User Reviews

This film starts out in a very promising way. Philomena is a great character and I loved spending time with her. Then the murderous, weirdo teens show up and the whole thing devolves into a loud, shrieking torture porn mess. There's no development of the teenagers, literally no information given except that they are siblings and it's the birthday of one of them. Everything about the last 3/4 of the film is unpleasant, but not in a way that is challenging or engaging. I can't blame the actors, who seem like they are trying. I think that the problem is how the movie was written and the lack of any kind of relationship between Philomena and the kids. Everything that happens is scary and horrible on paper, but a chore to actually watch. This would have been a better film if instead of being a horror movie we just spent 90 minutes watching Philomena getting high and eating popcorn on her couch.