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The Open House (2018)
Not Even Good Bad
Dillan Minnette's performance was somehow more flat than in 13 Reasons Why. The story was boring and the writing wasn't even bad enough to be funny. I couldn't fallow what little story there was and it seemed like every settup fell flat. It was hard to tell if the writers even cared about their story. This movie is an uncanny valley of off beat scenes that don't fit. There was maybe one good scene in the entire movie. Its a wide shot. The mother walks off screen to go use the bathroom. The son goes off to the kitchen which still in shot. In the background a door opens. The mother returns from the other side of the room, its clear she didnt open the door. No one notices this and its creepy! It could have been good but they let the scene drag on too long. They tried to do other shots like this but it didnt work. Its just disappointing. They seem to stumble with even the most basic things.
Split (2016)
Interesting film making, damaging potrayl of mental illness
Although some of the film making is well done and interesting, thhe treatment of trauma and mental illness is not only inacurate and offensive but stigmatizing and socially damaging. It started off strong with an interesting premis and an okay potrayl of mental illness however as the movie went on it only got more and more offensivly inacurate. The acting was interesting however not that impressive. Id like to see something like this done with a more critical eye and a less magical stigmatism.