This is a movie written by elderly men trying to write characters the age of their grandkids. No, I didn't fact check that but I'm sure of it.
And this lady who plays the grown up version of the blonde girl, Sophia, is at least in her late 40s playing a 19 year old. Really, look at her throat. She has a young sounding voice but in the scene where the two are laying on their backs looking at the sky making sista talk, you can see the make-up job and how old her throat skin is. This is a seasoned actress, if not a known one. I keep harping on it because of how distracting and obvious it is, she stands over the other actresses in this creepy parental way - I'm sure she has a bunch of kids, and feels some instinctive drive to mommy over them. This being a crusty christian horror movie, it's punctuated with way too much christian pop music that comes out of nowhere for no apparent reason. Maybe it's Mom's neice's band.
The direction is abominable. I had better actors in community theatre. It has good audio, I'll give it that. All the dialogue is very clearly audible. That's also a drawback in this case.
I can't force myself to watch how these "girls" well, these girls and this middle aged lady who's convinced she's still got it, - end up coming to Cheese Its. I can't. I only have so much patience for these stinkers.
9 Reviews
Some kind of Pure Flix type "horror" movie. Whatever that means.
kb-6255117 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Yes, it's just as bad as you were thinking.
slntblze23 June 2020
Not Bad At All
slapdog328 January 2020
Wonderful!
matthunter0523 May 2020
I thoroughly enjoyed this film! The story is familiar, yet playing out in this new sub-genre of the faith based film realm rendered it mysterious and interesting. The performers do an excellent job of telling this story and I felt such a connection to the two leads' friendship.
Realistic cabin-in-the-woods tale
Wuchakk8 December 2021
Two girls grow-up in central Tennessee (Elizabeth Potthast and Kelsey Steele) when the latter goes off to college for a couple years. They decide to reunite at the former's family getaway in the backwoods, along with a couple of other college girls (Kelly Bartram and Olivia Arokiasamy), but there are no modern conveniences and something menacing is in the air. Jacob Briggs is also on hand.
"Be Still and Know" (2019) is a family friendly Indie that tackles the cabin-in-the-woods genre. It's thoroughly mundane compared to the typical movies of this genre, so don't expect silent masked killers with machetes or mutant hillbillies. There's a coming-of-age angle and I liked the subdued commentary on what schools of (supposed) higher learning do to students. It's reality in modern Western Civilization.
I found one element of the movie frustrating because the paranoia that is worked up could be resolved simply by a certain person offering a few details. Yet this is adequately explained by the end so it's all good.
The technical filmmaking is fine for such a spare change Indie. I appreciated the early birds-eye view of the region. Meanwhile the no-name actresses do fine with a well-written script that amusingly addresses social realities in the modern day.
I should point out that the title has zero to do with "I Know What You Did Last Summer," as a couple of critics curiously complained. It's simply a partial quote of Psalm 46:10, but this is hardly "Christian propaganda," as also criticized. Yes, two of the characters are Christians and there are a couple of tame prayers, whoopee. It reflects real-life in America (especially the fringes of Appalachia where the events take place).
At the end of the day, this is a worthwhile flick if you want a cabin-in-the-woods movie without the buckets of gore and eye-rolling (non)horror that instead focuses on realistic drama with a dash of spirituality.
Lastly, the bloopers at the end credits are fun, but tedious. IMHO deleted scenes like this should be relegated to the 'extras' section of the DVD or whatever.
The movie runs 1 hour, 23 minutes, and was shot outside Woodbury, Tennessee, at Yellow Bird Art Farm, which is just a mile or two southwest of the city. The college sequence was shot at Middle Tennessee State University, which is about 20 miles west of there in Murfreesboro.
GRADE: B-/C+
"Be Still and Know" (2019) is a family friendly Indie that tackles the cabin-in-the-woods genre. It's thoroughly mundane compared to the typical movies of this genre, so don't expect silent masked killers with machetes or mutant hillbillies. There's a coming-of-age angle and I liked the subdued commentary on what schools of (supposed) higher learning do to students. It's reality in modern Western Civilization.
I found one element of the movie frustrating because the paranoia that is worked up could be resolved simply by a certain person offering a few details. Yet this is adequately explained by the end so it's all good.
The technical filmmaking is fine for such a spare change Indie. I appreciated the early birds-eye view of the region. Meanwhile the no-name actresses do fine with a well-written script that amusingly addresses social realities in the modern day.
I should point out that the title has zero to do with "I Know What You Did Last Summer," as a couple of critics curiously complained. It's simply a partial quote of Psalm 46:10, but this is hardly "Christian propaganda," as also criticized. Yes, two of the characters are Christians and there are a couple of tame prayers, whoopee. It reflects real-life in America (especially the fringes of Appalachia where the events take place).
At the end of the day, this is a worthwhile flick if you want a cabin-in-the-woods movie without the buckets of gore and eye-rolling (non)horror that instead focuses on realistic drama with a dash of spirituality.
Lastly, the bloopers at the end credits are fun, but tedious. IMHO deleted scenes like this should be relegated to the 'extras' section of the DVD or whatever.
The movie runs 1 hour, 23 minutes, and was shot outside Woodbury, Tennessee, at Yellow Bird Art Farm, which is just a mile or two southwest of the city. The college sequence was shot at Middle Tennessee State University, which is about 20 miles west of there in Murfreesboro.
GRADE: B-/C+
God is sovereign
slwams13 December 2020
This was a great movie. It showed that God is sovereign and works all things out for those who love him. It showed what unforgiveness can do and the cost of sin (lying and deceit). It showed the growth that can come with mistakes and difficult circumstances. This movie had a slow pace but it had some valuable lessons and it was a good watch, awesome music too.
Pretty Good!
dkjosey200818 November 2021
A great film, with an easy tempo and a familiar (and too often experienced) dynamic between a young practicing Christian and nonbelievers. Good character building but very little suspense. Safe for teens to watch.
And then there is the Amber character. Really, did you have to add a girl who speaks with a "Valley Girl" accent complete with the huffs and eye rolls? I thought that went out in the early 2000's.
And then there is the Amber character. Really, did you have to add a girl who speaks with a "Valley Girl" accent complete with the huffs and eye rolls? I thought that went out in the early 2000's.
Suspense and Drama
mandyvs-872141 July 2021
4 friends spend a weekend in an abandoned cabin in the woods; what could possibly go wrong? This was a fabulous flick that had me on the edge of my seat and a great reminder (if you needed one) as to why 4 young females should never stay at an uninhabited cabin in the middle of nowhere along with the importance of stranger danger. Watch it, you won't be disappointed.
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