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.
James McAvoy
Paddy
Mackenzie Davis
Louise Dalton
Scoot McNairy
Ben Dalton
Aisling Franciosi
Ciara
Alix West Lefler
Agnes Dalton
Dan Hough
Ant
Kris Hitchen
Mike
Motaz Malhees
Muhjid
Jakob Højlev Jørgensen
Torsten
Director, Writer
James Watkins
Original Film Writer
Christian Tafdrup
Original Film Writer
Mads Tafdrup
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.