Review of Bird Box (2018) by Gioturra — 26 Dec 2018
Bird Box has two major components that save it from a 1/10. And that is Bullocks' captivating performance, and the general concept of the film (although heavily borrowed from The Happening). Everything else was a let down.
The story contains no set theme, and juggles genres from scene to scene. Moments of comic relief are generally poorly timed, and diminishes the momentum of the film. The characters are forgettable and two-dimensional, there is not depth to their ambitions.
Every death that occurs does not cause an impact, since there is no time to develop any sort of relationship with them. The anxiety could have been paced with slower transitions, quieter beats and overall more reliance on the emotion of the world created by Bier.
Moments where the music could let the picture breathe are entirely overlooked, causing a jarring mashup of intensities that pull you out of the experience. Sandra Bullock, on the other hand, saved the film.
Her performance was captivating and emotional, which lent the film brief moments of genuine awe. Bird Box could be a breath of fresh air in the horror realm, as "A Quiet Place" and "Hereditary" were.
However, the lazy development of characters and even lazier story-telling coupled with dubious acting (NOT from Sandra Bullock) shoot it down mercilessly.
This review of Bird Box (2018) was written by Gioturra on 26 Dec 2018.
Bird Box has generally received positive reviews.
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