Here Before (2021)
2/10
Missing child + creepy music does not equal a good movie
15 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
From the onset this movie drags and bumbles around trying to find a direction to go. Tons of small clips interspersed throughout along with children singing or humming. This is supposed to give the movie tension and a feeling of foreboding.

However, it just takes so long for anything interesting to happen, almost a full hour and the entire film is only 1 hour 20 minutes. So after dragging and back story they have to wrap it up quickly. Not really anything of a pay off ending for having to endure frequent flash scenes and basically a film stitched together like a quilt.

I kept waiting for the interesting part, a big reveal or something to make all the waiting worth it, and there is none.

This film falls into the artsy bin, where film makers attempt to conceal all their mistakes with the excuse, it's just art. Therefore not having to have an intriguing story, a decent plot or thoughtful dialogue. In summary, the director just throws everything together into a big pot on slow cook and hopes everyone will like it.
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