I loved the bitterness infused in this story. It's hard to improve on the far bleaker short story by Nick Antosca, but succeeds in providing more social context, fleshing out the characters, giving them more reasons to make certain choices.
The casting and performances are terrific, as is the cinematography and setting.
My only critique is on of personal taste which concerns the music, which for me, popped me out of the artistic statement of the film, being too conventional and sounding like a "horror score" when something more atonal and abstract could have helped.
Altogether it still contains the bleak, quiet majesty promised. I recommend the film highly.
The casting and performances are terrific, as is the cinematography and setting.
My only critique is on of personal taste which concerns the music, which for me, popped me out of the artistic statement of the film, being too conventional and sounding like a "horror score" when something more atonal and abstract could have helped.
Altogether it still contains the bleak, quiet majesty promised. I recommend the film highly.