Brilliant... if you know when to stop.

Rating: 3/10 (9 November 2014)

To be quite blunt and honest, I find the reviews for this movie unbelievable. Don't get me wrong, it is very original, the acting is awesome, and it manages to be disturbing and creepy. The problem is where it goes from there. I'm not going to bother explaining what the story is, you probably already read that. The movie is made in such a way that leaves you wondering if the Babadook is real or if the main character is going insane. That is definitely a plus, and the movie goes along this line almost all the way. Then there is that scene where the lady next door, knocks on the door at the middle of the night to ask if everything is OK. This is by no means a spoiler, it is just an alert that is when thing start going downhill. From then on, the story decays to the point of pure silliness. It is a train wreck. I've seen quite a few movies like this and it still mesmerizes me why and how do the directors manage to spoil everything so near the end. Obviously I can't detail to you what goes on towards the end, but I'll tell you that if the ending was decent I'd probably scored The Babadook with something like 7 or 8 stars. With how it went, 3 is all that it deserves. You can check it out for the novelty, but at least be aware that all things considered it is going to suck.