Never Let Go (2024) - Movie Review + Spoiler Discussion

[@brrntaylor]

The only thing im thinking is when she told the kids she lied and the evil was attached to her. Meaning her or her parents knew there was more world out there but made a decision to live in the woods to protect humanity beause im guessing the evil has some limited range from its host. I assume that means the evil can only show itself to its hosts....and once she died the evil was stuck in the greenhouse with her until the son opened the door. I think the little girl was real but she ran off. He chased her and the evil eventually attached itself to him. Leading to the rest of the movie. The issue is the leaps i have to take to make these assumptions make sense when the movie didnt give us reason to believe any of this.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Exactly, I'm fine playing a little bit of connect the dots, but in this movie you have to invent all of the dots yourself lol

[@mr.makeurtaco982]

i like this theory it makes the most sense

[@Bigbodipapi]

I see no way the girl being real, I think it was the Evil using what the little boy has knowledge of against him

[@harmonlanager2670]

I think the evil was real but strictly tied to her. I think she was part of a cult during her time in the city, explaining the snake tattoo. She was used as a vessel to bring this creature into the world but it’s stuck to her/her bloodline. That’s why she says “I brought the evil here”. I think her husband was part of this cult that orchestrated this, hence calling her his “runaway bride”. I’m confused as to what role the parents played though. She implied she poisoned them? I think? Or killed them? They could have been in on it or could have been trying to protect her, maybe?

[@history6988]

Didn't we see a picture of the hiker and the little girl before they emerged?

[@Dilemma998]

I think it would've been cool if in the end, the house itself was a demonic entity, & it was working through the mother as a vessel to keep the children there to feed off them. The mom constantly trying to keep them tethered to the house, the ritual they spoke about the house when they touched the wood inside. It would've been a cool twist to see the house as a trap vs. a sanctuary, and then when the boys escape they are finally free

[@Steven-le5oc]

@@Dilemma998 certainly better than the wtf and wait was that real or schizophrenia/psychosis. The movie was awesome until it wasn’t

[@dazah7076]

Yes I saw this last night and at the end the whole theater was confused. We all were like wtf did we just watch. Disappointing cause this movie had so much potential. The connection with the snake I didn't get. Everything felt like it was suppose to be a metaphor for something and the message just wasn't clear. Was the evil like a generational curse? What made that house special or "protected" ?

[@derekmatzek9551]

So in the scene towards the beginning when Sam lets go of his rope after Nolan trips him and Momma has to run to them and surround them with the rope, did anyone else think of the Seabear circle from SpongeBob

[@Jhairoh405]

Nope

[@Dezeree1976]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Chicago48]

Just watching that scene with all the rope, miles and miles of rope my question is - where did they get the rope?

[@bluescat59]

Where did the electricity to play the record come from?

[@NitaCapri414]

@@bluescat59 There was a hand crank like the ones from waaaay back in the day.

[@Steve-mp7by]

From the rope store

[@E1evenDegrees]

They said the grandfather built the whole rope contraction for the grandmother when she got too scared to leave the house.

[@Comegetyomansis4840]

I feel like the ending shot of the neighborhood and the world being perfectly fine was a large let down. To me, it became obvious that the world was just fine when the hiker and as killed and he called 911. They basically spoiled the ending right there by already telling you that the boys weren’t alone in the world.

[@michal6773]

Agree 100% about the ending not making any sense. There were also plot holes with regards to the timeline. Halle tells the boys throughout the movie that she also didn’t believe her mom while growing up, but then before she dies, she admits to her son that she is the one that brought the evil with her from the city and it’s her fault. So did it start with her mom or with her? Unclear. They also didn’t follow through with the line of her dark past and what she was hiding (as called out by her husband). And are we to understand the hiker was real, but his daughter was a trick of the evil? Were they both the evil? So many questions.

[@Steven-le5oc]

@@michal6773 hiker and daughter were definitely real. I think. Maybe. That whole last act was just like wtf seriously?

[@Jason92881]

I feel like all the pieces are there, it’s just the writer allowing the audience space to put the entire puzzle together themselves. We know the hiker was real because the boy was able to grab the can food from him and eat it with his brother. We also saw the hiker place a 911 call which led the ems team to his body and gave them a vantage point of seeing the house on fire and rescuing the boys. We know the girl was the entity playing a trick on the boy because she ends up possessing him after she morphed her body into six hands and exhibited a serpentine tongue.The director kept featuring the spider tattoos on Halle’s arm and the serpent on her back. Which read to me as some type of occultism she was involved in. Possibly cannibalism which is done to gain the strength and spirit of the consumed being. Just before halle un-alive’s herself the entity said it’s going to make her eat her babies. Then we get a cut scene of Hale eating on something in the woods with her mouth bloodied. Hints that she was either a cannibal in her previous life or was eating things like snakes in ritualistic ways that latched on to her. We can also gather that she shot the father of the boys in his back as the exit wound suggest he was running away from her not running towards her. She poisoned her mother because every-time the entity showed up as her mother she would be leaking some black liquid from her mouth and the entity says somebody poisoned my tea now I’m going to whoop you. The time line is corrupted because she lied saying it started in the woods with her mother but just before she dies she admits that she lied and that she was the one who brought the entity to the forest so it started with her and she lied about all of civilization being un-alive because of the entity. The whole rope narrative was a ploy by the mother to keep the boys latched to her so that they wouldn’t discover the truth about there being life outside the woods. There are a ton of layers to this film.

[@Jhairoh405]

​@@Jason92881YES, you were spot on and attention to details like the exit wounds and mother part. I agree this movie was layers and I think people won't understand it or like it because it wasn't fed to them but have to interpret and dig. I personally enjoy watching a movie twice or more to peel the layers but understand not everyone. If it was to simple I'd likely be complaining because it was too obvious. You just can't please everyone

[@michal6773]

@@Jason92881 thank you for that in depth analysis. I did notice the husband’s exit wound and the mother being poisoned, I just didn’t understand the timeline, but your assumption she lied about it starting with her mom and her being in a cult because of the snake tattoo makes sense.

[@mrmalaysia1]

​@@Jason92881this comment should be pinned. Seems like the most logical theory.

[@dre_withwithout]

This movie was essentially someone saying: "Hey, I got a movie idea!" The other person: "What is it?" Movie person: "Just wait till I figure out how to tell you."

[@marcelamarquez8232]

I think they are all cuckoo for coco puffs. There is a phenomenon where one person can start sharing their delusions with another in close proximity; folie á deux (like the name of the new joker movie 😊). After mama died due to her mental illness, the trauma triggered the mental illness in Sam and he started sharing his delusions with his brother Nolan. Even though they are twins, not all traumatic events hit the same. I think when he heard his brother say that his mom loved him more in the beginning, he actually said it and lied about it. Siblings can be cruel and he’s not exactly a reliable character. Every monster we saw was all in their minds. No outsider saw the evil. The photograph wasn’t seen by anyone other than the audience…and we were in on the delusions too. Maybe making us feel like we were losing it? That’s scary af. P.S. Do you think the story of Cain and Able might be relevant?

[@stoptheinsanity34]

She got called out for lying about something by the dad. She also finally admitted to the kids she was the one that brought the evil. I think all the pieces are there, but it could have done a way better job of explaining itself. I do think a rewatch will make it better. And maybe that is what they were going for.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Yeah it’s all too vague for me, I’d be curious to know of any rewrites or reshoots behind the scenes because it doesn’t feel like it came together how it was meant to, but maybe I’m wrong

[@Jhairoh405]

The only loose end I had to really dig and understand was the daughter of the man situation. I thought she was real but realize it was Sam's guilt and that's why he manifested her. I was like did she get rescued but comments helped me clear it up

[@YoItsEmo]

You said exactly what I'm thinking my man. Been dying to see if anyone else was as baffled by the wishy washy choices. What's even worse is I just saw a 10th anniversary screening of the Babadook the day before. Very similar stories--centered on a house, a mentally ill mother and her young child, and ambiguity over whether the supernatural entity was real. But where the Babadook excelled in walking that line satisfactorily, this movie fell flat and it's hard to exactly pin down why but you did a great job.

[@Syomaro354]

Could it be that Samuel was always possessed and Halle Berry was trying to keep him in the forest so that she doesn’t bring the monster into the real world?

[@PawsomePalsPetService]

I took it as Samuel is at age where his mental illness finally presented and the photo is just a manifestation of the possession of evil / how we view of mental illness, whereas I thought Nolan was having hallucinations from hunger and smoke inhalation at the end.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

They're twins though

[@PawsomePalsPetService]

@@BoxOfChocolatez I should have said the kids are at the age where they could both finally present symptoms of mental illness, but I did think Samuel is the older sibling I thought Nolan had a line of dialogue about Samuel being only an hour older. I thought it was implied momma had schizophrenia and her mother had agoraphobia. Either way during the entire movie I was back and forth on what I thought was happening. 🤷‍♀️

[@wandervoltz]

For a while, I got the vibe that this was a commentary on generational trauma and severe mental illness, and I was preparing for an ending either like "The Village" or "10 Cloverfield Lane". I was a bit confused by the end because it felt like both....??? 🤷🏽

[@TheAbnerCoutinho]

Exactlyyyyy!!!!!!!!

[@monikarosa2895]

And was the girl corpse in the Forrest in the beginning confused me too. Because it wasn’t the girl at the end right?

[@Steven-le5oc]

@@monikarosa2895 I was thinking she’d have to be but then she was just gone. Ugh this movie

[@TheFreshTrumpet]

i’m assuming that girl actually might have been real and Halle let her die under her false assumption. and then the very first jumpscare was just her dream as a transition. unless there’s a piece of this i’m missing

[@dianaavila9228]

I really enjoyed it. It was unexpected. Kept you guessing and left a lot to the imagination. I like that type of storytelling becaus you can interpret it how you see it. I think it could be right that it had to do with mental illness and all of the trauma that her kids went through. They maybe were hallucinating and maybe yeah she was just insane. And after seeing her death, the grief could have shown up in weird ways too like them hallucinating on top of being starving through the winter. But it had a lot of Christian imagery and I think it could have had to do with a demonic spirit too. So both things can be true. It had a lot of good creepy scenes too.I was genuinely scared everytime they were in the forest. I like the type of horror/thriller were its not too gorey or predicable. Her seeing those things in the woods while sitting in the porch was creepy af.

[@monikarosa2895]

So did she eat her parents and husband? There was like a flashback scene where the Halle berry is hunched over on the ground eating something I think. Maybe she was pregnant with the boys, and the whole family went out off the rope. And ghost grandma and hubby says “I’m gonna make you eat your babies”. Maybe she went crazy and ate them and jarred them? And I feel like there may have been bones tied to sticks made into like a crib carousel thing. Like where was their graves?

[@monikarosa2895]

(Crib thing I’m the beginning credits)

[@E1evenDegrees]

Hmmmm I was wondering about the flashback but did not even see the crib thing. I was very confused as to why we never got an explanation for the blood being on her mouth

[@CelesteKing]

I don’t think the forest was haunted. I think the evil entity was somehow attached to the mother. When Nolan locked her in the greenhouse, she said that she was the one who brought the evil there. Of course there was never an explanation as to how she did. Perhaps it had to do with her past? The snake tattoo…the way she said that she was once a different person…I just wish that part had been made clear. How exactly did she bring that evil there? And why exactly was the house their safe place? What was so special about it specifically? Just too many questions…

[@bev9708]

A pity you didn't appreciate it more. I was captivated and kept wondering, is this real, is she totally crazy? However, I loved the ambiguous ending, which I found very real, because rarely in life is something purely black and white, it doesn't have to be just one OR the other, both can be true!! I particularly liked the metaphor of the whole idea, of how she is both literally and metaphorically "tied" to her childhood wounds, abuse and religious indoctrination, obviously exacerbated psychologically and emotionally by drug use after she "went wild" in the outside world. ...she can't help but pass on her damage to her own children with the best of intentions. Our childhood wounds are very real for each of us and do sometimes lead us to actions/reactions that for others are completely crazy, and often lead us to hurt those we love the most. Those childhood wounds never let us go...until we face them as Nolan did!! We see at the end that Samuel will remain stuck in them though, as many of us do!

[@archlab2001]

It's a blood curse. It was only affecting only that family. The monster says it while the house is burning.

[@Loophole23742]

Actually when I watched the movie, going in, I never thought the mother was crazy because it's a movie. If it were real life and a woman told me what she was telling the kids in this movie I'd be sceptical 😂 Just like when I watched a knock at the cabin I went in assuming the strangers were telling the truth and trying to convince the family of the pending apocalypse. I've seen movies like Bird box so it didn't seem implausible that the mother was telling the truth.

[@RissyRawr]

I agree with your opinion on this one. I was looking forward to this one but was left very unsatisfied and with questions. I kept waiting to see them show how/why she killed her parents or the father of her children. At the point where she kills herself and leaves the kids to fend for themselves, it shot downhill fast. I feel like with something like that, that you probably didn't see coming, they could have done something darker or more interesting with the children fending for themselves, but no. I have questions, but honestly I'm not even that worried about having answers to them and I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone. It was just meh, and I would never watch it again.

[@AlanAnderson-n6m]

Watch Never Let Go Explained by Ferdinand. It’s a non-biased video and he goes to explain the story writers intent. And as he does so, you can start to put the pieces together.

[@AlanAnderson-n6m]

Some biased opinion on my case, is that HollyWood makes the intention or theme just way too hard to understand or more of an entertainment brainless thing.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

I watched his video and I’m sorry but he didn’t explain a single thing lol. All he essentially said was “it’s about how a parents trauma can be passed on to their kids”, and that was really never in question.

[@AlanAnderson-n6m]

@@BoxOfChocolatezooo fancy pants rich McGee over here, glad to know you ain’t had mommy issues. You said it should’ve chose one way or the other. It wasn’t trying to choose one or the other. You kinda just have to have experienced the whole thing to understand.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Dude calm down. I know what it was trying to do, I’m saying it didn’t work for me and may have worked better if it had leaned harder in one direction or the other. If you have anything specific you’d actually like to explain, just do it.

[@AlanAnderson-n6m]

I’m sorry. I guess I was really lost too, and I wanted to know more and was disappointed when I didn’t get that. I shouldn’t have taken that out on you.

[@remyatempest6700]

I feel like ppl just don't want thought provoking movies tbh...ppl seem to enjoy plots that are easily gotten. I though thr movie was great as solid 8

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Not at all. In fact I praised the movie for being a conversation starter, doesn't mean every vague plot will work for everyone.

[@demarcomixon]

The issue is the this movie didn’t execute the concept well.

[@Menstral]

I hate ambiguity

[@imdownonmyluck]

I just watched it with my bitches🤣i thought it was about generational trauma, abuse, and mental illness. She was abused by her parents and I believe she had to return home due to her schizophrenia once she had her sons. She pushed that trauma onto her kids and though Nolan could break the chain and accept his mother’s evil side, Sam took on her trauma. He had a mental breakdown probably like his mom did which made her kill everyone. She down right physiologically abused them by forcing them in that space and with a knife. I thought it was pretty good in the theater and to think about with my friends.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

I agree with all of that and yet I don't think it ties together with the actual events of the movie very well.

[@imdownonmyluck]

@@BoxOfChocolatez ehh if I got all of this from one viewing, I think they show this pretty well through silent storytelling and connecting the dots. It’s not an amazing movie but it’s good.

[@lacunae5008]

I think the issue is that they needlessly made the ending open-ended… Everything points toward mental illness and psychological abuse (even going so far as to implicate the grandmother in having the same illness), but the ending just throws a wrench into the plot having any real resolution…

[@onikai7055]

Bruh you really are a piece of work huh

[@Steven-le5oc]

I enjoyed it and kept enjoying it. And then it just went off the cliff. Spoilers After mama died/offed herself the skeptic kid going back to the rope makes zero sense

[@AlanAnderson-n6m]

I agreed a lot on that on!! But from a different video (Never Let Go explained. Video by Ferdinand), does a lot better than this guy. Mainly because it’s not bias. He explains the story writers intention.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Everyone is biased and Ferdinand does not actually know what was in the writers mind. He also really doesn’t say anything that I also didn’t say. You’re just bothered by the fact that I didn’t like the movie lol, it’s not a big deal, just didn’t work for me.

[@GoogleuserToday-oh9qf]

@Steven-le5oc It makes sense because that’s him questioning if his mother is right or not.

[@Steven-le5oc]

@@GoogleuserToday-oh9qf I mean I guess. But that skeptical attitude and nothing was there and just switches back.

[@Loophole23742]

I've heard the director himself say that the evil is not real, I would have had more respect for him if it was😂. The film falls apart if the mother was really insane and everything was meant to be imaginary. I'm going to give him the benefit of doubt and say he didn't explain himself properly in that interview or breakdown of the movie I watched because of the French accent and assume there was some language barrier. If that's not the case he's not as good a director as he's been credited for. I say this because there are a lot of signs that illustrate that the evil was real. The polaroid photo for instance. No one is around to see it, just the audience. The paramedics didn't take it with Sam when he was airlifted. When the movie closes out we are shown the photo and we see the image of the evil creature's hand on Sam’s shoulder. How can this be his delusion if we are seeing it in the movie's real world setting? It can't be his paranoia; we see it just as we saw the traveller‘s iPhone calling the authorities which was a reveal and twist to show that civilisation and the world did not stop as the children in the movie were led to believe. Then there are the supernatural events we witnessed, case in point Sam was seen cutting his brother’s rope after his possession, then he is seen in another part of the woods. Dude was teleporting around the woods like Friday the 13th’s Jason Vorhees. I mean are we really going to ignore that he was able to get back to the house before his brother Nolan? He was in the bedroom waiting for him with a hidden cutlass waiting to kill him with it. He plotted the whole thing to lock him in the house and burn him alive, that wasn't the mind of a child and definitely not the mind of that child. That was clearly the result of possession. When Nolan was confronted by the evil creature impersonating his mother it said it didn't even have to touch him for him to destroy his family. That wasn't Nolan’s delusions, he didn't even believe in any of it. He could be likened to the apostle Thomas who didn't believe Jesus had been resurrected until Jesus returned and told him to touch his wounds in the Bible. People that think the movie is just about a schizophrenic woman act like movies like the Grudge don't exist. In that movie the Grudge demon turns people crazy but the evil is still real. The same way the victims in the Grudge movies aren't imagining things just because they are the only ones that can see what they are seeing is the same way that the evil was real in this movie or at least that's how it's shown.🤷 If the director wanted to drive home that the characters were mentally unwell he fucked up. The way to have shown that would of been to show Sam looking at the polaroid photo when the house was burning and show the creatures arm on his shoulder at that moment so it is the photo seen from his perspective then when the photo is shown at the end of the movie show the photo without the creatures arm on his shoulder. That's how you illustrate the work of delusion in film. As it stands the movie plays out as if, the evil was a real threat.

[@javarjv]

I almost wonder if she was trying to keep them there, like she knew the world was fine, but if they left that it would get into the real world, she even says she never told them everything, an then she goes bye bye, I still wonder if in reality they all passed away an the evil won, an the boy flying was his after life an something he wanted, so that is what he experienced once gone, an he even has his brother there because he said he could never let his brother go, or leave him behind.

[@rodneyquinn2528]

Questions that need answering. Wheres the family, it was hinted at by the fathers vision, that June hadn't told the boys the truth. I think the truth is she ate them. That was the quick flash scene of her chewing on summing with blood on her mouth. A good way to let us know yes she is unstable but was it the monster that made her do it? An enticing explained question rather then 2 hints that arent followed up. Had they of shown her actually eat him and left the question was it crazy or monster wouldve been wat more suspensful. A flash back to what made her clearly unstable and why she was so adament about eating the dog. Swcondly what was real? Nolan cutting junes rope and daring to ask tells us it was fake and sam tells us 2 things, firstly his scared or traumatised to go against his mum and has similar traits to her. She warned them about the dangers of starvation because she didn't want it to happen to any of her boys, and thought nolan was more susceptible to it. As a mother she tried to protect them from herself and thats how she did it. She was scared that when starvation set in shed kill them to eat them too as she limited herself in her chances of hunting and providing. The reason this film is actually so good. Is its still to this point left people wondering if it was real? Why was the monster hand in the photo? Did that meant it was real?? Were the people that came for them real, or was it a dream like Nolan had when being locked under the floor? Also the little girl she left in the goffer hole? Big part first thing we see, she explains the story but the girl was still there, why? Because she already knew she had schitzo tendencies and was afraid to listen? Or because she was unaware of her condition and her trauma caused her to create extremes to deal with them after killing (perhaps eating) her husband. Maybe she starved herself so much she ate him in a trance like her son she tried to warn, snapped out felt bad, created this whole thing to cope and protect her boys from the truth, was getting close to killing them too, felt bad for nearly doing it under the guise of protecting them when putting the knife to them. Was considering killing Nolan as to why she made him repeat himself, then piss himself while contemplating it and then committed suicide because her coping mechanisms had been broken and was afraid to kill them as a mother. Or an explanation to whether she the girl stuck was real or not?? because We dont know so much, scenes that couldve been answered while leaving the plot unanswered. And that wouldve created a great ending so much better with so much room to explore the great idea this team created.

[@hypemanshaniya644]

the hiker guy and the girl side plot totally confused me .

[@SobelPromotions]

I am a M.Night Shyamalan super fan. I was thrilled when they said it was like M. Night. I 100% agree with you and it was blasphemy comparing his work to that piece of garbage, especially the ending. Don’t compare the twist at the end to his. You forgot to mention all the movies they ripped off including The Village from my M.Night I’m more worried about the dog. He’s the only thing that mattered to me. They left the dog? One mention. William Catlett who was in the fantastic movie Abigail (we need a Part 2!) was in it playing the husband.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Definitely has village vibes although I wouldn’t go so far as to say ripoff. I will just assume the dog lived happily ever after lol

[@SaintMecha]

6:34 they wanted the viewers to question it, that the point. If they pick a side they'll lose that tension.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

I'm aware, I'm saying it didn't work for me.

[@SLTAngst]

After lots of thought and bad hints in the film, I think Halle’s character sacrificed her family for the greater good. She says she brought it and it had touched all her family except the boys and she killed them. If it possessed her or them it could get into there house - which we see happen. The ambiguous choose your own ending is lazy. It’s like they couldn’t choose or make audience happy. So, why not both?

[@reynstorm3]

Just watched it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@louiethepitt]

they did not wanted to commit to the "she is mentally ill"or "the whole family is being hunted by a supernatural force" or "there is a supernatural force that has ended humanity" ... but they did not wanted to commit to one of the 3 plots.

[@anitaknight3915]

What were you annoyed by/disappointed with most between front room and never let go 😂!!??

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Oh The Front Room was worse by far, Never Let Go disappointed me but there’s plenty I respect

[@itseddiepop]

True story! also this is a loose....lets say 🤔remake of Tethered released in 2022, directed by Daniel Robinette. Similarities or "coincidences" The story revolves around a boy who lives in a cabin with his mother, tethered to a rope. His mother dies (or so he believes), and he grows up in isolation. As an adult, he encounters a stranger. They hear strange noises in the woods. The protagonist and the stranger develop a bond. The stranger realizes the protagonist has never left the cabin area. The stranger is killed by the source of the strange noises. In a shocking twist, it's revealed that the protagonist's mother is still alive and is the source of the noises. The film ends with an intimate, shocking moment between the son and his mother. Also this movie is way better, a lot slower but it kept my attention more. Thoughts? coincidence??

[@samurainell]

I waited months for this and im super disappointed… i agree with you on all aspects.. i was hoping the house represented something the evil wanted to enter for more mythological reasons. Back stories and folk lore would of carried this.. im super disappointed… I needed Cabin in the Woods vibes didnt get it… 😢

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

I was fine with the vague lore as long as the main story with our characters came together nicely, but it didn’t lol

[@petemarqdadon]

haha those boys definitely will need therapy 😅

[@compncheese8358]

Well put, your opinion was spot on.

[@cedarzekaya]

Movie was honestly a 3/5 for me it had its moments and actually got me intrigued but the ending just felt kinda off for me. The actors are amazing but I honestly can’t say the same for like last half of the movie

[@Riky_Jones]

I’ll watch the spoiler part after I see the film but awesome video as always!

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Thanks, definitely best to wait til you’ve seen it lol

[@Loophole23742]

I liked the movie. I watched it twice in 2 days.

[@nikkiechandler4052]

I'm so glad I didn't pay for this piece of crap.

[@MarkieMark-lh2ri]

Yes! I wanted the Speak No Evil 2022 version of the ending. What we got was so generic.

[@zorro8410]

Agree

[@SunnyOnVenus1]

I respect your opinion, but I feel like the trailers spelled it out for me enough for the ending to be clear. I will have to rewatch it to understand your stand point, I just don't think it's as confusing or split as you're making it seem lol... in the context of the story it makes a lot of sense, they highlighted the boy that listened to their mom because he was scared and one that listened to apply it.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

If it makes a lot of sense would you mind sharing haha

[@SunnyOnVenus1]

@@BoxOfChocolatez well kinda like I said, Sam listened because he was scared and Nolan listened to apply it. Nolan was suspicious of the monsters because he never seen it, but he wasn't afraid to face them. Seen saving his brother, willing to talk to the stranger man, etc. Sam however was so strict about everything his mother said because he never wanted to experience those monsters. To keep things brief, for the most part I think it's safe to say that they are unable to see these monsters unless they kill somebody, once Sam kills the stranger he crossed that barrier of being able to see these monsters. He's able to see the evil and he's so afraid that burning down the house was his kamikaze. Cutting his rope from the house beforehand also contributes to that point. He cannot handle what he's being faced with, even though he was supposed to be prepared. Long story short, I believe that because these two have different experiences but the same training says a lot for the end for one being tainted with these monsters while the other was able to overcome them because he was prepared and not afraid to apply what he knew.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

@@SunnyOnVenus1 But Nolan could see it too at the end

[@SunnyOnVenus1]

@@BoxOfChocolatez great point! My take on it is because Nolan was almost going to die by going back in the house possibly almost killing himself. Notice how in Sam's picture the monster has very deadly monstrous hands but in Nolan's sight the monster is in his mother's most motherly form.

[@SunnyOnVenus1]

@@BoxOfChocolatez I've only watched the movie once so I'm pretty choppy with this, but i would also like to add that the oak wood prayer was that real foundation to the house, and like I said earlier Nolan listened to his mom to apply what she said to help him. Once he realized it wasn't his real mother and he tricks the monster under the floor with him, it was representing him being able to handle his monsters from the heart of it all. Even when everything else is ablaze.

[@WokeDetection]

Why should the writer director explain anything. It was a great movie.

[@anthonygentile8968]

This movie sucked so bad, i couldn't wait for the end.

[@وردةوردة-ز2ق4ك]

I watched it last night i slept it was so boring

[@SmokeEater-ln3tf]

I couldn't get into it, I left after about 30 minutes in

[@TheClimb511]

Just saw the movie today, 9-21-2024 Couple things: 1: They were eating all kinds of plants, mushrooms, and other stuff found in the woods, which possibly contributed to their hallucinations and would explain why the kids saw things as well, plus the fact that they were all suffering from severe malnutrition didnt help their situation, either. The mushrooms or whatever affected Halle the most. 2. They showed the tattoo of the snake on Halle's back that she said she got before the world ended. Could the ink have been tainted or contaminated in some way, causing her to become sick? Just some thots.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

"They were hallucinating on shrooms" is pretty funny but I don't think that's what they were going for haha

[@DominickSpano]

Look I watched 20 minutes of this and it was boring as hell. I walked out. Waste of my time (not really waste of $ b/c I have a movie pass).

[@godrulesme8619]

*Great review and I agree* Very unsatisfying. Too much nonsense and flip flopping. Great acting, scenery, etc. There is too much crazy garbage at the end. Waste of money and time....don't go see it.

[@ianmcgeehan4627]

There was no "evil" she just went nuts. Paranoid delusions. She killed her husband and family, and had the kids deluded because they didnt know any better. The kids didnt have the kniwledge or understanding to ask more questions...yet. like: is there some teason the ropes cant be thinner? Unwind one rope into 3 strands for example and now you have 3x the length. Instead of 3 separate ropes tie all 3 together and then use small 20 foot lengths to tie the people together at the end of a now really long rope. But its all irrelevant because their is no Evil, shes just nuts. Like wouldnt the kids say, "ummm, so how will we reproduce if theres no chicks ma?" It became like a" folie adieux" with her passing her delusions on to the one kid.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

I agree that's most likely the case, and even if there was an evil it still represents mental illness in the story, I just don't think that theme tied into the story very well the way it was done.

[@Bleeebloo]

I felt the same mate. What a mess!!!

[@cdsunflower1442]

The premise of ropes protecting them from “evil” makes no sense to me….

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Im fine with that part being unexplained, adds to the feeling of mystery, but I just wish it had actually gone somewhere more coherent

[@josuegonzalez6299]

The rope is attached to the house, specifically under the coffin where they lay inside and think it is blessed with the engraved wood giving it a “force shield”

[@cdsunflower1442]

@josuegonzalez6299 thank you for explaining but still ridiculous 🤣

[@AVTV94]

For me, what was disappointing was seeing Nolan as the only survivor. I say this because he was the one who got his mom killed, and now we have to watch him survive through the evil. It is reminiscent of The Last of Us Part 2, where we play as Abby - the killer of Joel, and it just doesn't feel satisfying to do so, with an ending that leaves us feeling, meh. The CGI snake woman was also a let down, it seems like act 3 of a lot of modern horror movies always have to have a CGI monster to defeat nowadays.

[@Flat_top_king12]

But his brother also surviver

[@galaxycraftings]

@@Flat_top_king12his brother is not his brother lol

[@Menstral]

Do a spoiler section always

[@VadoCapra]

Lol. You're so sure that the evil exists as much as they are.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

No. It sounds like you didn’t watch the video at all. I discussed every possibility from literal to metaphorical.

[@TheMistermarcus1972]

Just let go...... nonsensical film.

[@biguy617]

Hated it.

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

I'm a HUGE movie enthusiast especially horror movies, aspiring business owner and actress. I've already watched 38 new releases in the movie theater this year including Never Let Go which was one of my most highly anticipated movies of the year. I enjoyed it. Halle Berry doesn't do horror movies that often so we she does it has to be a project she is passionate about. This was another good movie review. ❤❤❤❤🎥🎬🎟️🎞️🍿🥤🍭🍬🍫

[@anitaknight3915]

I really enjoyed her in the call and perfect stranger. Those movies were surprising little gems.