
A.V. Club
A mixed bag, well shot and well acted enough to mostly keep the viewer's attention, but meandering enough to frustrate at the same time.
Full reviewVincenzo Natali (Splice) directs Patrick Wilson in this adaptation of Stephen King and Joe Hill's novella, set in a creepy rural Kansas field.
After hearing a young boy's cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of grass but soon learn that there may be no way out...
LessA mixed bag, well shot and well acted enough to mostly keep the viewer's attention, but meandering enough to frustrate at the same time.
Full reviewNone of the performers are able to make their schematic characters particularly interesting, with the exception of Wilson.
Full reviewA fevered mishmash of spiritual and supernatural nonsense that feels like a trap of another kind, a metaphysical zone defined by arbitrary laws and by characters who are constantly screaming each other’s names.
Full reviewWhile some of the nastier lurches in the third act will appease genre fans, the guff that surrounds them will probably confuse and ultimately alienate them, the film's moving parts never really moving in unison.
Full reviewRuns too long and repeats itself too much to be as gripping as its source material. Turns out there's a limit to how scary weeds can be.
Full reviewIn the Tall Grass is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix.
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