In the Tall Grass

The Canadian production In the Tall Grass is not badly made. There are some interesting shots. The practical effects aspect is very well executed when it comes to the practical effects aspect. It is scary and quite hardcore at times. However, the narrative failed to captivate me, I was not entertained, and I was bored by it. Also, I do not want to see Patrick Wilson in roles like this, and I guess I like him too much for that. (01/31/2020)

The director of Cube, along with Netflix and Stephen King, made a mindfuck that I didn't buy at all. It starts of weell. Tall grass, lost people and a chance to develop an interesting mythology with unknown rules, but the creators start to weave in complex time loops in which the viewer gets even more lost than the people in the grass themselves. The film tries to look smart, but it's more of a plot potluck without any sense, and I really hate it when a character dies and is soon there again, over and over. There are no jump-scares or gore either, so a really uninteresting and very boring affair for me at least. 40% (10/07/2019)

First off, I couldn't stand the awful visuals and camera work – digital grass, really? The intertwining timelines were intriguing, but ultimately didn’t deliver anything that knocked me off my feet, topped off with an unsatisfying resolution. In the Tall Grass feels like a 20-minute short unnecessarily stretched to 101 minutes, with Patrick Wilson delivering the worst performance of his career. I haven't read the original story, but this film didn't pique my interest enough to choose this one over other King novels. I usually enjoy minimalist films and horror, but this odd blend of Cube and Children of the Corn just didn't do it for me. Honestly, I expected more from Natali. (01/21/2020)

It's actually a good thing the novella on which this film was based hasn't been published here yet, because I couldn't/didn't compare it to the source material and could "just" be surprised and entertained. And there was definitely something to enjoy! At first the viewer thinks "Oh, so some variation of Children of the Corn?", but that's a big mistake, because the film turns out to be something completely different. Better. Before it was over, I knew I would have to watch it again soon, and that doesn't happen all that often. It's another great addition to the family of films produced in 2019 based on Stephen King’s work (actually, more like Joe Hill, since I mostly saw his handwriting in the story). (10/04/2019)

A fairly gratifying storyline about a cursed field where several people get lost, only to collide in various ways and have strange things happening to them. And there’s plenty of strange things happening, thanks to which you don’t have much chance to get bored. Though, on the other hand, it all starts to look quite random, like a bizarre bric-a-brac that is never explained. If someone wants to dig deeper into it, they can blast the film with a clear conscience. But I had fun, I don’t care. (10/04/2019)