7/10
Good film, but PLEASE stop calling it Horror and Thriller
4 March 2019
Warning: Spoilers
It's a good film about a lovable loser. An adult who misses his father too much, flunks out of school and then lies about it, is awkward with women, cannot drive, etc. So naturally, his friends and cousins lovingly tease him, and his aunt gives him money to get him to visit his mother, and the hottie of the group willingly sleeps with him. He doesn't have it so bad!! Turns out, he really can't handle the pressures of life and blows his own brains out. I defy anyone to show me where the horror lies. Or the thriller aspect of this film. I discovered this movie because I read a great review of it in the NYer. She called it a horror film, so I was eager to see it. It's a fine family drama, but zero horror. Oh, and the NYer said that it becomes clear who is to blame for the guy's suicide, meaning she blames the friends who tease him. Uhh, no. The dude stuck a rifle under his own chin, so don't tell us it's someone else's crime. Also, what's up with the last scene? The dead dude is in the back seat of the car, alive. Huh???
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