Categories: Caitlin Booth, Movies, Reviews, Universal | Tags: Abigail, Radio Silence
By the time everything culminates with Abigail, it's like we're watching a completely different movie than the first one. The change could have been fun, but instead, the transition felt awkward.
Article summary
- “Abigail” suffers from marketing that undermines its mystical development.
- In contrast to the initial thriller atmosphere, comedic elements emerge later.
- Alisha Weir shines, but Kathryn Newton's talent feels underutilized.
- The film's tonal shifts feel unnatural and diminish its overall impact.
Abigail It's possible, but some marketing seems to be holding us in our knees. This movie is written and structured as if we don't know what Abigail is, making the entire first act almost pointless.
director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillette
summary: After a group of criminals kidnaps the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they escape to an isolated mansion, where they are trapped unaware that there is no ordinary girl inside.
Sometimes it feels like the people hired to market a movie are not informed about the structure or script of the movie they are trying to market. This can lead to a fundamental mismatch between what you inherit and know from trailers and teasers and what the characters in the movie are supposed to know.Apparently Abigail Might be another victim of this. Someone decided that they had to reveal exactly what was going on in this movie, even though it was framed as a mystery, or even a surprise, within the movie itself. It's frustrating to sit there and watch people move around in a creepy house, knowing something like Vampire Ballerina is going to happen eventually, but the movie takes its sweet time getting there. is spent. If you're going to spoil that aspect of the movie, why drag it out so long within the movie itself? The quick summary above does a much better job of teasing the movie because it doesn't reveal what we're dealing with.
This means the movie feels long and slow by the time the vampire ballerina fun begins. From there, the film leans much more towards a comedic tone than the thriller or horror aspects seen in the first act. There are often jokes about what can and cannot kill vampires. You can see the cast making the worst decisions possible in very tough situations, screaming about the fact that they're making the worst decisions. scream or cabin in the forest Some kind of method. The film is self-aware, or at least the cast is self-aware enough to suddenly try to make that tonal switch work. They were able to pull this off because the whole concept of the movie was ridiculous and they were able to get a very talented cast that worked together as best they could.
have to talk about many things Alisha Weir Because she's done quite a few roles that aren't easy for adults, let alone children, to pull off. It's clear that she's a talented dancer, and merging that with her otherworldly movements once we find out she's not human, even if it means that the “kids” we've seen aren't actually It's a kind of dissonance that works, even if it rehashes most of the “I'm a monster” tropes. in front. melissa barela Paramount continues to prove that firing her was the worst decision of their lives. scream franchise, and dan stevens Stevens has been on a wild genre ride for four months in 2024 alone, and we can expect to see more of him in the future.
Kathryn Newton However, I feel like it's underutilized. Considering she's as much of a staple of the horror genre as Barrera, it feels like her Radio Silence treated her like the “newbie of the group.” The film stumbles in how draining it makes her, though. Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Durand, William Catlett, and later period Angus Cloud All play thankless roles. Cloud's role is simply to be annoying, and just like most black people are in fear, Catlett is underutilized and that's all we have to say about it. is everything.
By the time everything is in place Abigail has reached its climax, and it's like we're watching a completely different movie than the first. The change could have been fun, but instead, the transition felt awkward. This concept is ridiculous, and becomes even more ridiculous when Abigail starts “playing with food.” There's nothing wrong with the tonal journey either, but we knew the transition was coming from marketing. This switch felt unnatural and made everything a lot less fun than I expected. Even the final reveal about who will play the father isn't enough to bring this situation back from the edge.
This doesn't make the movie terrible. Some parts work, and individual moments within the performances work, but the film doesn't cohere as a cohesive whole.When all hell is lost, and Are you ready or not? It goes bankrupt in the third act, but it feels earned because we saw Grace fight so hard to get there. We saw the journey.when all hell breaks loose Abigailyou don't feel much about it other than wondering how disgusting that fake blood must be.
Abigail
Review by caitlin booth
4.5/Ten
Abigail is a movie that feels knee-deep in its own marketing, as it's written and structured in such a way that Abigail makes the entire first act almost pointless.
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