Review of Emelie

Emelie (2015)
6/10
Not your typical babysitting movie
19 April 2016
Warning: Spoilers
It was scary from the point-of-view of the parents, thinking about what could be going on at home with your kids when you're out. It raises a lot of questions about how reliable people really are.

Sarah Bolger is good in the role. She made me feel uncomfortable. The kids were amazing. They seemed very natural, as if they weren't acting. Some of the stuff is hard to watch. It's cruel and all I could do was think about how much therapy those kids will need to get over it. The video tape scene made me want to barf.

Some parts are contrived and make absolutely no sense, like the car accident. Why would the boyfriend be willing to kill himself and risk getting caught with a body in the trunk? He could have caused a much less violent accident which would have kept the parents away. That was just stupid.

The ending? What does that mean...that there will be another? I hope not. It's a one-timer.
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