We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)

The stability of a wealthy family of only three members is threatened by the arrival of a distant cousin who has set his eyes on the family fortune.

An adaptation of a popular novel by Shirley Jackson. The film has many qualities, but it seems that in terms of adapting the book faithfully it does lose points. The film is labbeled a horror and a drama and that's not completely wrong. It's just that the element of horror does not come from the source designed by the author (the reader's doubts about the children's true nature) but from the harsh treatment the characters suffer from everyone around them, because the filmmakers chose to victimise the main characters in order to find an easily digestible explanation for their dubious actions: what a shame! 

The dialogue is very rich and lively, Taissa Farmiga and Alexandra Daddario are wonderful in the main roles, Crispin Glover is brilliant in the role of their slightly not-all-there uncle.

Director:  Stacie Passon    

With: Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, Crispin Glover, Sebastian Stan

Rating: 7/10

The Devil All the Time (2020)

Mini povesti ale unor personaje cu intenții și acțiuni îndoielnice ce sunt conectate între ele fie geografic, fie prin sânge sau de elemente pur întâmplătoare. 

Un film drama ce concentrează cele mai îndoielnice caractere posibile într-un exercițiu in a evidenția diversitatea fațetelor umane. Autorii au probabil anumite convingeri legate de existenta unei sorti și a moștenirii păcatelor părinților și legate de karma ce sunt discutabile dar tabloul rezultat este convingător, bine pus în valoare, și un bun predicator al prezentei unei organizări quasi-aleatoare în evenimentele sorții umane. 

Regia: Antonio Campos    

Cu: Donald Ray Pollock, Bill Skarsgård, Tom Holland, Haley Bennett, Sebastian Stan, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Robert Pattinson, Eliza Scanlen

Rating: 8/10

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