Review of Pet Sematary (2019) by Tinocaer — 10 Apr 2019
This movie is ok... with a solid premise and inconsistent execution. The little girl and the cat were both incredibly creepy and really helped make this movie just that bit more unsettling. Amy Seimetz was also pretty good, but Jason Clarke was not.
It's hard to blame him because his character is pretty flat — a doctor who is a very "classic" science person: all logic. The pacing of the movie is not that good. The first act of the movie was solid, it did a great job of making you feel uncomfortable — not quite at home.
This movie struggles in the second act, where things really slow down and get incredibly boring (my friend fell asleep and a woman next to me went on her phone). However, the third act picks things up again and it really gets exciting.
It also has a pretty dark and deep meaning. The finale of the movie really surprised me (as someone who had neither read the book nor seen the previous adaptation), and will definitely surprise you as well.
Overall, this film does a pretty decent job at balancing deep and dark subjects with more exciting scares.
This review of Pet Sematary (2019) was written by Tinocaer on 10 Apr 2019.
Pet Sematary has generally received positive reviews.
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