Speak No Evil

No I'm not talking about McAvoy, but we'll get to that.

First act: The setup is masterful. Nothing big happens this entire act, yet I found myself smiling and intrigued. It's a perfect example of how you can still create intrigue without needing action, or even worse, without having an opening scene that spoils what happens later in the movie.

Second act: Okay, now the lack of anything big happening is becoming a detriment. We should be seeing some escalation, but it just feels like a lot more setup.

Third act: Escalation finally arrives, but not enough. The potential doesn't reach the heights to make it memorable. And there are a couple of idiotic character decision. One almost made me facepalm in the theater.

As for the husband played by Scoot McNairy, I'm not sure if I've ever seen a lamer husband in my life. I know it was intentional and it didn't hurt my enjoyment, but all I kept thinking is, "Man up, you little...."

Overall, this was a mildly enjoyable, single-viewing type of movie. The reason I feel disappointed is because it could have been awesome if they "went for it" more. But McAvoy is a beast.

(1 viewing, opening night 9/12/2024)

I have seen the original version by mistake! I started that movie in a boring day with a need of watching a movie, horror especially and i choose this danish horror: "Speak no evil" and i was really impressed by this flick! Lots of suspense, lots of creepy scenes, dark, gritty and in a final: brutal and upsetting!

Now, i have watched this at an avanpremiere here in my country waiting something similar(i mean, duuh, it's a remake) but i have noticed that this one has more minutes in it: the original have 1hour and 37 minutes length and this one 1 hour and 50 minutes thinking they put some new scene in it but noooo! Much more talking and the movie seems more easy take on violence and brutality! The original movie was much more brutal(at least the final scene), this one it's more like a hard PG13 than an R rated one! James McAvoy give us a top notch performance and even the little girl's acting along with the little boy are very decent..but the movie missing the type of tension(there is tension in this one as well) from the original! Not a bad movie, but a mediocre one with some changes from the original! 6.5 out of 10 from me!

Topic says it all. I really was curious how Hollywood would adapt the original, as it was one of the best real-horror flicks i have seen in years and one with a message. I still rate this remake with 6 stars, because everything was good: especially the actors, the screenplay etc., but the end is awfully bad compared to the original. If the original movie (crew) had the money and the actors from the remake, then it would have been something, you would not forget in years.

Hollywood simply has no balls to do such a movie, instead it created something that is pretty fast forgotten. Moreover it completely misses the message and the feeling you have, after the ending of the original movie. So it is just a cliche ending so typical for Hollywood, it makes me sad.

A pretty good movie from start to finish right from the jump we are introduced to all characters involved pretty much 2 different families that end up befriending each other it seems random and you can feel something is a tad bit off as one couples seems eccentric and kind of different there are psychological games played between the 2 couples in particular whom both have children and what starts as a family get away with new friends turns into a nightmare with a couple of twist that shock you stellar performances from all cast and James Mcavoy never misses he's just a great villain so to speak if you haven't seen and like a thriller tha keeps you on your toes definitely check it out and it has a satisfying enough ending offically rate it 7.1 out of 10.

I just watched the new version of Speak No Evil and in typical fashion the Americanized version just had to change the ending that made the original absolutely incredible to watch as a horrorholic.

I didn't hate the 2024 version but it didn't have nearly the tension of the first. It didn't make you as angry as the first. It didn't make you wanna strangle all the actors like the first. And it didn't make you feel anything for the characters like the first.

As much as you can hate stupid naivety or pure evil in characters you still felt something for all of them in the first. The first 10/10 the second 6/10. And that's generous because it wasn't as awful as it could have been but really watch the original if you really want a good movie experience that will leave you reeling instead of oh well that happened.