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This movie was fantastic. Super clever and had me at the edge of my seat the entire time. I was hesitant at first thinking it would be cheesy and campy but it proved to be anything but. Very smart and highly recommended.

This film is much better than "they" would have you believe. It is an artsy, yet bleak, deep-dive into the world of a crafty, bipolar single mother struggling to raise her son in a "stable" home environment. A smart and imaginative take on mental health, and the importance of adhering to one's prescribed pill schedule. Seriously. Some clever plot twists, and great performances by all involved. Almost passed on it based on the cumulative score, but glad I gave it a chance. Recommended.

I found the premise of this interesting enough to watch without looking at the reviews. Glad I did. This movie has a lot going for it. The sense of isolation is everywhere. The landscape almost becomes another character. The performances while limited to a few roles are very well done. There is something about this movie. Very hard to put my finger in but it works. Also hard to classify what genre it fits in. Much much better than a lot of fodder out there.

Yes an artsy horror-thriller or so it would like you to believe. In reality it is just a bit of a confused drama about bi-polar disease and its spiralling costs to mental health and family.

It is quite disturbing but not in a gratuitous way as I think the director is actually trying to make a film about mental illness and in that way it succeeds as it has a very slow and measured pacing but it really just becomes a bit of a weird exercise in experimental filming!

If you like your movies weird, disturbing and full of strange visual scenes with bleak and depressing settings then this may be for you. Whilst I did find it a bit tedious it does have a certain bleak and weird attraction but I doubt it will appeal to many viewers!

I really wanted to like this movie more than I probably did. I thought the photography and the acting for such a low budget film was quite good. I love the backdrop of the desert. I thought the director did a great job of capturing a sense of dread. The problem is the whole movie was dreary and it was hard to watch at times. It tried to be quirky and even comical in some places. However it just fell flat for me and was just sad. I understand what the director was trying to do and the commentary on mental illness. However life is tough enough and I don't really want to see 90 minutes of sadness and dreariness.