I've been looking forward to watching this since I first heard some buzz around it after TIFF! I streamed it on ITunes, since it's not available at any theatres near me, and the atmosphere (particularly the moody music and the lush, foggy Irish woods) made for a wonderful rainy Friday night.
The acting is very good, especially from the lead actress, who plays the role of a sister torn between familial restriction and her burgeoning desires very well. The atmosphere, as mentioned before, also sets a wonderful backdrop for the movie, and heightens a lot of the folklore-y aspects and the sinister house the twins reside in. I appreciated the inclusion and utilization of the rudimentary prosthetic leg--it was a hugely common injury in young veterans coming back from the front post-WWI, and the way his injury was talked about and handled was intriguing to me as someone who works with medical history and how it is portrayed in media. My major complaint, however, is that the lore behind the Lodgers is inconsistent and very rushed at the end--I don't need everything spelled out for me, but when it's the very premise of your film you should probably give me a bit more to go on during the climax of the film, so that the emotional impact is a bit more resonant, and so I better understand the stakes.
I've been looking forward to watching this since I first heard some buzz around it after TIFF! I streamed it on ITunes, since it's not available at any theatres near me, and the atmosphere (particularly the moody music and the lush, foggy Irish woods) made for a wonderful rainy Friday night.
The acting is very good, especially from the lead actress, who plays the role of a sister torn between familial restriction and her burgeoning desires very well. The atmosphere, as mentioned before, also sets a wonderful backdrop for the movie, and heightens a lot of the folklore-y aspects and the sinister house the twins reside in. I appreciated the inclusion and utilization of the rudimentary prosthetic leg--it was a hugely common injury in young veterans coming back from the front post-WWI, and the way his injury was talked about and handled was intriguing to me as someone who works with medical history and how it is portrayed in media. My major complaint, however, is that the lore behind the Lodgers is inconsistent and very rushed at the end--I don't need everything spelled out for me, but when it's the very premise of your film you should probably give me a bit more to go on during the climax of the film, so that the emotional impact is a bit more resonant, and so I better understand the stakes.
