Starting with the positives, the best thing about this film is the acting from Mofydd Clarke. I have never heard of this actress before but I want to see her in more stuff because she has the capability to play lead roles and carry a film and leaving the audience intrigued. The other actors do a good job but Mofydd Clarke outshines them all.
Also the cinematography is just outstanding. How these scenes are shot, lit and framed at times is just incredible. This is a very well made film and the editing is also fantastic as it helps gives a hint of the lead characters backstory.
What I also liked about the film is its very unpredictable. I had no idea what direction it was going, I had no idea where it was going to end, I just could not predict it at any point at all.
Finally I appreciate the religious themes it tackles as it's heavily centred to the main plot and again, what I saw kept leaving me intrigued. I was never bored and everything that happened stuck in my mind.
Onto the mixed aspect of the film and it's pretty much based on how I started this review off. This film is not for everyone. It goes so far with the religious aspects of it and there's a lot of unsettling scenes. People will see this as an artistic film where others will be soured by the lack of entertainment.
That brings me to my negatives and personally for me, I didn't enjoy this film at all. I was fascinated by it for its quality but on the side of enjoyment, it wasn't there for me. I wasn't the target audience for it.
And whilst I think Mofydd Clarke did a great job, I didn't like her character at all. She's the most annoyingly boring character in film history for me and there's scene where she tries to not to be so boring and for me, that just came across as odd.
This is also a film that was overhyped as the scariest film in years because I didn't find it scary at all. Unsettling, yes. Disturbing, yes. Scary, not at all.
Finally I wasn't a fan of the character Lily Frazer played. Her character felt like she stumbled into the wrong film by accident.
Overall whilst I was definitely intrigued by this film and it has many filmmaking qualities, I can't see myself watching this again.
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