This film starts off great, loses some steam in the middle when a great deal of time is spent panicking and freaking out.
Sadly, the ending "twist" I found disappointing. Not quite the cop-out of waking up to realize it's all a dream, but I felt a similar letdown.
Elijah Wolf is a fascinating child actor and his expressive range is creepily precocious.
Lead actor Thekla Reuten is a strong performer, but the script has her repeating the same actions too often. There is one clip of her cahracter that is repeated twice. If that same kind of replay repeititon had been used -- perhaps from various angles -- it might have supported what eventually happens.
Had I watched the third act first, I wouldn't have watched the beginning or middle to get there.
Sadly, the ending "twist" I found disappointing. Not quite the cop-out of waking up to realize it's all a dream, but I felt a similar letdown.
Elijah Wolf is a fascinating child actor and his expressive range is creepily precocious.
Lead actor Thekla Reuten is a strong performer, but the script has her repeating the same actions too often. There is one clip of her cahracter that is repeated twice. If that same kind of replay repeititon had been used -- perhaps from various angles -- it might have supported what eventually happens.
Had I watched the third act first, I wouldn't have watched the beginning or middle to get there.