The Front Room (2024) - Movie Review

[@ravagetime]

My wife and I walked out. We escaped torture.

[@MsMichellepetty]

I knew it sucked the minute I watched the trailer

[@DavidCarney-l8b]

You have no idea how lame it is...boring as shit

[@DavidCarney-l8b]

I did laugh at her farts. Broke up the ridiculousness

[@kennethlopez6527]

saw it today in theaters. huge mistake. this movie wasn't a horror film. it was just incredibly weird and boring. left me with a lot of questions. brandy is terrible actress. dude who plays her husband was boring....after seeing Beetlejuice Thursday i was looking forward to seeing a good movie again...this left me totally disappointed

[@chellbell7899]

Worst movie ever. I left half way through and I can usually find at least one reason to stay in a movie

[@joshrobinson6785]

And it t was still better than the crow (2024) 😅

[@oliviajohnson2854]

It's so hard because personally I really enjoyed this movie. That being said I also have issues with my mother-in-law and that kind of hit me that way coming out of this movie. I would put this in the good for her genre of horror along with Pearl, the witch, Carrie... Ect.

[@keelangibson6902]

I also enjoyed it. I thought it was creepy and got under my skin. And Katherine Hunter gave a fantastic performance. Just my opinion.

[@rumham7466]

6:55 and the fact that the husband was the way he was, eventually lead me to think he was in on some weird religious thing and that maybe the visions were true. But nope. He’s just a wuss and the movie still didn’t go anywhere. And what’s with the necklace..

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Yeah the necklace is the one "supernatural" thing that is kind of hard to explain rationally. I guess it's not impossible, but it's kind of a stretch.

[@chocolatecoveredcherries7896]

It was gross, but to say that the movie sucked, is a bit dramatic. I would consider it a psychological horror film because the antagonist was essentially a witch that belonged to a "Christian" cult who used spells, and her old age to bring the protagonists to their knees. She got into the mind of Brandy and drove her insane & violent.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

I agree with that assessment as a horror film, I just found the execution moment to moment to differ so much from feeling horrified for Brandy, to feeling like I should be laughing, to feeling like a straightforward drama. But my experience with it certainly did suck lol

[@talvistunechi8873]

The fucking movie was a huge disappointment, literally felt like they should've had like 30-45 mins left in the movie, but it ended abruptly

[@kozy15x]

@@BoxOfChocolatez you SHOULD be laughing, some scenes where hilarious! I"M A RACIST BABY MAMA DADA MAMA DADA

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

@@kozy15x I didn't laugh at that though, I was just uncomfortable.

[@dimitrypierre2683]

The movie is trash

[@Tek-Knight5592]

I like A24 but some of their movies are hit and miss. I had high hopes for this one.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Some may like it but my expectations for A24 are generally higher than this

[@anitaknight3915]

Me too. I haven't found anything good or tolerable decent since Talk to Me was hyped up by A24.

[@DannyTruthMagnified]

​@@anitaknight3915A24 always seems to have interesting concepts that they never nail down correctly or effectively. Even Talk To Me could have been so much better had they dived deeper into the lore of it all a bit more

[@anitaknight3915]

@DannyTruthMagnified so true!! You actually just read my mind lol. I kept thinking that same thing about talk to me and A24 movies. They hyped up talk to me so much. I recently just saw babygirl in theaters and enjoyed heretic. Both had good concepts but the ending could have been executed better. I find many are better in the first half and then rushed or convoluted third act. It does seem their films are hit or miss. I heard front room was awful and more dark comedy than horror. I did enjoy the uniqueness of strange darling and other smaller independent films last year.

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

I’m a HUGE movie enthusiast especially horror movies, aspiring business owner and actress. I’ve already watched 33 movies the year including the Front Room. I watched this movie to support Brandy, A24 and I love horror movies. This movie was ok to me but not good let alone great. It had some interesting themes and solid performances but it was kinda disappointing for me because I was looking forward to watching this and it was just mid for me but still not terrible in my opinion. This was a solid movie review. ❤❤❤❤

[@User27949]

this movie was basically dinner, shit, piss, somewhat creepy/culty stuff that went NOWHERE in the end. The old lady was just crazy, creepy, and shitty.

[@rumham7466]

Yes! The minute I thought it was finally going anywhere, it just ended. So weird.

[@GoodGuyJason25]

I gave this movie a chance and all i can say is........................ Full Regret and in the end empty wallet and 2 hours ill never ever get back!!!

[@Danielcallihoo]

I can understand why people wouldn’t like this, and it’s okay to be wrong. It was CAMP! Reminded me of “…Baby Jane”. A future cult classic

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

It was definitely camp. Bad camp lol. Glad you enjoyed.

[@rumham7466]

Camp is fine. But much of it just made no sense.

[@kozy15x]

I thought it was a lot of fun. Some scenes were actually hilarious and I do not think the movie took itself very serioysly

[@Danielcallihoo]

@@BoxOfChocolatez bad camp? No such thing!

[@Danielcallihoo]

@@rumham7466 it’s about mothers clashing. A camp masterpiece

[@rjdk24]

i saw the movie today. here my review. spoilers below the grandmother is a good actor and i loved her. she was charming in beginning in few bits but after her introduction to house. her screen time with events of her pissing/taking shit. it made me uncomfortable. everyone's in my theaters who saw that wanted the movie over. we all were grossed out. we all did laugh in certain aspects but i kid you not. i wanted her to have powers of cult or demon worshiper. nope. she just crazy old woman. i only saw one trailer and figured it be fun to watch. i feel if you made the grandma shit once or twice. make her die earlier in the movie. haunt the family with her religion antics. it would been better movie to be horror. i felt when she died in the ending. i never felt so happy to have her stop talking. the constantly "help me" and whistling just over stayed it welcome. im glad i didn't buy popcorn to this movie. i would thrown it up seeing all this shit on screen. it 5/10 movie

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Yeah I was expecting her to try to possess the baby or something, anything to make it more interesting.

[@lillieknight]

Thanks for being so frank about it. I guess they knew to leave a lot of that out in the trailer. Haven’t seen it yet. Can’t decide.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

No problem, nothing I can do but be honest. See it if you want to at least see a unique sort of blend of genres, but if you're looking for straightforward horror it's fine to wait.

[@Idciydhmb]

Do not watch this movie it’s terrible 😞

[@Cloudsdrops_]

I didnt watch any trailer so i went in with no expectations. I was very entertained. I dont agree that it SUCKS bc thats a strong word. Its more psychological horror imo and the actors (especially grandma) did an awesome job making me uncomfortable

[@anitaknight3915]

PThanks for your review. You always make me laugh with your brutal honesty and your review of strangers ch 1 was very hilariously entertaining. I went to see strange darling instead which was a creative well done surprising thriller. I'd recommend ritual killer and watcher (2022) as less known good thrillers which i enjoyed. This clearly seems like a darker comedy and not actual horror thriller which is disappointing.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Thanks! I'm not familiar with Ritual Killer so I'll have to add that to my watchlist.

[@anitaknight3915]

@@BoxOfChocolatez I wasn't either and pleasantly surprised. I rented it last week. It stars Morgan Freeman and Cole Hauser (guy that plays Rip on Yellowstone).

[@matthewfocheezy8740]

old lady was nuts

[@saxyg1876]

Movie was hilarious 😂. The old lady made it funny but some parts were gross

[@Muzzlecrowe-li9kt]

Interesting movie to go forward with. Cringe as hell. I was captivated for the first two acts and then it derails and goes nowhere and makes no sense 🤦‍♂️😂

[@kevincounselling]

You articulated this perfectly

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Thank you!

[@vachelmcfarland4886]

A movie can be many negative things and still be redeemable but what it can't be is ... Boring! That's where I get angry at a bad but potentially good flick. After all the confusion and disgust I had to endure it ended on as contritely a cliche way possible. It's as if it was written by Chap-GPT. It made Brandi's comeback a throwback into obscurity. Her character had not an iota of chemistry with the male lead. In fact, no one was likable in any way, making me not care about what happens to anyone. It had all the elements of a deeply disturbing discourse on the power of religious zealotry vs modern reasoning over the soul of a child in an ongoing dispute between two mothers and their versions of love. However, it was only a bad exercise in body horror and a wacky protagonist to cover its numerous story development flaws.

[@theealiennreview6912]

I'm sorry but I loved this brandy ate down with this film 😂

[@Idciydhmb]

Just watched today and came to say don’t waste your money on this film, it’s really really bad. Not even kidding it’s a 0 out of 5 stars. Horror sucks, Drama sucks, music sucks, plot is terrible, and straight up annoying at some parts… 😢

[@kozy15x]

ok, this was most definitely NOT a horror movie, but I was entertained. While it wasn't scary there were scenes that were so out of hand that I found them hilarious. Kathryn Hunter was actually fantastic as the stepmother. She was EATING the scenery every scene and I thought it was fun to watch her. It was not very well written but well made, I liked the use of mirrors during the interior shots, it was almost all interiors. It was a tight 96 minutes which I always appreciate. I kept waiting for a horror turn but it never came. I can say it was not boring, which to me is the worst offense a movie can make. Watch it when it's streaming.

[@Latongela-jx9oy]

I love the movie 🎥🍿 it was so good ❤ the ENDING was very surprising to me guys 💕 Brandy is so beautiful guys she is aging well ❣️ she still looks so young guys 💕

[@nikkiithompson]

Lmaoo this was funny as hell. I think I didn’t mind the movie bc I was with my family and we were drinking and having a good time. However it was very disgusting and I agree it didn’t really go anywhere. There wasn’t really a message that we didn’t already know.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Lol well at least you had a good time with your family!

[@thereverendgypsy]

Wow glad I subscribed & you got it right. This movie was p*** - poor😆

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Thank you!

[@Riky_Jones]

This one looked boring

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

It definitely was

[@chellbell7899]

I left half way through. Brandy did good and the old lady did good but they couldn’t save the movie

[@DannyTruthMagnified]

​@@chellbell7899Yeah, it's unfortunate those great performances lead to absolutely nothing. Seemed like they were building to something a lot bigger and darker. But this movie basically has no direction or purpose.

[@AndyBeltrami-eh4kv]

I don't believe it until I watch it. You mf say that to every movie

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

I don't know who you think you're talking to here. The movies I saw right before this and right after this both got positive reviews from me. Where are you getting this idea?

[@jerryseinfeld974]

It's A-24 did you think it was gonna be good

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

A24 has distributed a ton of good movies.

[@DannyTruthMagnified]

​@@BoxOfChocolatezWhat are the good ones?

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

@@DannyTruthMagnified The Spectacular Now, Enemy, Locke, The Rover, Ex Machina, Room, The Witch, Green Room, The Lobster, Swiss Army Man, Moonlight, Good Time, The Florida Project, Lady Bird, Hereditary, Under the Silver Lake, Midsommar, The Farewell, The Lighthouse, Uncut Gems, Saint Maud, X, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Pearl, The Whale, Talk to Me, Dream Scenario, The Iron Claw, Love Lies Bleeding, Civil War, I Saw the TV Glow, Maxxxine, Heretic, and that's just a list of the ones I've seen and enjoyed, there are a whole lot more.

[@DannyTruthMagnified]

@BoxOfChocolatez I didn't care for Civil War or I Saw The TV Glow but I'll check out the rest.

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

I'm watching the Front Room today. 🎬🎥🎞️🍿🥤

[@rjdk24]

do you regret it

[@nikkiithompson]

@@rjdk24😂

[@Idciydhmb]

Just watched this tonight and this movie was reallly really bad, it’s not horror at all it’s just watching someone take care of an old crazy lady

[@michaelcarver540]

I'll watch it tonight

[@Cryxpo_yt]

I think this movie is over hated

[@MassillonObie]

And they had to make sure to mention racism. And they had to make sure a mixed couple is the lead, like almost every form of entertainment today. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but please make tv and movies at least somewhat representative of ACTUAL society. The mother in law actress was annoying, but the actress nailed it.

[@Riky_Jones]

@@MassillonObie racism and mixed couple are actual society

[@DannyTruthMagnified]

You act like there are no movies with non-mixed race couples. I get the racism thing.. only because it didn't go anywhere and was so randomly brought up in the film, so there seemed to be no reason to include it. But to say these things don't represent "actual society".. come on, man.. you really need to get out of the house more often.

[@MassillonObie]

@@DannyTruthMagnified I don’t act like there are no movies with non mixed race couples. How can you dispute that there is a deliberate attempt to over-represent? In ads, White dudes are constantly made out to be the bumbling idiot who needs the problem saved by a woman or non-white man. If you’re looking at it objectively, there is a clear agenda here.

[@MassillonObie]

@@DannyTruthMagnified let’s do the anecdotal evidence thing. “You are so wrong. I know one guy who did this one time at the place that disproves your theory/opinion.”

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

Who gives a shit? If literally every single movie had a mixed race couple why would it matter? How does it hurt anyone at all?

[@itsleeoh7443]

Yall expext way to much from films.

[@BoxOfChocolatez]

I expect films to be good. Do you have anything substantive you’d like to say about the film?