After his successful directorial breakthrough Long legs Last year, Osgood Perkins needed a follow-up to cement his position as a true horror director, and what better way to adapt to Stephen King’s story Put yourself in trouble? Perkins’ short story monkey Of course, he is a filmmaker with a unique vision of horror (and comedy), although his story has been tried less.
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monkey ★★1/2 (2.5/4 stars) |
monkey In order to achieve a long run of features, it is far from the original plot of gold. Things start with the pawn shop, and pilot Peter Shelborn (Adam Scott, always popular surprise) tries to get rid of the creepy toy monkey. He didn’t give a lot of details, but the blood stain of his collar should be enough to remind what’s going to happen. The film was then followed in 1999 with twin brothers Hal and Bill Shelborn (played by Christian Convery at these young ages, now Theo James (Theo) James plays), they have almost the most unhealthy sibling relationship you can imagine. Bill was bullied from Hal, who bullied Beadpectac, which was completely unnoticed by their single search mom Louis (Tatiana Maslany). When they stumbled upon monkeys in international items their father gave up, they knew nothing about it when they took home from a trip, and the label on the box did not expect it to be “like life” rather than lifelike. But after the accident, Hal began to think that monkeys were more than just eyes.
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After a long setting, monkey When Hal grew up to be the father of his own son, Colin O’Brien, he jumped for 25 years. Although he knew he and Bill had escaped the monkey a few years ago, he was worried that its curse would still exist, so distance was the only way to keep his son safe. Of course, this security cannot last forever, and the strange death of relatives makes Hal, Petey and Bill deal with the monkey once and for all.
Given that their adolescence is defined by strange and sudden death, the film contains more plot content related to brotherhood, but the emotional heaviness is never real. Perkins stayed with young Hal and Bill for too long, so many of their conflicts were established as teenagers (and maintained at). As adults, they remain at the same wavelength, and Bill’s trauma has led to some major arrest development. It’s a weird dynamic, between brothers, the emotional rhythm is forced and unnecessary heavy, and they are completely unable to have serious conversations. This tone mismatch also appears in James’ double performance, and the actor doesn’t exactly appeal to the charm or humor he has in projects like this Mr. Malcolm’s list or White lotus.
Drama monkey Fall down, but the movie still has a lot of fun. Perkins has a morbid sense of humor, and he’s happy to show off that killing is creative and ridiculous (if spoiled by a trailer). most monkey It’s the gala of the R-class Looney Tunes-class death, the movie’s smiles and ridiculous, incredible ways for all of us. Perkins has some personal experiences in the ill-timed death, and his film’s argument is summarized by the first funeral of one of Hal’s despicable pastors and Bill: “That’s the truth.”
The greatest power of the film is not so serious about putting life and death so seriously, and it will be improved throughout 95 minutes by sticking to this tone. If the entire movie is full of live vibes, real estate agent Barbara (a lively highlight) will lead Hal through his late aunt’s house, only to be met by the cruel fate decided by the monkey , that would be perfect. It’s pure farce horror, a genre crossover that really fits Perkins – when he decides to pursue everything himself.
