Very Good but overrated

Rating: 3/10 (24 May 2019)

Nothing about this film is bad, but honestly I don't particularly get the crazy hype. It veers into mega corny about half way thru and then into weird family drama. It's not the masterful experience I expected. Pacing is just way long. It's definitely got torture porn vibes even after the escape it turns into emotional torture porn. It's very one note as well. Tonally very weird in that the perspective shifts constantly. The kid's narration makes the film weaker because it's so randomly interjected. I don't really get Larson's flat performance winning an Oscar either. She's not bad at all, just not as convincing as the accolades. Constantly felt taken out of suspension of disbelief. Not emotionally a tear jerker, just hard to watch fiction