The Children 2008
- Director: Tom Shankland
- Seen by this director: episodes of The Leftovers, The Fades
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Eva Birthistle, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel Shelley, Hannah Tointon,
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Eva Birthistle
– Brooklyn,
Breakfast on Pluto, Trust
- Stephen Campbell Moore – Red Joan, The Lady in the Van, Johnny English Reborn, Amazing Grace, Hustle, Bright Young Things
- Jeremy Sheffield – Last Chance Harvey
- Why? Possibly Good.
- Seen: 15 February 2023
Happy family reunion for Christmas in
rural England. Happy for everyone but sullen teen-aged Casey (Tointon) and
sickly little Paulie. The other little kids are having fun and the adults laugh
a lot but there are tensions and undertones of resentment.
And Paulie gets weird. And weirder. And
the cat disappears. The other children get sick, then mean, then violent.
And it gets a little scary.
A lot scary. Some good visuals too.
3 ½ * of 5
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