Review of Next Door

Next Door (2021)
4/10
Somehow wrong story and characters
23 December 2022
Reading the positive reviews I expected something better, but the whole situation of the movie is strange in a bad way, the reaction of the protagonist are sometimes believable, sometimes not so much. I know pace can be slow, but in the 2nd quarter it sometimes turns boring, though later catches up. (As an example Drive for me was much longer but I was not bored a second.) Ending also does not give a proper closure,

Motives might be understood, but I feel the resulting actions too much, or sometimes too little. Main characters are not likeable on the basis of what they present during the runtime of the movie, even not to the point (at least for me) to be interested what is happening above a high level interest, which is too small to carry a movie.

Interestingly directing, cinematography and other aspects of the movie were very good, and I did not arrive to the point to stop it. I don't hate it, but also not like it. So if I would have not known about it, I would not be unhappy, but there are much better movies to watch than this one.
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