The Monster
A divorced mother (Zoe Kazan) and her headstrong daughter must fight for survival when a terrifying monster attacks them after their car breaks down on a deserted country road.
Official Selection at the Sitges Film Festival.
"The faint mist, the eerie silence, the saturated blacks - so much of this film is reminiscent of the classic monster movies of the '30s and '40s." - April Wolfe L.A. Weekly
Running Time
92 mins
Year
2016
Kanopy ID
6324544
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Comments (4)
#haikumoviereview
Alcoholic mom
battles a flammable beast
and ill-timed flashbacks.
OK, but 13 year old daughter is played as a much younger child, which is hardly believeable, and her turnabout from cowering, childlike waif who won't leave mama, to fight off the thing super girl, didn't ring true. Same can be said for the deadbeat mom who suddenly rallies to save her ...Read more
OK, but 13 year old daughter is played as a much younger child, which is hardly believeable, and her turnabout from cowering, childlike waif who won't leave mama, to fight off the thing super girl, didn't ring true. Same can be said for the deadbeat mom who suddenly rallies to save her daughter. More annoying than frightening because of all that.
Read lessWhat would have made this a really good movie was if the "monster" had been a metaphor for the mother, and the brief scene with the knife had foreshadowed the death by the daughter, with the rest being a traumatic hallucination in her mind. still, great acting.
I was thinking something similar. The monster definitely should have been a metaphor.