Review of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) by Spangle — 05 Dec 2015
Brilliantly shot, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a good film and a great debut by director Ana Lily Aminpour, who immediately becomes a woman to keep an eye on. The acting is very good as well, but the real star here is the camera.
With the film being light on plot, the camera work steals the show and really pulls out all of the possible beauty in the film. In addition, the atmosphere cultivated by Aminpour and the composer is great as it really keeps you on edge, though I certainly wish there was more a pay-off when it comes to vampires and the sucking of blood.
Nowhere near as scary or horrorish as it should have been, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night falls short of being great for that reason and unlike other films that fall short here (Let the Right One In, another vampire flick, for example) it does not offer enough to overcome that.
Regardless, it is a very good work that deserves praise.
This review of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) was written by Spangle on 05 Dec 2015.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night has generally received positive reviews.
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