Friday, June 26, 2020
You Should Have Left
Kevin Bacon is a former high profile banker that has a troubled past that follows him in this newest Blumhouse production based on a novel by Daniel Kehlmann. Why do I call out Blumhouse, because they are usually misses for me more than hits, there always seems to be a formulaic model they use for the majority of the films, this one is no exception. Bacon and his younger movie star wife, Amanda Seyfired, decide to take a vacation with their daughter before her next picture begins production and they decide to stay at a foreboding modernist house in the Welsh countryside near her future shooting location. Things begin to shift as we learn more about Bacon’s past and that this house has more secrets in its walls and becomes a character in and of itself. I started off intrigued as the mystery of Bacon’s past is stirred up early on, when they get to the countryside and visit a small shop in town there seems to be something eerie about the house that matches up with its black modernist design out in the country. The house is modernist both in and out though it has a closed floor which allows the director l, David Koepp, to be able and manipulate the house as needed and setup shots that disorients the characters. There is some interesting concept here especially as Bacon begins to discover the workings of the house then it kind of went off rails in the end for me. The performances are good, the problem was I just got bored through most of this movie there are your standard Blumhouse jump scares for the most part though they come well predicted. Many have compared it to The Stand, if your looking for a lite version of that then here you go, I wish it had hit theaters, open up already!, because I probably would have seen this for $5 bucks at my local AMC in the morning. It is not worth the $19.99 theater at home rental, I feel that is what my reviews have come down to now is it worth the cost of rental, I wish it had a cheaper rental option and kept the $19.99 to purchase, for a rental or this quality it’s a hard pass. D.
