- S: The movie goes for some gags that make the ability to suspend disbelief challenging. However, the story gets away with some things with the monkey being a
symbolic embodiment of the devil. An explosive pool scene, the very strange father-son relationship, and the kidnapping to a brother's mysteriously well equipped abandoned building home
all make for some pretty non-sensical story-telling.
- C: Sets are interesting, blood and gore feels a little lackluster and unrealistic, costuming is effective and helps distinguish between the twins as well as
the different time periods. Some interesting dream sequences, but not a lot else.
- E: The lack of any serious interactions make it hard to watch because there are no stakes. The relationships between all the characters are so flimsy and
pointless that the only thing interesting in the film is the monkey which plays itself out pretty early on in the film.
- N: The weakest element of the film is the story. The basic concept of the murdererous devil-inhabited toy monkey is great, but there is almost no substance built on top of it. The
basic premise is so ridiculous that the narrative needs something serious/intense to make it worth watching. Instead, the dialogue is so blunt and often corny that the whole film just feels
dumb. It's hard to take the story seriously when there is nothing serious in it.
- T: The film received one bonus point for a great dream sequence where a man is laid out on a desk to be butchered.
Longlegs worked last year because, yes, the villain is corny and ridiculous but the rest of the story was so grave and serious that it made Longleg's craziness shine.
The humor of the film doesn't quite work because there is never a break. Nothing in the film is portrayed with any gravity, so the deaths feel meaningless. Overall the story and film are
too one-dimensional.
Number of Watches: 1
