Overwrought Garbage

Rating: 2/10 (14 June 2018)

I saw Hereditary in NYC today.
I hated it.
Toni Collete provides the most appalling performance by an actress since Laura Dern appeared in Inland Island.
Her facial expressions range from overwrought to, uh, overwrought.
There is no coherent plot.
What plot there is is a mishmash of familiar horror plots: Rosemary's Baby, Don't Look Now, and many lesser movies of the genre like The Legacy. And Toni Collete is no Julie Christie or Mia Farrell.
The music is manipulative and irritating. Special effects kinky and often provoked laughter in the audience. Gabriel Byrne is OK but probably is asking himself how he let himself be talked into acting in this terrible movie.
Hereditary makes Gravity seem like a work of art.
If I never see a close-up of Toni Collete's overwrought face again, it will be too soon. In fact, I hope I never see her face again--period.