To me, this movie is perfection.

The Age of Commercialism

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The story unfolds very slowly. As it does it appears that it could progress in a number of tantalising and interesting directions. However, frustratingly, it never intensifies or pursues any of these avenues., It ends blandly and as slowly as it started. The acting is very good despite the shortcomings of the story.

Disappointing. Not a thriller, any suspense scenes have no payoff. It may be a subtle ghost story but too subtle for its own good. The movie is slow to develop, the ghostly elements are supposed to seep in as you're lost in the atmosphere, but it shifts focus unexpectedly and awkwardly. The scenery was nice, including Emilia Clarke, but the movie seemed like another opportunity for her to get naked to get more viewers. I wish she would stop resorting to this. She's cute and captivating, the only reason we watched the whole thing, but it wasn't worth it. Her character, supposedly an experienced child therapist, mildly arrogant, is actually pretty inept with children which had me losing sympathy for her. The leading actor, who was not terribly impressive as Celeborn in LOTR, not terribly impressive here either, had a perpetual forced scowl and a sullen brooding demeanor that got old, until they later attempt to do some sudden character development on him as the characters are changing, but its too little too late. There was too much of a distraught kid that keeps running away over and over ad nauseum, I guess his endless running away was a technique for taking the viewer through the scenic environment but it got irritating. There are two other characters on site that are mainly for ambiance and don't pan out into much. The mother's character wasn't very well developed either, but depending on how you look at the plot maybe it didn't need to be. So if you like spending time watching Emilia Clarke and other nice scenery and don't need a whole lot more, you might like this movie. It could be summed up as "nice isolated scenery, a kid keeps running away, and Emilia Clarke gets naked again". I wish the voice from the stone had whispered to us to skip it, or at least not expect too much. PS: I should probably give the movie a little more than 2 stars, but I got tired of seeing 10-star reviews saying "Ooooh its gothic!! and subtle!!! and subtly gothic!!". Firstly, there's a difference between "subtle" and "boring", and while it may have been gothicesque I never really felt much depth to it, a quiet corner of Hogwarts would've been better immersion.

A good movie - needs patience and attention. A mature unsettling supernatural drama, which I can only assume is true to the book. Well made and well acted. Given the mixed reviews Ithink too many people have been addicted to Marvel blockbusters or perhaps GoT. Oh well I liked it - you might too.

It is a little confusing. I don't think everybody who saw it understood at the first attempt. Otherwise, it would have not received such a low rating. The film failed to give the explanations in an understandable way. Only if you are good enough to figure it out everything by yourself like by observing the characteristic behaviours, dialogues and scenes that including illusion/dreams, then it can be considered a good one. So, comparing to the book it was based on, I don't know if the book complicates its readers the same way.In the opening, a mother breathes her last before taking an oath from his not to speak a word till she returns. Very unusual scene, because she died by the side of her son and nobody else present, like her husband. Then a new nurse arrives to take care of him. She was confident that she can make him talk again, but later she begins to know more about the place and the people. Unexplainable things happen. Well, the film says it all, but it's hard for us to get the details. Following, a twist comes, then everything back to normal, like nothing ever happened.All the actors were okay. I particularly watched it for Emilia Clarke. I loved the location, the atmosphere. Not a typical seaside sunny Italian place, but shot at the misty medieval house. In the beginning I thought it was like another version of 'Miracle Worker'. In the midway, I thought of 'Hidden Face'. None were right. But I only got it when I googled about it after the watch and realised there was no dream sequences at all, especially coming to the climax part. All are real, and which is a twist.Maybe it need to be watched twice, particularly after googling about what part you did not get. So it was like 'Skeleton Key' meets 'Safe Haven'. I don't want to say anything further to spoil your watch if you're yet to see it. Just watch it and make your own opinion whether you liked it or not, but try to understand it first what happens at the end. Now I've changed my rating slightly, yet the film was so old fashioned. If it had came a couple of decades ago, would have considered a best one. There are people who love such film, even today, like maybe the old guys. So it is for the selected people.5.5/10