We were in between Netflix shipments so I stopped by the movie rental place and saw this on the shelf. Not bad, actually.
The whole movie has a very Tim Burton feel to it and it is not nearly as suspenseful as the trailer makes it out to be.
The cast is great, the visuals are real good, the story holds it's own right up to the end where it sort of frays and falls apart. Another of of those "That's all the time we have for now!" endings that always makes me think of the ending of Monty Python's Holy Grail.
It occurred to me afterwards that the whole thing might be an adaptation of Plato's Allegory of the Cave which might actually give the ending more credit - but I haven't read Plato in about 16 years so don't hold me to it.
The wife liked the movie in part becase she thought the little girl who plays "Poppy" has Annabelle-ianesce qualities.
Totally worth renting so long as you aren't in the mood to be "stunned" by a movie. I am thinking a rainy afternoon with nothing better to do . . .
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