Coitus Cons

Rating: 5/10 (23 September 2016)

I was happy to allow this movie to make its way to a 7/10, until what happened within the 59th minute... Thereafter, there was just no way it could recover.
It Follows starts off very intriguingly, and doesn't waste much time getting to the point of it's plot; that, I do like about the film.
From there, dumb decisions keep getting made by the lead (Jaime), and what makes it worse, is how inexplicable and unnecessary those decisions tended to be. Also, Maika's character seemed to be irritatingly inconsistent... She kept vacillating from seeming as if she moved past the incident and its consequences, to, acting as if the incident had just occurred moments earlier.
Another thing I don't like, is how It Follows ended... Given the nature of what causes the "following", It Follows for all intents and purposes, pulled out. It just, ended, which is kind of bitter sweet, because even though this movie is filled with inessential actions, you're still kind of invested in wanting to see what happens next...
And that, leads me to my next gripe. The origin of "The Following", though perhaps it's not the movies intended bearing and arc, was completely neglected. I feel delving into what caused it to begin with, would've been incredibly exciting.
Alas, even without the exploration of the origin, because I imagine that the directors intention was to leave that mystery to fester, what happened within the 59th minute, I just cannot forgive; and for that, this movie gets a stern, 5/10.
It Follows is enticing... And it does evoke a lot of curiosity, however, the 59th minute, and some unnecessary moments at pivotal points, taints what was otherwise a film, kind of worth, following.