Don't buy into the hype, and don't be fooled by the hate.

Rating: 6/10 (3 January 2019)

Why, why, why do some viewers insist on having everything in a movie explained to them?! Sometimes you are required to use your own imagination. Not all movies will spoon-feed you every little detail.
This movie is decent, not terrible. Yes, there are things that are highly unlikely to happen, like running blind through a forest, and navigating a river blind. And even finding two kids from a capsized boat blind. These are all improbable, but hardly unforgivable being that they are set in a movie.
My biggest complaint is about how the "creatures" were made out to be so dangerous even to those in blindfolds. We'd already learned that they can't physically do anything to anyone, they can't open doors or lift blindfolds. So why did Mallory have to pick up the kids and run around so much in the trees when all the creatures can do is make noise and blow leaves?
I found the earlier scene on the river when Mallory is telling Boy and Girl that one of them is going to have to look to be _extremely_ powerful. What a situation to have to be in, what a choice to have to make. That it didn't come to pass saved me from completely losing it while watching. It's not very often that a scene in a movie can evoke an emotional response like that from me. I'd give an extra half a star just for that if I could.