The second film from the Phillipou brothers after their directorial debut "Talk to Me", it stars Sally Hawkins as a foster mother who is (apparently) trying to resurrect her dead child by means of witchcraft. I thought "Talk to Me" was a pretty good horror film, but this looks much better. Hawkins is a good actress. I plan on seeing it Thursday night.
Sounds cool
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 26, 2025 10:58 PM |
R2 oops
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 26, 2025 11:02 PM |
I like Sally Hawkins although her Anne Elliot was a bit mousy for me. Rupert Penry Jones was at peak hotness as Captain Wentworth.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 27, 2025 12:04 AM |
Just clone her..
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 27, 2025 12:07 AM |
I don’t understand the concept.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 27, 2025 5:38 AM |
I’d reimagine the plot in reverse.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 27, 2025 5:40 AM |
Was "Talk to Me" that good of a movie? I thought it was okay.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 27, 2025 12:02 PM |
R11 I liked "Talk to Me"--it was pretty unique, I thought. I went and saw this today at a matinee and while it may be a better film objectively, it was not as enjoyable to watch. I did find it suspenseful and disturbing. Hawkins's performance is stellar, and her character is one of the most vile, selfish, deranged human beings I've seen portrayed in a film in a long time. She was absolutely rancid. Just pure evil. Excellent acting on her part.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 31, 2025 5:53 AM |
R6 I first saw Sally Hawkins in Fingersmith and she played a feral and fierce character so I’m disappointed her default mode is mousy. She was great in Happy Go Lucky too.
I absolutely hated her character in The Lost King.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 31, 2025 6:20 AM |
The Philippou brothers published a "watch list" inspired by the film for IMDb, and "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" was #1. I would've never expected that, but now that I think about it, there are some parallels between Hawkins's sadistic character in this film and Davis's in "Baby Jane". For some reason they also included "Cinderella", "Stuart Little", and "Mousehunt", all films featuring rodents—I'm not sure what this means, but it's funny.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 1, 2025 5:03 PM |
Hawkins is an excellent actor
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 1, 2025 5:14 PM |