I love Andrea Riseborough and I love movies in this genre, but this such a total letdown I can't believe I fell for all the good critic reviews. Are there any good critics anymore? Do these people actually watch these movies or just write something to get paid?
In a nutshell, the little 9 year old girl is gaslighting Andrea's character. Why? Who the hell knows?? Her actions made no sense at all considering she was the child of Andrea's husband and the next door neighbor, which she somehow found out about without the father knowing who she is either, so hey let's gaslight his wife next door into thinking she is the reincarnation of her dead daughter, for no apparent reason other than the script says so, and never mind that she is 9 years old and how the hell does a 9 year old child manage to pull this whole scheme off anyway..
I already saw the same ridiculously implausible plot, albeit in a more conventional and overall better horror film, in The Lodge, where again two children go to exceptional lengths to gaslight their stepmother. At least in that one, she got the last laugh. In this mess, Andrea what, dies? Lives? Who knows? Who cares?
In a nutshell, the little 9 year old girl is gaslighting Andrea's character. Why? Who the hell knows?? Her actions made no sense at all considering she was the child of Andrea's husband and the next door neighbor, which she somehow found out about without the father knowing who she is either, so hey let's gaslight his wife next door into thinking she is the reincarnation of her dead daughter, for no apparent reason other than the script says so, and never mind that she is 9 years old and how the hell does a 9 year old child manage to pull this whole scheme off anyway..
I already saw the same ridiculously implausible plot, albeit in a more conventional and overall better horror film, in The Lodge, where again two children go to exceptional lengths to gaslight their stepmother. At least in that one, she got the last laugh. In this mess, Andrea what, dies? Lives? Who knows? Who cares?