A drama/mystery indeed, but a horror it is not. When a film’s logline hints at sinister forces, haunted manors, and buried secrets, the bar needs to be set really high nowadays. The Little Stranger is a very slow-burn period drama/mystery that doesn’t amount to the viewer’s expectations.
With a very slow pace, repetitive situations, and distraction from the immediate and important issue of the actual little stranger, the film’s running time seems significantly longer than it is. And after everything, even if the ending was a jaw-dropping, mind-bending twist, chances are that you wouldn’t care that much by then. But it isn’t…
It’s a shame because a haunted, dark manor inhabited by a family carrying all that psychological and physical pain and a doctor who doesn’t belong to a society he is part of sound like strong ingredients for what could have been a back-in-time, spectacular cinematic journey.
Oscar-nominated Lenny Abrahamson directs Golden Globe winner Ruth Wilson, Oscar-nominated Charlotte Rampling, and equally exceptional talents Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter. All four deliver brilliant performances nonetheless. Lastly, it’s worth mentioning how mesmerising it is always when one listens to the English language spoken properly and in depth.
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