Guests get invited to a dinner party, and problems ensue...
Really good, really suspenseful, keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Some nice twists as well!
It could have been great, except for:
1. The dinner talk sounded phony. Not real. They should have actually gone to some real dinner parties and recorded the conversations to come up with something more realistic. Some of it was cringy.
2. Will was too suspicious at the very beginning. From the moment he got there, he's always frowning, unhappy. He should have started out less suspicious and gradually built it up. He should have been more friendly and outgoing at the beginning. Of course, he's the hero so he needs to start getting more and more suspicious later.
3. The talk of the cult leader didn't sound real, except the scene at the end. They should have researched some real cult leaders and maybe made a composite of them (Jim Jones, the Waco, Texas David Koresh, others).
Other than that it was great, the suspense starts out slowly and builds up until you are sitting on the edge of your seat. Really good! Really fun and great ending. John Carroll Lynch as "Pruit" was especially good. Mysterious stranger, and you didn't like him from the start. He played it beautifully! I love actors that can really act, like he's a completely different person then when you see him in other movies. (Unlike, say, Clint Eastwood who pretty much just plays himself, doesn't even have to act...) If I had to vote for best actor, I would vote for John Carroll Lynch in this movie. Also Lindsay Burdge as "Sadie" was great! (Any reminders of Sexy Sadie of the Manson Family at all???)
Overall very good. It's hard to find a good movie these days, finally found one! Slightly upsetting, unnerving, and nail-biting-inducing though...
Really good, really suspenseful, keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Some nice twists as well!
It could have been great, except for:
1. The dinner talk sounded phony. Not real. They should have actually gone to some real dinner parties and recorded the conversations to come up with something more realistic. Some of it was cringy.
2. Will was too suspicious at the very beginning. From the moment he got there, he's always frowning, unhappy. He should have started out less suspicious and gradually built it up. He should have been more friendly and outgoing at the beginning. Of course, he's the hero so he needs to start getting more and more suspicious later.
3. The talk of the cult leader didn't sound real, except the scene at the end. They should have researched some real cult leaders and maybe made a composite of them (Jim Jones, the Waco, Texas David Koresh, others).
Other than that it was great, the suspense starts out slowly and builds up until you are sitting on the edge of your seat. Really good! Really fun and great ending. John Carroll Lynch as "Pruit" was especially good. Mysterious stranger, and you didn't like him from the start. He played it beautifully! I love actors that can really act, like he's a completely different person then when you see him in other movies. (Unlike, say, Clint Eastwood who pretty much just plays himself, doesn't even have to act...) If I had to vote for best actor, I would vote for John Carroll Lynch in this movie. Also Lindsay Burdge as "Sadie" was great! (Any reminders of Sexy Sadie of the Manson Family at all???)
Overall very good. It's hard to find a good movie these days, finally found one! Slightly upsetting, unnerving, and nail-biting-inducing though...