The ending ruined the otherwise interesting movie.

Rating: 5/10 (3 January 2015)

This movie was doing pretty much fine until about ten, fifteen, minutes before credits. The story about an annoying child and a stressed out single mom, whom had encountered a boogeyman, had so far succeeded in making me feel pretty uncomfortable. Both mother and child played their role well, and the only criticism I had on their performance was that they maybe played their parts a little to well. I wanted to shun them just as much as their friends in the movie did, and I felt like warning the old neighbor-lady to stay away from them. The ending however (and I'm shocked the other two reviews I skimmed didn't mention it's horror) killed everything that had been building up and left me with my mouth open: The single mom ,touched by her child, puked out a black puddle and so ended the boogeyman possession. But of course, because you can't so easy get rid of Mr. Babadook, there had to be a final showoff. The monster that had been haunting mother and child the whole movie, and had even been able to drive mum crazy enough to kill the family-pet, wasn't giving up without a fight. There was in the end however no fight. She just told the monster he was nothing and was trespassing, and this for some reason send it to the basement. One or two scenes later it had just became something of a pet, that they fed worms to. And no reason was given whatsoever. There was no explanation on why it was defeated, or what it was even. The monster was in the end, just like the movie, a question mark and a letdown.