Review of Resurrection (2022) by Jluis_001 — 07 Aug 2022

In Resurrection, drama and trauma come first. That's evident in the character portrayed by Rebecca Hall. It's clear there's something that keeps her so alert.

Then we're let in on what's going on and so the twists begin, especially the **** up one that in my opinion doesn't quite come together because it's a horrific event, but the film doesn't exploit it in that way. It's like it was afraid of being so messed up. And that's the turning point of this story, whether you buy it or not. I didn't and that detracts points and a lot of strength from this movie.

Horror film and thrillers expect a lot of disbelief from the audience, but sometimes that can backfire quite a bit. I don't deny that both Hall and Tim Roth manage to keep it from feeling downright ridiculous, but the way they teeter between that line is a very risky gamble for this tale.

If its climax and ending are merely the assumption of a metaphor, I might be more sympathetic to what this plot proposes, alas Resurrection didn't have the subtlety to deal with the subject matter in that way.

It's okay for a film not to give away all its answers and for the audience to accept that not everything should be definitive, but neither should the experience become frustrating just because it is, and that's where Resurrection fails.