on THE WITCH (2015, 92 minutes, R)
The Quick of It -
Ok, so the word on the 'street'
was this film showed promise. Well,
don't listen to the street.
A period piece set in
colonial America has the groundwork for a great film. The setting and premise are solid, keeping to a rustic and 'truth
in film' atmosphere. You may get put off by the language as your
ear has to adjust for the first 30 minutes, but you also spend that time
waiting... and waiting. Director Robert
Eggers shows you he can make something out of nothing, just this was not the
strongest story development he could have gone with. By keeping too close to the formula, where it seems a documentary
made into a live-action film, the story losses the flair needed to impress. There are the bits of tension, the clever
use of past references, and imagery that could haunt you... but the culmination
leads to so little.
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