Review of The Visit (2015) by Aliceofx — 14 Sep 2015
I now wonder what to compare The Visit with. If you look back to Shyamalan's earlier masterpieces The Visit seems sub-par. If you look at the last seven years of his career this film looks like a welcome return to decency.
The Visit is by no means a great film, and it is not as smart as, say, The Conjuring was. But the only thing I found bad about it was the predictable ending. Other than that The Visit is a perfectly good horror film. It was scary in all the right ways, weird without being too unrealistic.
The characters were good and the film had nice drama. Deanna Dunagan, who played Nana, was my personal favourite in this film. The biggest source of tension in the story is the uncertainty felt by the two children. At one point their grandparents seem completely normal, then they switch between confused or violent. You really don't know what to expect and it creates a great mood for the film.
As for more spoiler filled details what I really didn't like was how at the end of the film the sad, dramatic mood was utterly ruined by the humorous rap part. It completely killed the atmosphere and just seemed very amateurish. And what was with the Hansel and Gretel themes? It seemed like they would go somewhere, but they never do?
Overall I would say The Visit is average, but far from bad.
This review of The Visit (2015) was written by Aliceofx on 14 Sep 2015.
The Visit has generally received mixed reviews.
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