Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Sherazade This film could have been great if the makers would have just paid a little attention to detail. I had a question for almost every scene, for instance why was Kate's husband so money hungry? It almost seemed he was always in a hurry to get away from his wife because of one thing or the other but in the scene with his mother-in-law when he described his successes at work before the updates on the child he was about to have with his wife, I just deduced that he's a money hungry d-bag. Kate for all her many flaws was too trusting and needy but why? Okay so we know that her brother died tragically (this is not explained, audience is left to figure it out) and there is a rift with her mother but hasn't the writer given us enough to at least feel sorry for Kate when the story begins to unravel? Anyhow, here is one thing I know for sure...this film was made on an approximately 3.5 million dollar budget and only returned $42,951 at the box office (that's not even a flop it's a disaster) and the reason probably being its little audience walking out in anger, demanding their money back and warning others not to waste their hard earned cash on this turkey.

newhopes I expected so much more from this movie because I generally really like British movies. But...Unfortunately, I figured out the plot (albeit not all of the minor twists) in the first 5 minutes. I give the writer/director credit for vivid character development without beating the viewer over the head. And the acting was stellar. But other than that the movie was like a predictable roller coaster ride (only because the acting was great, not because I wondered where the ride was going). But the ending left me absolutely wishing I'd gone for groceries. It was one of the least satisfying, predictable conclusions imaginable... It was fairly clear what had happened but there was no realistic ending.What a disappointment!

Leofwine_draca THE ONES BELOW is a modern addition to the wave of psycho-thriller films that were all the rage in Hollywood in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These films typically depicted suburban families at the menace of urban threats and THE ONES BELOW is no exception. This time around, dull couple Clemence Poesy and Stephen Campbell Moore are an expecting couple whose relationship with their new neighbours, played by David Morrissey and Laura Birn, quickly sours.This thriller has an early plot twist which comes out of nowhere and is extremely shocking and powerful. Once I saw it, I was hooked. Sadly, the rest of the narrative can't match these early moments, and indeed this is a film that gets gradually more and more predictable as it goes on. As usual the main characters are ten steps behind the viewer and it gets more than a little familiar and more than a little tiresome very quickly.Poesy makes for an unlikeable heroine although Moore is good, even though his character is typically dim and oblivious to what's going on around him (much like his role in THE CHILDREN). Birn and Morrisey are excellent in their subdued and creepy roles, no surprise given the latter actor's pedigree. This low budget story is well shot and realistic, but towards the end it gets very dramatically unsatisfying, which I put down to laziness on the writer's part. The extensive use of flashbacks is also poor. In the end, this is a seen-it-all-before type film that needs more oomph and more originality to make it work.

ikeybabe I did not know what to expect with this film and was pleasantly surprised. The "ones" below were super creepy neighbors. The whole film had a moody kind of vibe to it. The story unfolded just right - the main character was just a little bit off. Her husband was just a bit too distant and the husband below (The Governor from "The Walking Dead") was a slow-boil to major eruption kind of guy and the trophy wife was just that - a pretty and obedient spouse, who was just too friendly to be true. I was seriously disturbed by the extra feedings (trying not to include any spoilers here), but in the end I did guess what would happen next. Overall, a good movie with some terrific acting and an intriguing script. Well done.