Ambition.. vision.. underlining tones and tension

Rating: 9/10 (23 March 2019)

Anytime you walk out of a theatre and hear theories of what just happened in the 1hr 56 min. Movie you just watched is always a good sign of a well crafted and thought provoking story.
"US" spoiler free review:
This movie starts out slow but informative setting up a backstory via flashbacks of a troubled past that the mom has endured involving a certain event at a carnival. The movie then moves to modern day with her and her family going to their vacation beach house in Santa Cruz were certain events aren't adding up.. scenarios start unfolding in a particular way that starts to add some tension and truama.. then *bam* you're met with some of the most tense sequences and suspenseful occurrences I've ever witnessed in any film I've ever seen (for certain reasons I can't go any further into the story because I really don't want to spoil this for anyone)
Things I liked:
-tension that the situations added because of the well done backstory and flashbacks
-acting
-directing
-story
-vision to put the pieces of this well made story together
Things I didn't like:
-one scene explained way too much of the story
-add slightly more action and views of a certain sequence that unfolded near the end
Rating A- (9/10)