At first, it has a few stuff in common with "Corpus Christi" (Jan Komasa, 2019), the Polish Oscar-nominated film, but it continues as a forgettable thriller whose reflections on guilt and fate are superficial.
An enjoyable messy Guy Ritchie movie. It feels like Snatch but not as good. Hugh Grant is fun and Colin Farrell is great but not on screen enough.
Saw this film on release day and I can truly say that it is Guy Ritchie back doing what he does best :innocent::innocent::innocent:
Amazing Guy Richie filim!!!! Colin Farrell is brillant in this Coach role! McConaughey is flawless.
Oh my god - This movie is so boring.
They somehow took all the boring parts of horror stories and made a movie out of them.
This is what a gore movie looks like when you take all the gore out of it...
A secret room in the house where everything you wish for just appears. While the pitch is interesting, the scenario is not really exploiting it.
Yeah they get crazy, money (that they don't even try to use), great clothes, great food, famous art, etc. But they go over that in just a few days. While never even once taking something outside, really ? I mean it's not like the process takes a while, it disappears in a few seconds so that means they never did it even once! So what was the point of all this money ?
Then comes the main and only story, Kate wishes for a kid. And well, that's not very interesting. The final part, though totally expected, brings a little action and tension, but not enough to make it a good movie.
There could have been some research on how it works or where it comes from, but we're just being told that Matt is doing that, is obsessed by that even, that's it. No real insight on what he's doing or how or if he gets a lead or something, no history, no metaphysics stuff, nothing.
There could have been some exploration of what the room can do, ho far can it go, you can see the possibilities when Shane creates a whole outside, but not exploited either. Can it create things that do not exist ?
There could have been a price to pay that comes later. Nope.
There's a storyline with the previous owners of the house that could have led to interesting things just to find out that they did exactly the same thing, so not much interest here either.
So a great concept, but turns out the movie is barely using it, such a waste.
Fantastic movie, really very good, almost at the level of Pulp Fiction, absolutely suggested.
Good story, characters, plot, scenes, action, acting, soundtrack... Really complete.
Appreciation for this movie seems to be split directly 50/50, you either love it or you hate it. I am with the former - I thought it was a great piece of work, well acted and well ended. Will probably become one of my all-time favourites, if not at least of this genre.
worth watching
Great soundtrack and superb acting. It's like Frida is back, and Ophelia sex-appeal... Oh my!
what a surprise this was, it totally exceeded my expectations. had my full attention right from the start until the end & the ending was excellent. awesome movie, highly recommended!!
Super-low-budget (£29000) means that the film has it's limitations, but it is worth a watch to see what can be done.
The movie is so good; i read the book in school and the movie is way better, it has much more action.
The nearest we are going to get to Lovecraft's Cthulu tales for the time being, this was a pretty good film for something that flew (swam) under the radar. I wish the mythology had been fleshed out a little more, but it was still an entertaining movie.
Great movie, should not be watched with prior knowledge about its plot. That's where it sadly gets one point deducted because it probably doesn't work as effectively when watching it for the second time. Good sound design, awesome camera and overall plot. The second half feels a bit bland and redundant at first, but as it unfolds i thought it to be really captivating.
Fun but it starts out better than it ends. The cast is perfect through-out though. Samara Weaving gives a fine wtf is going on performance while being pretty badass at the same time.
You might be disappointed if you were hoping for family members killed one by one sort of movie though. I expected the movie to be more like You’re Next for example.
Gory, funny, and smart, Ready or Not will do for rich people what Get Out did for whites.
What's more, Samara Weaving proves the natural spark that lit up The Babysitter wasn't a fluke.
I love the unique fun horror story. It had some dark humor but wasn't as funny as I hoped. Samara Weaving is fantastic. All the other characters are ok.
hum... sequel incoming or tv show?
This movie was a lot to process. The first half is a really great commentary on society and American culture, even if some moments seem forced or others are obvious setups for later. But half way through it takes a hard turn into a weird place. Also don't watch this if you are scared of horses
If Tarantino and Edgar Wright had a baby... it would have been born at the El Royale.
Skimming other reviews of this film elsewhere, I've seen accusations of slow pacing, bad writing, unrealistic characters… For every reviewer who found the movie amazing, it's almost like that had to be balanced out by someone else who couldn't stand it.
Someone will have to balance out my review, then, because I need more films like Leave No Trace in my life.
Sometimes, if a movie leaves me wondering what actually happened, it's a sign of incoherent writing, or editing. Other times—as with Leave No Trace—it means I wasn't paying close enough attention to the details. And no, I'm definitely not in the segment of moviegoers who would argue that it's the filmmaker's job to make sure I know what's happening. Nothing smacks of "inexperienced director" like hitting me, the viewer, over the head with a plot point several times to make sure I got it.
Fortunately there's none of that in Leave No Trace. I've been meaning to watch Winter's Bone for some time, but I'll have to bump it up a few slots on the ol' watchlist after seeing this. If the two films share any of the same DNA (and they do, in the form of writer and director Debra Granik), I'll love that one too.¹ I can't get enough of this storytelling technique, where the characters just…exist, and don't stand there explaining what's happening (or what happened before now) for the audience's benefit.
Not everyone appreciates this style of "expositionless" storytelling, to be sure. One IMDB reviewer said "it seemed this [movie] had a beginning, beginning and beginning."² But those of us who relish poking fun at the "exposition dumps" traditional screenplays often throw out really love being left to our own interpretations of characters' words and actions. Or at least… I do.
This isn't an easy movie to watch, really. I wouldn't throw it up to relax after a hard day. The subject matter gets too deep for that, I think. But it is very much worth the journey. Along with those critical accusations I mentioned earlier, numerous reviewers also called this film insightful, thought-provoking, and uncomfortable. I agree with all of those, at least on some level. Scenes that might seem kind of throwaway at first (the church service, say) always turned out to be plot-relevant in the end.
Leave No Trace is slow and quiet at times, but it's never boring.
https://www.imdb.com/review/rw4250151/Just happened across this movie, and am I happy i did. First off, the kid who played sammy made this movie, and the ending, what it is. Secondly, William H. Macy delivered as well. Third, JOHN RITTER! (Hey fay boy (IT) ). If you haven't seen this movie, check it out.
Side thought: Where does the name of the movie play in? Panic? I kept wondering that throughout, couldn't place it. Thought maybe they would say a single line of dialog that would bring it together, but it didn't .. or i missed it.
this was a great fucking ending !
A fairly decent cast lifts this above its B-movie conventions. No classic, but better than you would expect.
This is horrible. Maybe even the worst movie with Bruce Willis that I've seen. Horrible acting, horrible script, horrible action.
Dark, funny, great performances and memorable characters in this excellent film. I’m very interested what Ryan Prows brings next. Recommended
Well it's better than The Meg.
