Longlegs

Long Legs is yet another movie that underperforms its hyped and deceiving trailer. I went into this movie with high expectations but those expectations slowly dissipated.

The first 45 min are a great slow burn, the visuals and shots are great, the vibe is ominous, the sounds and music are great, you could feel the suspense in the theater, the next 30 or so minutes though it becomes very stale and the heart rate slowly returns to normal.

The idea of the movie is pretty original I must say, but the second half of the movie is where it misses its mark. Everyone starts to wonder what is the point of it all what is going on, and to finally answer that, the movie literally narrates to you exactly what has been going on for the first half of the film with the murders and satanism . I can think of a hundred different and better ways they could've showed us what was going on instead of literally saying it word for word.

And then finally the ending, while entertaining it is also very abrupt and you think all this slow burn for that? It lost all its suspense after the scene where the writers of the movie literally explain narration style what is going on.

Long legs had great potential but missed the mark, it is worth your time, it is not bad by any stretch but definitely doesn't match the trailer or hyped premise.