If I were a professor grading a student film I would give this high marks for effort but also plenty of notes and criticism.
As a filmgoer watching a movie for leisure. Well, you can see my score.
If I were a professor grading a student film I would give this high marks for effort but also plenty of notes and criticism.
As a filmgoer watching a movie for leisure. Well, you can see my score.
The way the two lead characters meet is too caustic for what follows to be believable. There's limitations on how rough a first impression can be and still allow a character to redeem themselves and the film goes well past it.
The addition of romantic elements at the 11th hour was both completely unnecessary and served to undermine everything that happened before it.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The technical filmmaking aspects of Speak No Evil are all well done, if not amazing. Camerawork is solid with some occasional truly well-framed shots and sound design is very effective throughout. The movie's score is good, though it occasionally relies too heavily on it. There are only so many times you can show us sweeping vistas of beautiful countryside or a normal home with harsh musical stings in the background before the trick gets old. We get that something is…
Like someone accidentally mixed their pro-life propaganda script up with one for a monster flick. The only remotely interesting thing about this film is the monster costume.