Lighten up, Francis

Rating: 4/10 (13 January 2019)

"Hereditary" takes itself way too seriously. It cries out for a lighter approach. At the end of the day, it is what it is. What is it? It's a dopey horror movie. It's seriousness drags the pacing way down. It's long running time doesn't help much either. It's at least twenty minutes too long. The actors try hard but are forced to walk around with pusses on their faces the entire movie. I normally enjoy Gabriel Byrne's work but not tonight. He seems to be asleep (literally) half of the movie and sleepwalking the other half. Toni Collette works her tail off. She must have gone home every night completely exhausted after filming. But to what end? The DVD box quotes somebody saying that "Hereditary" is this generation's "The Exorcist". Not hardly.