaw
If your into watching someone eat a pie for 10 minuets then this is the film for you
This has got to be the worst and annoying film i have ever watched to call this a horror film is laughable in it's self
You could write the script on a postage stamp
Instead of sympathising with the cast you feel you want to kill them all yourself after just 20 mins
garyprosser1
Was delighted to find this on Netflix after not making it to the cinema to see it. Last night, I watched it and it was quite unlike any other film I've ever seen. It's not a horror, it's not a drama, a thriller or a comedy. It's a fantasy but it's also completely unlike any film I've ever watched. The premise is simple. Casey Affleck (C) and Rooney Mara (M) are a couple and the film starts with scenes of their domestic lives. C is then killed (not a spoiler) and M has to identify his body. So far, so familiar. What follows is film-making of a different kind. Yes, the idea of a dead person revisiting their loved one isn't new (Ghost, for example) and neither is the idea of a film from the point of view of a ghost (The Others) but the way it's done here is completely original and brilliantly effective. It's a brave move to design the ghost as a sheet with eye holes (much like a five year old would draw a ghost) and it shouldn't work but it does. At no point is it comical or absurd; once I'd got my head around it, I accepted it completely. C's ghost returns to the home and then plays silent, invisible witness to M's life as she grieves and moves forward. There is one remarkable scene (lasting a good few minutes) that shows only M eating a pie before being sick. C's ghost doesn't move throughout, watching and observing but unable to connect. It's a scene that drifts towards being too long before becoming more powerful. The rest of the film then plays with time, perspective and every other dimension going. The idea of existentialism rears its head constantly, particularly in one long speech (especially noteworthy in a film low on dialogue) by a house member who questions just how much we have to do in life (and how we nearly all fail) to ensure that we will be remembered by more than the next generation. All the while, C is there, watching and observing. He learns to affect the material items around him but ultimately, he is trapped. C is trapped in death and can't move on, M is trapped in grief but can move on. This dreamlike, hypnotic film will be a Marmite experience. For the many who will watch it and think "what the hell was that dull, dreary nonsense all about?", there will be someone who just falls in love with it. There's no storyline to unravel, no dialogue to quote and requote, no action, drama, car chases or raucous laughs, just a series of scenes and images that I couldn't get enough of. It's like watching a beautiful and completely original dream and it's a dream I'll watch again. 8.5/10
theaudioz
I watched this film on Netflix up to the morgue scene which wasn't very long I admit. The scene where they are cuddling in bed I thought I'd accidentally pressed the pause button by accident so I pressed play to unpause it but had actually then paused it and it made no difference! Scenes lingered way too long it was like photographs on the screen, which is probably the effect the director wanted. Like the most boring photographs you ever did see, the kind to spend 2 seconds looking at and move on, but you are forced to look at them for minutes at a time, I pity those who paid to see it in cinemas.
Steve-war
Stately tone poem that will live with me for a long time. Comforting and disturbing at the same time.
Truly a one off.
Not for everyone that's for sure, but if you have a heart you've a good chance of finding something worth experiencing here.
