Honestly... how fake can comments get?? "Home Movie" is like most of the pseudo-realistic hand-held cam movies rather dull. It takes pretty long to get to the psycho-kids go mad part and before you have to watch 2 kids not speaking a word, killing frogs, throwing stones at their dad and then killing every pet in the house. The basic idea of kids sliding into madness and crucifying the family cat, decapitating the dog and whatever else their plotting could have worked but problem is that "Home movie" is incredibly stretched and totally unbelievable.
First of all... a psychiatrist who treats her own kids on heavy meds is far from being believable (especially because both parents don't act hysterically until the end). Then the whole Home-Cam premise where either the parents film or the kids falls apart when they film themselves breaking down or the mother flees in terror but still takes the camera. It makes as little sense as the fast-forward and repeat scenes thrown in randomly (I am guessing its supposed to what the kids always watch on their TV that is blurred out) or the supernatural elements with doors opening and the kids appearing/disappearing magically on several occasions.
I didn't feel any chills from the kids acting because its inconsistent... first they don't speak at all, then they act normal, finally they take the camera with a "lets have some fun" comment and finally they are totally mad. In between two small kids overpower their parents in their sleep, tie them up and drag them through the house all with the parents knowing they are sick in the head and dangerous?? Come on... The funny thing is that I got the impression that the makers of the movie think its smart to throw in hints in the parents actions like the dragon-story, trash-bag comments and silly lock-picking lesson that re-appear in the children acting crazy. But its pretty cheap shots... if you wait for a creepy chiller. None here... rather watch "Poughkeepsie Tapes", if you want to be creeped out by kids watch "the children", if you want a creepy psychological study watch anything else. "Home Movie" is trying hard to be smart and different but ends up being boring, inconsistent, unrealistic and topping it off with a giant let-down in the end.
Just one question to the makers... who's fast forwarding and why in the scenes that were chosen. I see no logical pattern to all this no matter from where I look at it. I guess like often with that kind of movies... its better not to look too close.
First of all... a psychiatrist who treats her own kids on heavy meds is far from being believable (especially because both parents don't act hysterically until the end). Then the whole Home-Cam premise where either the parents film or the kids falls apart when they film themselves breaking down or the mother flees in terror but still takes the camera. It makes as little sense as the fast-forward and repeat scenes thrown in randomly (I am guessing its supposed to what the kids always watch on their TV that is blurred out) or the supernatural elements with doors opening and the kids appearing/disappearing magically on several occasions.
I didn't feel any chills from the kids acting because its inconsistent... first they don't speak at all, then they act normal, finally they take the camera with a "lets have some fun" comment and finally they are totally mad. In between two small kids overpower their parents in their sleep, tie them up and drag them through the house all with the parents knowing they are sick in the head and dangerous?? Come on... The funny thing is that I got the impression that the makers of the movie think its smart to throw in hints in the parents actions like the dragon-story, trash-bag comments and silly lock-picking lesson that re-appear in the children acting crazy. But its pretty cheap shots... if you wait for a creepy chiller. None here... rather watch "Poughkeepsie Tapes", if you want to be creeped out by kids watch "the children", if you want a creepy psychological study watch anything else. "Home Movie" is trying hard to be smart and different but ends up being boring, inconsistent, unrealistic and topping it off with a giant let-down in the end.
Just one question to the makers... who's fast forwarding and why in the scenes that were chosen. I see no logical pattern to all this no matter from where I look at it. I guess like often with that kind of movies... its better not to look too close.