The Little Stranger

20th Century Fox | Release Date: August 31, 2018

6.0	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Ratings

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TVJerrySep 5, 2018

The last movie from director Lenny Abrahamson was "Room," which won him an Oscar. This follow-up is a dreary, tedious snoozer. Domhnall Gleeson plays a young doctor, who visits a patient at a great countryside estate. While he becomesThe last movie from director Lenny Abrahamson was "Room," which won him an Oscar. This follow-up is a dreary, tedious snoozer. Domhnall Gleeson plays a young doctor, who visits a patient at a great countryside estate. While he becomes entwined with the members of the family, we keep expecting suspense to develop…or even an interesting surprise. There are suggestions of a specter from the past, but the haunting remnants are ineffectual. In the 111-minute running time, almost nothing happens and it happens without skill or suspense.… Expand

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Davrosdaleks1Sep 2, 2018

This film is about a British doctor, who comes from a poor family, in post-World War II England, who befriends a financially troubled aristocratic family whose house may be haunted.

I deeply regret seeing this. The trailer does a good job ofThis film is about a British doctor, who comes from a poor family, in post-World War II England, who befriends a financially troubled aristocratic family whose house may be haunted.

I deeply regret seeing this. The trailer does a good job of tricking you into thinking this is something it is not. Sad thing is I'd looked at reviews for the original book this was based on and was aware this was supposed to be more psychological than a straight-up ghost story. Yet, I was still unprepared for the content. Although the movie starts out well enough, it becomes a terribly slow affair. Once the characters' motivations and personalities are revealed, the whole thing is a slog of repetitive chraracter traits and awkwardness by and/or between characters. Events are telegraphed way, way ahead of time. It doesn't help that this movie is as depressing and morose as all get out. That's not to say that I'm anti-depressing films in general. There are some really good ones out there (i.e. Grave of the Fireflies). This, however, doesn't have much to justify its existence.

To its credit, visually it is competently directed. The dilapidated old house looks quite good. The acting is all top-notch as well.

I haven't left a movie in such a bitter mood in a long, long time. I advise you to avoid this.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariJul 27, 2019

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Much closer to the experience of reading a book than watching a movie, as if the film adaptation had vanished, sunk by the excessive literariness of the directorial style that also frustrates the rare wriggles.

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MickeyFinnNov 8, 2022

A dreadful waste of time. Though well executed, the whole is just boring and inconsistent af. I mean is there a ghost (how Angela gets cuts out of thin air ?), is the doctor a psycho, is he posessed, did he cast a gypsy.. sorry a lower classA dreadful waste of time. Though well executed, the whole is just boring and inconsistent af. I mean is there a ghost (how Angela gets cuts out of thin air ?), is the doctor a psycho, is he posessed, did he cast a gypsy.. sorry a lower class redhead viking curse on the gentle nobles ? Or maybe poverty triggers psychic powers in upper classes...Take a pick already and stick to it ffs because they're all in there. There wasn't enough time for aliens and zombies probably. Oh and nazis. And chinese, since the culprit is named 'Yu'. Upper or lower class chinese, that is the real question . To be avoided… Expand

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