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Movie review: The Visit

22/8/2016

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This movie severely divided M. Night Shyamalan’s critics. While some movie commentators complimented the film as a proper return to form for the controversial director, others severely criticized the movie, in the worst way possible. But I have my own personal opinion about it. If I would criticize one thing in the movie, it would be the found footage style. I think this movie would be better suitable in the traditional form. I know it will probably result in another movie, but, regardless, I think that the conventional form would give the movie a more sinister and macabre tone. Nonetheless, the movie is in fact very scary, and have a lot of authentic frightening moments as well, but I can’t avoid thinking how this story would result, if shot in the traditional manner. 

​While I cannot exactly say I am a fan or a specialist in the moviemaking career of Mister Shyamalan, for me, this is certainly the best Shyamalan movie that I have seen so far. It’s good. It’s authentic. Despite being shot in the now tired and overused found footage style, you get a realistic presence and a true to life cinematic feel. The movie is filled with funny as well as scary scenes, being great and very well dosed the balance in between them. You get a real sense of strategy, reality, fear and commitment to ordinary life itself. True and very scary fearful moments. Tension, horror, desperation and expectation. Yes, this movie has it all, in a very thin, subtle, disguised manner. If you are a fan of genuine horror films, you have to see The Visit. If you do yourself the favor of ignoring completely the found footage style – that, forgive me for the heresy, but I have to say, Shyamalan handled very skillfully, decently complying with the standards, while at the same time, reinventing the limitations of the genre – you will have a very good horror piece. This movie is worth watching it! And by the time you’re reading this review, I’ve already seen the movie a second time!


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Regardless of the competent direction of M. Night Shyamalan, the greatest triumph of the movie resides in the great skills of its two main actors, Australian teenagers Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould. Being very skilled, talented, playful, spontaneous, realistic, and confident, despite acting like real professional actors, they appear not to forget how to be true real life teenagers, in one of those “life imitates art” situations, that we hardly see coming spontaneously in movies these days. Both really handle very well their respective characters throughout the movie, giving life to sad teenagers that find difficult to go on with their lives, now that their father dismissed them for good. DeJonge and Oxenbould form a terrific duo, with great timing, synergy, in-depth ability to communicate, and a very convincing brother and sister relationship, to the point that this movie would not be the same, if they had not being cast. They are amazingly great together, and it is impossible not to like them both!     

Well, finally, The Visit turns out to be a very, very good movie! I think I never became so happy because of a movie before. A little more thriller than actual horror, The Visit is a groundbreaking genre twisting tension picture, that proves why Shyamalan hurts so badly “movie experts” and “movie critics” all the way through. He knows what he’s doing! He’s good at it! Well, what can I say? At least, it fits very well my personal taste! And certainly, if you like a very good, pretty functional, perfectly directed found footage mystery thriller film, The Visit is a safe choice. You will have the most wonderful time seeing it!  

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Wagner

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