Solid acting but weak script

Rating: 5/10 (4 November 2014)

Essie Davis and Noah Wieseman are apparently good actors but the script was very weak. The first time the Babadook materializes it looks like a cartoon character, I actually started laughing.The ending is not believable,the adopt a Babadook theme is more comedy than horror. Also this movie was just kind of patched together and didn't come off cohesively. I can honestly say that I was initially drawn into it, but that interest turned into boredom about sixty minutes into the film. Character development was below average and the movie reaches a crescendo about half way into it and goes down hill from there. I would give this film a 7/10 for it's acting and overall a 5/10 once you consider the script. Davis deserves better material than this, what a shame.