Overall this worked better as a play. The pacing was better and lighting was by far better. There are many scenes just too dark to see anything going on. I felt that the art house direction of the film detracted from the performances. The big reveal of the father's secret is filmed from afar with him not even in frame. Reading character's reactions was impossible.
As in the play these are some pretty annoying people who can only communicate in unhealthy ways. So it's a bit hard to watch.
And as many of the low star rating reviews state it doesn't really go anywhere. It's just a slice of this family's life for whatever that's worth. Telling a segment of a family's life can be valuable without some cooked up resolution of everything.
I read the credits and immediately forgot Amy Schumer was in it. It was two thirds through before I noticed. She was fine. Held her own with the cast.
The cast was very good. It's tough material and each character is kind of one note. That problem was in the play too.
The frequent scary noises often startle us the viewers as much as characters and they get very loud at one point on my surround sound system. I'm sure my downstairs neighbors were wondering what I was doing.
As in the play these are some pretty annoying people who can only communicate in unhealthy ways. So it's a bit hard to watch.
And as many of the low star rating reviews state it doesn't really go anywhere. It's just a slice of this family's life for whatever that's worth. Telling a segment of a family's life can be valuable without some cooked up resolution of everything.
I read the credits and immediately forgot Amy Schumer was in it. It was two thirds through before I noticed. She was fine. Held her own with the cast.
The cast was very good. It's tough material and each character is kind of one note. That problem was in the play too.
The frequent scary noises often startle us the viewers as much as characters and they get very loud at one point on my surround sound system. I'm sure my downstairs neighbors were wondering what I was doing.
