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Which should be better, considering it is based on a Stephen King novella and features Patrick Wilson.
But no. There's nothing here worth watching unless tall grass, lost people (in more ways than one), a lot of screaming, boring characters, and garbled themes of personal choice, responsibility, redemption and evil are your thing, and you crave a story with no point and worse denouement.
Here's the plot, such as it is. A young pregnant woman and her brother, driving to San Diego, stop by a field of tall grass because she has a bout of nausea. While stopped they hear a child calling for help from the grass. Instead of calling 911 and staying put as any sensible person would, they walk into the grass, which is over their heads, to rescue the child, and are soon lost themselves. The first 15 minutes are fairly intriguing, but it rapidly deteriorates into ....well, a field of grass, calling one another's names, time shifts, and confusion.
It occurs to me that Stephen King may have had his tongue in his cheek, writing about "grass" and getting lost in it, unable to find a way out. Or maybe he was quite seriously using "grass" as a metaphor for making bad choices (like everyone who goes into the field), and then being literally "lost". Or not. Whatever his motivation or the actual novella, this film is a waste of time. Instead of watching it, go mow the grass; you'll have spent your time better and feel greater satisfaction.
score 1/10
mme3924-1 18 October 2019
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2-12-2019 18:04:54
