I enjoyed this and I'm surprised I haven't heard of this before now.
First of all it is marketed wrong. It is not a horror, more a drama and the cover picture is misleading. Others have aptly told what the movie is about but there are no jump scares. The acting is good and the boy (Sander Thomas) is one to watch. I hope he doesn't turn into another Hayley Joel Osment (6th Sense). Although not original it does keep you guessing as to why the boy hasn't passed over, but you soon work it out and I was happy to enjoy the ride to the inevitable conclusion.
But and there is always a but, the pacing felt off and I was a little lost for a while as the film jumps over the boys death and restarts about 7 years after. This wasn't explained very well and it takes almost the entire film to work out what happened. This felt a little cheap as when you find out the reason it wouldn't have affected the outcome or the enjoyment. The mother went from being pissed at her ex-husband for making up the boys appearance to accepting and falling for him all over again too fast. Her current husband was never explained and her absence from the new families home including hubby and 2 girls while spending time at the old house with the ex-hubby felt shallow and lacking proper explanation but these are minor complaints and the overall story is strong enough to overlook any errors.
There are far too few quality dramas (and horrors for that matter although this is not one) and this is a nice breath of air into an overcrowded rush to market industry.
A good 7 from me.
First of all it is marketed wrong. It is not a horror, more a drama and the cover picture is misleading. Others have aptly told what the movie is about but there are no jump scares. The acting is good and the boy (Sander Thomas) is one to watch. I hope he doesn't turn into another Hayley Joel Osment (6th Sense). Although not original it does keep you guessing as to why the boy hasn't passed over, but you soon work it out and I was happy to enjoy the ride to the inevitable conclusion.
But and there is always a but, the pacing felt off and I was a little lost for a while as the film jumps over the boys death and restarts about 7 years after. This wasn't explained very well and it takes almost the entire film to work out what happened. This felt a little cheap as when you find out the reason it wouldn't have affected the outcome or the enjoyment. The mother went from being pissed at her ex-husband for making up the boys appearance to accepting and falling for him all over again too fast. Her current husband was never explained and her absence from the new families home including hubby and 2 girls while spending time at the old house with the ex-hubby felt shallow and lacking proper explanation but these are minor complaints and the overall story is strong enough to overlook any errors.
There are far too few quality dramas (and horrors for that matter although this is not one) and this is a nice breath of air into an overcrowded rush to market industry.
A good 7 from me.