Back in 2022, Christian Tafdrup’s Danish social satire was all the rage for a number of reasons. Aside from the original Speak No Evil being a tantalizing thriller and a glum parable about the pitfalls of social niceties, what got Tafdrup’s film a lot of attention, both good and bad, was its jarringly depressing ending. The story of Bjorn and Louise losing everything that mattered to them in the process of being “nice” was as shocking as it was eye-opening. Sure it attracted a lot of negative criticism pertaining to how the narrative demanded a suspension of disbelief. It was a tall order, there’s no denying that. But Tafdrup’s film never took itself too literally, and it never needed for us to see it as anything other than a haunting reminder of the dangers that are just one misstep away. Currently playing in theaters, the 2024 American remake...