Very Bland

Rating: 2/10 (1 January 2019)

As a fan of both Sandra Bullock and this particular genre of film, I found Bird Box to be massively lacking in substance. Sure, Bullock does a good job of the character as she's a terrifc actor but the script just doesn't hold any substance to let her character really shine. The "things" people saw really should have been shown to the veiwer to enable us to engage properly with the threat. To merely see some leaves wafting around and hear generic 'spooky voices' feels such a half arsed attempt. There was a real opertunity to show exactly what (at least the main characters) were seeing. The children did a good job although I have seen many other films where the acting from children of this age has been far superior. Again, there were no stand out moments for either of them.
Finally, for there to be no explanation what so ever as to what happend just felt like such a waste. I can't imagine there will be a second film so we won't get any answers.
To summerize
1.Threat level didn't ever feel real or particularly scary
2.Group of characters were very generic, cool black guy, young stoners, grumpy old man, chinese guy, pregnant woman, wierdo.
3.A 'nothing' ending
4.Bullock the only reason worth watching