intriguing

Rating: 6/10 (1 September 2018)

Annie Graham (Toni Collette) delivers the eulogy at her mother's funeral. She makes scaled miniature models. She has her husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne), son Peter (Alex Wolff), and daughter Charlie (Milly Shapiro). She befriends Joan (Ann Dowd) from her support group. Her family has issues which come to a head after a deadly accident.
This horror sets a solid sullen mood and then it turns crazy supernatural. The first half slightly bores me. I find it hard to get invested in these characters. Toni is acting her butt off and I almost don't care. I really need to get involved with Peter but his weirdness doesn't intrigue me. I wonder if I could connect with him if he isn't shot in such an ugly manner. I totally understand the descent into hell but it's not as harrowing with a character that I'm only marginally invested. This has potential. It actually took me two attempts to watch this. I had to abandon the first attempt after a half hour because my attention was just drifting. I knew I needed to give it my best effort and it paid off with an intriguing movie.