In the Tall Grass

Name: In the Tall Grass
Genre: Horror
Released: 2019-09-20
Duration: 101 min

Some places have a mind of their own.

20191h 41mcritics 5.5/10

Horror

After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and enter the field, discovering that they are not alone and, for some reason, they are unable to escape a completely inextricable vegetable labyrinth.

starring Laysla De Oliveira, Harrison Gilbertson, Avery Whitted, Will Buie Jr.

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Metacritic41 read

“Most of its run time is spent on sweeping shots of tall grass blowing in the wind, like that's supposed to be interesting or scary.”
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“at first it gave the appearance of being terror of the claustrophobic type”
alejandro970about 0–50% inread it ↗
“the problems start at minute 50, when everything gets out of hand and confusing”
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“it felt as though it was over 2 hours”
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“In The Tall Grass is overgrown with flimsy dialogue and a premise that needed landscaping. Stephen King seems to have an endless amount of material to adapt. So much so, that his son is mimicking the footsteps of his father by also writing horror-related fiction. When the two generations joined together to write a novella on a mysterious field, it should’ve harked back to King’s legacy as the legendary writer he once was. Sadly though, despite the faithfulness to the source material, it’s yet an”
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“Patrick Wilson is just all-out balls-to-the-wall hamming it crazy, and I am Here. For. That. I say that quite genuinely. But Stephen King adaptations have had quite the resurgence (in a good way) over the past couple of years, and _In the Tall Grass_ just really doesn't hit that bar we've been getting recently. In terms of quality, I mean. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._”
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“In The Tall Grass, adapted from Stephen King and Joe Hill’s 2012 novel, delivers a tense and eerie experience with a simple yet complex plot set entirely within a mysterious grass field. While the film excels in atmosphere, acting, and cinematography, it struggles with logical consistency and leaves many questions unanswered about its characters and central mystery. Despite its narrative flaws, the film effectively explores themes of time loops and choices, maintaining suspense and psychological”
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