As a product of the Goosbumps / Are You Afraid of the Dark / So Weird / Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark era I enjoyed this. The story telling gets messy and weak but I think it's an interesting take on bringing the RL Stine stories into current times. Characters needed more work, story needed more work, but hey that wasn't really why I was there, was it?
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Washington Square 1997
This film is extremely difficult for me to sit through. Not because it is bad but because it captures the awkwardness of Catherine so intensely and manifests the horrible crushing feeling of knowing you are a disappointment to your loved ones and an embarrassment to everyone around you because you can't seem to figure out the rules that everyone else in the room is playing by.
Henry James' story is a long parade for the cruelty that awaits the socially ill-equipped and every time it makes me squirm in discomfort.
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Storm Boy 2019
If this film were just the beautiful cinematography and the brilliant performance by Finn Little and the pelicans then I would rate this film even higher. I think it gets snagged with a clunky frame story and a 'too on the nose' environmental message (and don't misunderstand, I am passionate about environmental issues, I just don't think the frame story weaves it in organically or discusses them in any nuance or depth that justify them being there for this story.)
The heart, the boy's story and that of Mr. Percival, is the true strength of this film.
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