Dans les hautes herbes

Les films de genre avec des paradoxes spatiotemporels se ramassent à la pelle et Dans les hautes herbes devait vraiment apporter quelque chose d’innovant et d’intéressant pour pouvoir s’imposer. Malheureusement, il s’agit d’un film très répétitif et peu inventif qui, dans le meilleur des cas, vous procurera une légère satisfaction d’avoir vu cet amuse-bouche horrifique absolument non mémorable. Au pire, vous en ressortirez indigné(e) face au gaspillage d’acteurs (ici, le rôle de Patrick Wilson est assez épouvantable) et à l’engagement d’un réalisateur jadis prometteur, mais qui a entretemps plus ou moins perdu la face. (16/11/2019)

I am telling myself that if Netflix wanted to break through in something, it would be the horror genre. Based on Stephen King’s book, directed by a director from the list of Americans who now own this genre, actors with unfamiliar names cast as main characters and what’s more, with Patrick Wilson. I have to admit that In the Tall Grass creates a proper atmosphere. It is a pity that it is such a crap. (31/12/2019)

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). (04/10/2019)

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% (07/10/2019)

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. (04/10/2019)