Review of The Forest (2016) by Michael H — 01 May 2016
By the time screenwriters Ben Ketai, Sarah Cornwell and Nick Antosca unpack the inevitable third-act reversals and twists, it's too little, too late, especially since those revelations rely upon an investment in the characters that the movie has expended too little effort in creating.
Natalie Dormer, for her part, invests herself in the proceedings, and manages to build two characters out of a script that barely bothers to give her one. (It's worth noting that the British Dormer does a dead-on American accent, while Yank Kinney - so wooden here he could be playing the title role - doesn't even try to sound like an Aussie.
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This review of The Forest (2016) was written by Michael H on 01 May 2016.
The Forest has generally received mixed reviews.
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