Idk why all the negative reviews. I hate to be "that guy", but I suspect they were mostly men, or women who haven't had children.
The movie is slowly paced, and quiet, but with a creepiness that gets under your skin. The fact that there is a baby involved makes it more terrifying. There are no lame jump scares, so maybe that's why the poor reviews.
The entire film is a powerful metaphor for postpartum depression, and the struggle of a new mother to feel connected to her baby the way everyone told her she would. The ghost story is actually secondary to that fact. But the ghost story, the horrid history of the house, are part of her journey to find herself again.
It's also a powerful metaphor for the way women are often gaslit by male doctors into believing everything is in their head and a pill will fix that. But she refuses, and instead battles the "ghosts in the house" for the life of her son, and in that moment, finds what she has been missing.
Ignore the hate, watch this movie, your skin will crawl, especially if you're a mom.
The movie is slowly paced, and quiet, but with a creepiness that gets under your skin. The fact that there is a baby involved makes it more terrifying. There are no lame jump scares, so maybe that's why the poor reviews.
The entire film is a powerful metaphor for postpartum depression, and the struggle of a new mother to feel connected to her baby the way everyone told her she would. The ghost story is actually secondary to that fact. But the ghost story, the horrid history of the house, are part of her journey to find herself again.
It's also a powerful metaphor for the way women are often gaslit by male doctors into believing everything is in their head and a pill will fix that. But she refuses, and instead battles the "ghosts in the house" for the life of her son, and in that moment, finds what she has been missing.
Ignore the hate, watch this movie, your skin will crawl, especially if you're a mom.