BeSummers
Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.
Nayan Gough
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Blake Rivera
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Edwin
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
Ada Mada Pia
Or so the saying goes. This film is a perfect example of that.At first we're led to believe that the people attacking this family are masked strangers, but we soon learn that this is a money grab attempt. We have Paul and Aubrey Davison, two successful people who have done well for themselves and their children. They are kind, generous, loving folks who welcome their now grown kids as well as their significant others into their home to celebrate their wedding anniversary.Personally, the blood and gore are nowhere near as gut-wrenching (pun intended) as the premise. Children who grew up with privilege and with warm, supportive parents, yet lack their talent and charisma and are failing miserably at life. It's absolutely sickening to me that these now adult children went so far as to plan these murders ahead of time in the hopes that the police would believe the killers were random strangers so that they would inherit their parents' money.These children lack so little humanity, it's difficult to believe they weren't adopted. After they murder their sister's boyfriend and then their sister, they brutally murder their own mother in her bed while she's devastated over her daughter's death.After they take out their father, the inevitable happens: They turn on each other. Not surprising after the way these grown men behaved before the killings. Spoiled and whiny, generally unlikable people which leads me to wonder what Erin ever saw in Crispian.So we have a group of wonderful people gathered together in what is supposed to be an enjoyable family event, but they are cut down in their prime by those they trusted most. For greed. All in all, I really enjoyed this film and its deeply troubling theme that leaves you wondering who you can trust when those you love turn on you. Coupled with the extremely satisfying ending where Erin delivers some much overdue justice, I give this film an 8 out of 10. The characters are very believable and the actors did a good job in their execution (pun intended). It had enough suspense and the element of surprise to keep me on the edge of my seat and I love the complexity of the villains, instead of the cookie cutter slashers of many films in its genre. I think what gets me the most about this particular film is that there is no tragic backstory on the villains' part. No catastrophic events that brought them to this point. It's simply the deeply flawed nature of the human condition.
mikoraud
My rating is given in context. Shawshank Redemption or Citizen Kane it is not, but the makers are keenly aware of what they are filming. I am not a fan of scary/horror or gore (to put it mildly) and after the first killing I was on the verge of just giving up. I am glad I didn't. The twist is nicely implemented and the lead is a smart strong (literally) female not very common in films and would make Joss Whedon and Sarah Connor proud af.I agree that the first act is a drag, and to be fair, you would't miss much if you skipped it altogether. I do not agree with the label "low budget" or rather its connotation. It may well be low budget but it does not show. All in all, a very solid addition to the genre and one that would please anyone looking for more than a simple blood fest. Couldn't propose an improvement.
sol-
Tensions flare between the grown-up children of a wealthy couple at a dinner party until the siblings realise that they are under home invasion attack in this thriller from 'The Guest' director Adam Wingard. As per 'The Guest', one of the best asset of 'You're Next' is the 1980s style music score, though the greatest virtue of the project is Sharni Vinson's performance as one sibling's mild-mannered girlfriend who has a surprising knack for fending off the antagonists. The film also has an intelligent twist around halfway in that spins the material in a very different direction. Twist aside though, the first half of the movie does a remarkable job showing the power of adversity to bring even the most divided family together as they band together to survive. Indeed, the entire project could be read as a parable of dysfunctional families in contemporary times. All that said and done, one does have to endure some second-rate supporting performances. Sections of the dialogue also comes off as forced with the conversations between the antagonists in the second half often only seeming to exist to deliver unnecessary exposition. In general though, this is riveting stuff, topped off with a memorable conclusion and final scene. The creaky manor and outskirts location are also pitch perfect with the film simply soaked with atmosphere.
Iuri Moraes de Oliveira
OK, I don't know what is going on, why are people giving this good rating? I think this was the worst home invasion movie I've ever watched. The only explanation that I can think of is that it was supposed to be bad and I didn't get the point of the movie, I don't know, maybe someone can clarify it to me... I'm shocked, really. I think I can have this movie on my top 10 worst horror movies of all time, seriously. I swear I'm not trying to be a dick or anything, I'm just totally confused. I almost couldn't watch it to the end because it was soooooooooooo awful in every aspect, from the first second to the last. Maybe the only reasonable thing was the gore effects, they were fine, but that's it.