«What the fuck!?» One day a handsome guy with a big backpack knocked on the door of a family that lost a son and brother in the war. He introduced himself as a co-worker of the deceased guy, to which, naturally, the mother invited a guest to the house. According to David, who introduced himself as a guest, the son died before his eyes, and the last thing he asked was to convey the words of love to his relatives, and David, as a faithful comrade, kept his promise. Despite the apparent discontent of her daughter and quarrels with her husband, the mother of the deceased could not not leave her son’s friend at home, but David was waiting for this.
As the poster says, “Be careful who you let into your home.” This phrase is the main meaning of the film. No matter how sweet and kind the guest was, no matter who he introduced himself, no matter what he said, no matter what he pressed, you cannot trust completely and completely. In the film, the maternal instinct worked, when a mother who lost her child, especially in the war, tries to cover the bitterness of loss thanks to at least some information from the lips of those who were next to him in the last minutes, and the main character is cunning and took advantage of this. A very real situation, possible, thus plausible.
As for the dynamics, I can’t say that this film can boast of it very much, but I was not bored, even, on the contrary, the constant tension, some mysterious atmosphere, as mysterious as this Guest, who looks nice and kind in public, but once everyone goes out the door, he becomes terribly pensive and, frankly, angry. And it's all the credit of Dan Stevens. Unfortunately, I didn’t see any work where he was in the first roles, but here he worked perfectly! That's awesome! Two people in one body! I believe it!!! People are captivated by appearance, manners and warmth, directly radiated from him, but if you go against him, he becomes a truly terrible person! It's a mixture of Rayne Gosling and Bradley Cooper. I would love to see him in other films. Among other actors, I would like to point out to Mike Monroe that there is something in her, but she still needs to work on expressing emotions.
Another guarantee of the right atmosphere was the right soundtrack. Same frowny, gray, old school thing. Anyway, that's right. There are no claims to the schedule, and those that exist can be written off on an obvious not the most solid budget.
Adam Wingard, to be honest, surprised. After a second-rate, boring horror movie, he got his own strong movie (unless the ending might say otherwise). But, of course, the main trump card of the film is Dan Stevens, who played impeccably. I watched with interest.
7 out of 10
