Directed by : Ciaran Foy
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5294518/
Take a deep breath in. Blow out all your candles. Make a wish.
Spoilers ahead..
Eli (Charlie Shotwell), a young boy is taken to a facility-home handled by Dr Horn (Lili Taylor) where she assures that his auto immune disorder will be cured, but with time he realizes he is only getting worse at this new place.
If you had seen the trailer, then it was visible that Dr. Horn isn't what she appears to be, and thats how the 1st and 2nd act goes too. Only difference is we discover an altogether different answer to our questions in the 3rd act. Basically whether you love the 3rd act or not decides your opinion about the movie. I couldn't digest it, mainly for how badly it was executed, watching doctors suddenly turn into church nurses doing exorcism that felt funny.
In the 3rd act, Eli is told to be son of devil, and he never had any disorder, but then question arises what were those red rashes he gets or is afraid of getting always. He surely must have tried going out once to confirm it. We are given a hint that Eli's Mom, Rose (Kelly Reilly) wasn't faithful to his Dad, Paul (Max Martini) in one of their private conversation. Also, I didn't get why Eli was getting haunted if all the time it was about him getting to know the truth about himself.
I do wanna like the twist, but thinking about the story shown before the 3rd act, it just becomes hard to not feel kind of cheated. Performances wise, Charlie was great while I expected lot more from Lili, she just felt too much one tone. Kelly Reily was decent, while Max Martini was way below average. Also, a cameo from Sadie Sink was likeable though again the real identity when revealed made less sense.
Eli is a decent one time-watch for most of its runtime, definately better than the ones that released lately on Netflix. It falters in the final act for me. Scare wise there are few moments, not too many.
My Rating : 5/10
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5294518/
Take a deep breath in. Blow out all your candles. Make a wish.
Spoilers ahead..
Eli (Charlie Shotwell), a young boy is taken to a facility-home handled by Dr Horn (Lili Taylor) where she assures that his auto immune disorder will be cured, but with time he realizes he is only getting worse at this new place.
If you had seen the trailer, then it was visible that Dr. Horn isn't what she appears to be, and thats how the 1st and 2nd act goes too. Only difference is we discover an altogether different answer to our questions in the 3rd act. Basically whether you love the 3rd act or not decides your opinion about the movie. I couldn't digest it, mainly for how badly it was executed, watching doctors suddenly turn into church nurses doing exorcism that felt funny.
In the 3rd act, Eli is told to be son of devil, and he never had any disorder, but then question arises what were those red rashes he gets or is afraid of getting always. He surely must have tried going out once to confirm it. We are given a hint that Eli's Mom, Rose (Kelly Reilly) wasn't faithful to his Dad, Paul (Max Martini) in one of their private conversation. Also, I didn't get why Eli was getting haunted if all the time it was about him getting to know the truth about himself.
I do wanna like the twist, but thinking about the story shown before the 3rd act, it just becomes hard to not feel kind of cheated. Performances wise, Charlie was great while I expected lot more from Lili, she just felt too much one tone. Kelly Reily was decent, while Max Martini was way below average. Also, a cameo from Sadie Sink was likeable though again the real identity when revealed made less sense.
Eli is a decent one time-watch for most of its runtime, definately better than the ones that released lately on Netflix. It falters in the final act for me. Scare wise there are few moments, not too many.
My Rating : 5/10
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