I would say this is one of Wright's weakest efforts since Baby Driver. The story starts off very promising with a young girl coming to a big city carrying all her hopes and dreams, despite the sinister warnings she gets from her grandmother. It is a story that could have been a cautionary fairy-tale, if it bothered to focus on an engaging story or interesting characters. Instead we get lots of visual flexes but without the emotional pull. The story is so neglected that see the big twist coming from a mile away.
In fact Thomasin McKenzie's performance is painfully bland and she has only one face expression left by the second half of the movie (the part where she starts go 'crazy' and seeing things). In contrast to Anna Taylor Joy who shines in comparison, she's trying the best she can do with the material she's been given. Matt Smith is okay, the direction made it painfully obvious that he isn't a prince charming. And there's really nothing more to his one dimensional portrayal.
The story is trying to go for so many things like noir, mystery thriller or even horror. But at it's heart the mystery is not very intriguing and like I said quite predictable. The moment our protagonist questions her sanity is when it became unintentionally funny (similar like Black Swan). And then the CGI ghost gimmick put the final nail on the coffin.
Too bad, with all the talent involved this should have been a home run.
In fact Thomasin McKenzie's performance is painfully bland and she has only one face expression left by the second half of the movie (the part where she starts go 'crazy' and seeing things). In contrast to Anna Taylor Joy who shines in comparison, she's trying the best she can do with the material she's been given. Matt Smith is okay, the direction made it painfully obvious that he isn't a prince charming. And there's really nothing more to his one dimensional portrayal.
The story is trying to go for so many things like noir, mystery thriller or even horror. But at it's heart the mystery is not very intriguing and like I said quite predictable. The moment our protagonist questions her sanity is when it became unintentionally funny (similar like Black Swan). And then the CGI ghost gimmick put the final nail on the coffin.
Too bad, with all the talent involved this should have been a home run.