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Speak No Evil
Speak No Evil

7.3

Speak No Evil

R·2024·110m

Summary

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

Crew

Director, Writer

James Watkins

Original Film Writer

Christian Tafdrup

Original Film Writer

Mads Tafdrup

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

September 13, 2024

9

<em>'Speak No Evil'</em> is supremely well done!

I felt unsettled from pretty much the get-go. That's because you can see the general direction that the movie is going to head, though that doesn't hampen the feeling of unease that is present all the way through. I did actually think whilst watching that the film was being a tad dragged out, though by the credits I was fully sold on what I had just seen.

James McAvoy is outstanding, I knew he was capable of portraying such a creepy and unhinged character from seeing some of his other work. <em>'Split'</em> for one, though also, oddly, <em>'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'</em>; I always got creeped out when we first see his Mr. Tumnus.

Mackenzie Davis impresses as well, as do Scoot McNairy and Aisling Franciosi in fairness; youngsters Alix West Lefler and Dan Hough do well too. The final scene with the latter is quite something, I thought it was going to play out slightly differently (i.e. what Ron does to Carl, for any fellow <em>'The Walking Dead'</em> fans) so to see it go they way it did was unexpected - but, without question, welcome.

I shall no doubt check out the Danish original at some point in the future.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$15,000,000.00

Revenue:

$76,743,256.00

Keywords

husband wife relationship
manipulation
remake
hopeless
weekend getaway
europe vacation
children in danger
psychological horror
disturbing
depressing
gloomy