Review of The Babadook (2014) by Blackavars — 06 Dec 2014
This movie gets a lower score due to how much potential it had. Given a good script rewrite it could have been a classic. It has some small pacing issues but thats nothing compared to the tiny cast of entirely unlikable characters.
The kid is awful from the get go and you really hope he's the first to die. You empathize with the mom a bit for dealing with the little sh¡t but she isnt very likable either. Perhaps through the use of flashblacks they could have made you care about them more or if they added more characters to help give context rather than isolate the characters then they could have achieved the same result.
But, in the end, it is just two unlikable characters that can't die soon enough.
This review of The Babadook (2014) was written by Blackavars on 06 Dec 2014.
The Babadook has generally received very positive reviews.
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