El Hijo (2019)
5/10
Not sure why everyone is confused
28 July 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The ending is very clear. In the end, we find out that Lorenzo was right the entire time. The baby he was given wasn't the one he had seen in the beginning, and the mother was a complete psychopath.

The issue I had with this movie is that we never learn details:

WHY did the mother do this?

WHAT did she do with the baby? I'm not sure I'm buying the theories that the original was deformed and she cloned it... Because why would she take the "defective" one? Also, it's clear there was never a deformed baby to begin with, since Lorenzo DID see his child, at least a few times, and had dozens of drawings of him, and there was nothing wrong.

Was the grandmother the influencing factor here?

Why did she suddenly turn on her husband and then ultimately kill him?

What about the real child was worth this much secrecy and protection?

Where did this other child even come from? Was it stolen? Created in the lab? A fraternal twin?

I get endings that make you think, but this isn't one of those movies. We're told what happens in the end, but it falls flat since you're basically left with, "but why??"
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