Friday, November 4, 2022

Speak No Evil

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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated 1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going to review every single movie I see.  I’m going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future).  You can always ask me why I gave the ratings for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Speak No Evil                                                              G
A Danish family of three (father, mother, daughter) meet a Dutch couple of three (father, mother, son) while vacationing in Italy (yes, there are subtitles, even when the occasional English is spoken).  The Dutch family invites them to come visit their house in Holland to which they eventually do.  Something is clearly off about this family as we gradually get to know them.  For one, their son is revealed to be missing part of his tongue which the parents explain is a condition he has.  Uh-huh.  The title is only Speak No Evil.  I will say that I didn’t figure out the reveal and I was trying to devise several possible conclusions.  Generally engaging and quite dark when all is said and done.  Recommended.  11/3/2022

Bonus reviews:

Allegoria                                                                     EH
Remember Powerman 5000?  That industrial/nu-metal band from the Nineties fronted by Spider One a.k.a. Rob Zombie’s little brother?  He directed this anthology film of sorts (available on Shudder) wherein a bunch of different artists (such as a painter, actor, screenwriter, and musician) encounter something horrific.  The segments are all connected á la Trick ‘r Treat.  At barely even 70-minutes, it all largely feels pointless, barely giving me enough time to warm up to most of the characters.  Spider, much like his big bro, definitely has style, but if he wants to be known as a musician and filmmaker like his big bro, his next feature needs to be better than this.  11/2/2022

V/H/S/99                                                                      OK/G
(haiku review)
Fifth of the series.
Not wholly original.
Still fun though.  Five tales.  11/2/2022

Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):

Glorious (2022)  >>>OK/G
            (Shudder)

The Innocents  (2022)  >>>OK
   (In Norwegian with subtitles)

Offseason  >>>EH/OK

So Vam  >>>OK

Watcher  >>>OK

---Sean O.
11/4/2022

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