A spooky house, weird goings on and Kevin Bacon populate the all-too familiar 'You Should Have Left.'
) and a terribly cute young daughter . It’s difficult to describe much of their circumstance without spoilers, but Theo decides to take the brood to an isolated house in Wales before Susanna starts her next film in London. Bad dreams and weird stuff ensue, with lots of blatant foreshadowing in freaky images. And there are warnings.
The film works best in its dramatic moments, with these skilled actors presenting a seemingly happy — if somewhat incongruous — family whose cracks begin to show. Not that the characters are explored with particular depth in the script by director, but Seyfried and Bacon make us believe there’s a relationship there, warts and all. It can be a pleasure to see an actor of Bacon’s experience bringing his “been there, done that” ease to a genre film. He also produced.
Unfortunately, the movie’s thriller elements amount to pale reflections of many other works. Viewers will find most of the scare tactics familiar, from unsynchronized shadows and mirror images to the standard, ear-buffeting volume stings. The sound design, often an indicator of how strong the material is, is overzealous; the visual effects draw from a threadbare bag. The plot twists, especially the final reveals, have been seen before .
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