Based on real events, Matthew Warchus’ film, although enjoying from the support of an excellent cast, is simply ok due to its overexaggerated feel good and positive nature. Its lack of grit and harshness for both the miners’ and homosexual struggles is undeniable.
Clearly del Toro influenced.
Led by two child siblings in a house and forest during WW2 Philippines, this fantasy horror excels in tense scenes which sadly start late and are second to the gore.
Filled with too many images void of meaning. It is in the conversations at Mr. Fouad’s garage about the social situation in Lebanon among different people where the substance truly is.
Beautiful B/W and sound design.
Overloaded with goofiness and some action, the delivery on the two elements is weak. It for sure provides some smirks but nothing else.
More on the family issues and less crime story would made it better.
Horror series repackaged as anthology.
It succeeds in evoking different genres and emotions (unsettling, suspense, spookiness, humour…).
But the result is uneven, some parts being way better than others.
