Crimson Peak

Le joueur del Toro s’est encore amusé avec les ambiances, costumes et masques et je dois dire que je ne me suis pas ennuyé au cours des cent vingt minutes du métrage. Félicitons le cinéaste pour avoir misé sur le bon numéro avec la Bélier Jessica, laquelle a joliment accaparé le film. (25/12/2015)

Que Guillermo ne s'est pas contenté cette fois-ci de la production pourrait être compris comme un besoin de deux cachets. Le sujet est banal et non original, à peine digne d'une durée de 90 minutes. De plus, il n'y a pas de tension et les effets spéciaux essaient de créer un effet de retour en arrière. Cependant, les décors sont vraiment magnifiques, le casting est génial et l'occasionalité de violence est satisfaisante. Le potentiel d'un "twisted romance", qui aurait pu en ressortir, offrait plus de possibilités. Guillermo aurait simplement dû éviter de vouloir satisfaire un large public et jouer sur une corde plus perverse. C'est dommage que le créateur de mondes cinématographiques si singuliers et magiques se gâche avec cela. (18/10/2015)

Gothic horror movie should, by its very nature, contain elements of romance, as well as Gothic novel should contain elements of horror. There is no doubt about that. But this ration must be well-balanced, whether in favor of horror movie with elements of romance or the other way around. Which is exactly where Toro fails. He took half-and-half approach and so it's neither a dog nor a cat, but a kind of hybrid covering two genres, which does not work very well in either department and the ending of "intense snowy Kill Bill final" is not appropriate in terms of genre rules. Audio-visuals are highlighted too much and it lacks a decent story line (it would hardly be enough for a short story), atmosphere, mystery, pace or just a hint of tension between the characters. If del Toro wanted to make the Gothic subgenre more interesting for today's youth, he did not pick his battle very wisely. If his intention was a traditional movie of this subgenre, then he failed terribly. If he tried to pay tribute to Hammer’s horror movies, he did exactly the opposite in a very disrespectful way. In any case, we must admit that the aforementioned audio-visual side of things is really impressive (except for the horrible CGI nonsense...I mean, ghosts and I do not think that in the gothic genre movie it needs to be so obvious) and along with the cast that does their best, is the only thing that makes it bearable. (15/10/2015)

Guillermo del Toro can create an atmosphere and a beautiful scenery; you can’t deny that with any of his movies. But the flow of storytelling can sometimes be an issue and it doesn’t let his movies be perfect experiences.For the first 50 minutes, I thought I’d die of the worst possible movie boredom. It wasn’t until Mia found out that she was on Crimson Peak that it all started to get good. Especially since the atmosphere of the house itself began to show. I must admit, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen two completely different movie halves. While the first half of the movie is awfully boring, the second half is what makes the movie worth watching. (04/11/2016)

I was wary because to me Del Toro is a pretty overrated director, but en the end I loved Crimson Peak for its artistic style – its not very original story notwithstanding – and I’m giving it almost the highest rating. The money put on it can really be seen. Given that right now there aren’t that many big narrative horror films, I don’t think it’d be fair to throw Crimson Peak among the average. The cast is wonderful, finally someone who really knows how to act in a genre film. A proper gothic-horror in the best sense of the word, and I’m sure it will make it to my TOP 10 this year. (16/10/2015)