Max willems

This is what happens when a movie prioritizes subtext over the story. Movies like this are contentious, with some enjoying dissecting every aspect to find a hidden interpretation, preferring it to a more traditional film experience. Call it an acquired taste, which is to say it's something bad that people only get used to through repeated exposure. There's a few movies like this that I can't stand, but this is so far the worst, most egregious example of this trend. Disregarding everything this movie attempts to communicate about modern life, relationships, family, raising a child, etc: It says absolutely nothing about the logistics of its premise, or otherwise anything that would give you an idea as to how the story is even happening. (((SPOILERS))) There is some kind of otherworldly being presenting itself as a realtor in order to kill people, presumably to sustain itself. This entity has people enter a large urban development, its domain, and traps them there somehow, holding them for months, making them raise a replacement alien realtor to take the place of the original once the people raising it die suddenly. The countless flaws in logic that arise with the existence of such a creature are self evident, yet the movie rolls with them in service of its themes. I simply can't suspend my disbelief enough to excuse a concept so divorced from reality, and if anyone says they can, they're fooling themselves.

A good watch from the silly beginning to the unbelievable end. The atmosphere isn't too scary throughout, but just tense enough to keep you intrigued, wanting to see the situation unravel. The film's strength is definitely in it's fun characters and writing, which were more than enough for me to deal with a premise that anyone who's ever seen a horror movie before has come across. I'm a little shocked by how many 1-starred reviews there are! I don't know what people are seeing that's so bad. Sure, the characters can be stupid and irreverent, but judging their behavior as if they're real human beings and not movie characters is missing the point. To me, it all comes across as comedic, and it works. Personally, I loved this movie, but I suppose the final judgement as to its quality is yours to make.

You can't get much better than this for horror concepts: Trapped 2 miles underground in a massive cave system that may or may not have an exit, crawling with cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers. With that said, this movie really does all it can with its setting to scare you and it succeeds! The action scenes were pretty hard to follow though; being in a sparsely lit, tight-quarters cavern will do that, I guess. I didn't care so much for the loose character motivations either, but they can be excused as well. Overall, it's worth seeing, and a must-watch for horror fans.

This is definitely worth a watch. It's slow to set up any coherent tension, but the intrigue you're given from the start is more than enough to get by, even for a 2 hour movie. The ultimatum this movie deals in is really one to tickle your brain with, all while trying to discern these characters' relationships with each other; you really can't pull yourself away. Even in the end, the stuff left vague, I feel, is better off for it. One gripe I can see others having with this film is the delivery of the dialog, which is all given very, dryly, matter-of-factly, and with little to no emotion. It's funny, I didn't even know this movie and The Lobster shared a director when I was comparing them while watching. I think this movie does better in this format with horror than The Lobster did with drama, (the funny bits are good in both) as well as being a better commentary on human relationships. Bottom line is: Whether you like this director or not, you can't deny he makes some memorable stuff.