THB # 597: Speak No Evil (spoiler-lite)
The ambition of James Watkins’ Speak No Evil seems to be a combination of Sam Peckinpah’s controversial classic, Straw Dogs, and Ari Aster’s recent masterwork, Midsommar… but with kids added.
The problem is, ultimately, that it’s not quite brave enough to be either film.
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