alx_files Review of It's a Wonderful Knife

It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)

Great start, but unfortunately a disappointing 2nd half

[5/10 · 14 November 2023]

Loved Freaky and Happy Death Day! Not so much this...A good start but a terrible finish. It had its fun moments, but then it didn't.

I'll start with the good.

• The acting. Justin Long does a great job with his character, making him a creepy, awesome bad guy. The main girl, Jane Widdop was an absolute joy to watch. A charismatic and lovely on screen presence. The rest of the cast did theirs.

• The horror. The kills and the angel bad guy were awesome. The direction and overall motive were also good and fun to watch.

• The atmosphere and scenes were nicely done.

The mediocre.

• The It's a wonderful life aspect. Some parts were good, some not so good. I know it's a horror movie, but I didn't get much emotion from it.

The bad.

• The direction and writing. This went from good, to completely losing itself, to the point it ruined the ending. There were things that happened that made absolutely zero sense, and then there were things that were messy that didn't need to be there at all.

• The ending. It was a waste of time. Justin Long's character faded out until the ending, where it was so anticlimactic and basic. I still can't believe they ended it like that.

• The love aspect. I'm all for a good love angle with whatever preference and whatnot, but this movie doesn't do kindly to straight people, and promotes cheating. It felt weird in a bad way, that it was forced into the script to make a point.